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Blood Bros. BBQ is named for the owners’ long-time friendship growing up in Alief.

Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

Pitmaster Quy Hoang at Blood Bros. BBQ in Bellaire

J.R. Cohen / Contributor

The Bellaire strip mall that's home to Blood Bros. BBQ may look unassuming, but what's inside just earned the barbecue joint a huge nod from the New York Times. 

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Blood Bros. BBQ in Bellaire was named in the New York Times' list of 50 favorite restaurants in America for 2021. 

"The daily changing menu at this strip mall barbecue restaurant in a Houston suburb is a product of the seemingly endless ideas for cooking Texas barbecue whirling through the brains of the owners and staff," Brett Anderson writes for the list. "One day, brisket burnt-end steam buns and smoked chicken karaage. The next, char siu pork banh mi and Thai green curry boudin balls. All feature meat smoked by the pitmaster, Quy Hoang, who owns the restaurant with the brothers Terry and Robin Wong.

But these disrupters don’t disdain the classics: Their traditional brisket, ribs and housemade sausages are excellent, and available every day."

Blood Bros. BBQ started as a pop-up before signing a lease for a permanent location in 2017. It's since garnered praise for its fusion flavors and have been featured in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Texas Monthly and Alison Cook's Top 100 Houston restaurants for 2019 in the Houston Chronicle. 

Blood Bros. BBQ is located at 5425 Bellaire Blvd. and is first-come, first-served.