The retro neon sign announcing the new location of Pinkerton’s Barbecue, which opens Jan. 20 in the former 59 Diner space, spells out all the usual suspects of Texas smoked meats: BEEF – PORK – LINKS.⁠ ⁠ It’s a throwback to a time before social media and even television when barbecue joints advertised on signs and billboards and in classified ads where every letter cost money and brevity proved economical. Instead of announcing the Texas trinity as “brisket, pork ribs and sausage,” it paid to ke

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