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The Salt Lick BBQ: Overcoming Mother’s Day Mob for ‘Cue

The Salt Lick BBQ has become a Lurie family tradition. My father first ate at the now-legendary Hill Country barbecue establishment while attending grad school at UT in the late ’60s. My father, brother...
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Jo’s: Iced Turbos and Fried Pies in Austin

After consuming nearly a cow’s worth of smoked meat in the hills east of Austin, my brother, father and I needed something sweet. We all remembered Jo’s, an outdoor cafe on trendy South Congress...
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Barbecue Texas

Crosstown BBQ: Smoked Meats and Twisted Taxidermy in Elgin [CLOSED]

Located off Highway 290, across town from Elgin’s other barbecue big guns, this relatively small particle board and metal building has plenty of character. According to pitman Traco Fowler, Carroll Grady and Laron Morgan...
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Restaurant Sign Texas

Southside Market: Sausage and “Beef Made Easy” in Elgin

My father, brother and I meet one weekend a year in Austin, and on Saturdays, we have the most time to explore. This year, we targeted Elgin, a barbecue-haven known for their spicy beef...
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Barbecue Texas

Louie Mueller Barbecue: Taking Brisket Express to Taylor

At 7:30 AM, I caught American Airlines Flight 1182 from LAX to Austin, or as I like to call it, the Brisket Express. My father and I met at the baggage claim and quickly...
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Restaurant Sign Texas

Dot’s Place: Soul Food Cafeteria Rearises in Pflugerville [CLOSED]

Dorothy “Dot” Hewitt operated her north Austin soul food cafeteria for 24 years until 2004, when a devastating fire burned the structure to the ground. Dot was uninsured, and she suffered a massive financial...
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