"The Bay Area isn’t nationally recognized for its BBQ. We’re secretly OK with that—if it means we get to keep places like Fikscue to ourselves. This tiny, part-Texas-style BBQ, part-Indonesian restaurant in Alameda is a smoked meat paradise, full of beef back ribs and peppery brisket by the pound as well as smoked sausage filled with cheese. The lines that form on Saturday and Sunday mornings (they’re open weekends only) should not deter you from the Indonesian specials, like the nasi goreng, bowls of soto padang, and brisket rendang rice plates with coconut milk-soaked greens. Arrive well before 12pm when they open, since they will sell out." - julia chen 1, lani conway
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