The ongoing dismantling of the Lockhart page has reached Kreuz Market, one of Lockhart's famous barbecue restaurants (619 N. Colorado Street). Kreuz Market has been part of Lockhart for over a century and its current building opened in 1999 looks like a modern, tourist-friendly location, looking more like a Rudy's rather than a "real" barbecue joint. The new location opened with much fanfare, notably with the publicity stunt of physically dragging a bucket of the hot coals of the old location to the new location.
When I first visited it in the late 2000s (shortly after a railroad overpass was built, cutting off direct access from US-183), it famously bragged that unlike most barbecue joints, it had no sauce and no forks...which was, okay I guess. On the forks issue, sure they didn't have forks when they started way back when but they didn't have proper sanitation either, so it's a bit of a wash. But forks are necessary when eating. You can't do it with plastic knives and spoons (which were provided, no metal utensils). The sauce? You could make, say, a great hamburger or French fries without any condiments, but to say that there's no sauce implies that your food is that good. Spoiler alert: it wasn't.
In the end, Kreuz Market did change its long-standing policy. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. On one hand, it was poorly implemented and quite pretentious, on the other hand, it did give it a bit of uniqueness.
They mention the Bryan location and its decision to have no sauce or forks (before reversing the position), and while I did have a mention of it on Carbon-izer at one time, it will be (hopefully) soon revived for an all-new post at Brazos Buildings & Businesses.
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