NISHI-IKEBUKURO · OLD SCHOOL TEXAS BBQ
Wood fire, one-minded brisket.
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PIT 01 / BRISKET
Beef cut by hand from whole primals, seasoned with nothing but salt and pepper. Smoked low and slow over wood fire for about twelve hours, then rested about another twelve before the knife touches it.
PIT 03 / THE ROAD
Inside a renovated old market building in Nishi-Ikebukuro called NishiikeMart, sharing the room with craft brewery CYCAD BREWING. Five minutes on foot from Kanamecho Station. Brisket, spare ribs, house-made all-beef sausage — seasoned with nothing but salt and pepper, smoked around twelve hours in a custom wood-fired smoker, then rested before service.
Custom wood-fired smoker
By local press accounts, the owner first met real brisket in the United States and taught themselves Texas barbecue. A custom smoker rode on a Toyota Hilux, cooking pop-ups across Tokyo. In April 2024 the shop went permanent inside NishiikeMart, the old market building in Nishi-Ikebukuro, sharing the space with craft brewery CYCAD BREWING.
“As someone from Texas, I take BBQ seriously, and this place absolutely delivers… If you can impress someone from TX with your barbecue, you’re doing something right.”
— Google review (a Texan visitor, 2026)
NISHIIKEMART · NISHI-IKEBUKURO 4-19-14
PIT 04 / THE ROOM
A corner of NishiikeMart, a renovated old market hall — with beer from CYCAD BREWING, the craft brewery sharing the room, at the same seat.
PIT 05 / VISIT
