Shep's Bar-B-Q & Catering Services

I stop here every time I come to TX to visit my kids. It's a mandatory stop and I choose my route to go thru Palestine. I had the sausage and potato salad today. The potato salad was ok, but the sausage was great.

I had this big, long review in my head lambasting the sauce (BBQ flavored marinara??) and mentioning how the ribs were a little less tender than I would have liked. However, the food was, all-in-all pretty good and did eat every speck of it after all, so..

There were two shining examples of excellence that came out of Shep's. First was the excellent service and attitude toward customers.

There is a process for placing an order at Shep's. You line up at one end and move down the line to different spots as you go until you get to the register. It's somewhat reminiscent of the soup Nazi (a la Seinfeld) with the one glaring exception that if you're not a local and screw up the system, no one yells "no BBQ for you" at you. They are still super nice to you and you still get fed, as evidenced by the fact that *I* still got fed. ;)

The other star of the show (at least from what I got) was the turnip greens. Hands down best turnip greens I have EVER had ANYWHERE. I would have been perfectly content if my plate had been nothing but four portions of those greens with another portion of greens on the side (instead of the white bread). Whoever makes those greens deserves a gold medal pinned on them by the President while a choir sings hallelujah in the background, a cannon is fired in salute, and performing monkeys dance the merengue.

So, all that being said, I do recommend stopping in at Shep's if you happen to be in or near Palestine. And, not sure if I mentioned, but the greens are pretty good. ;)

Great place to eat and very friendly atmosphere. Really good people that run the place. I would definately recommend to anyone that enjoys a great meal.

Hands down some of the best BBQ in Texas! Fair priced with good portions of food. Small establishment that could be overlooked for the quality of food! The Hercules sandwich us awesome!

Very good BBQ!Reviews are on the Money. Had the Hero with chopped Onions and peppers Brisket and sausage. Much better prices than more famous Smoke Houses around Texas. 4 stars on Flavor and Service 5 Stars on Prices. This ant Top 50 BBQ but its really good and service is fast and the place is reasonably clean inside.Thanks for a good meal ill be back