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Hill Country

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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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Debbie’s Pies: Hang Left at the Hippo for Hutto Bakery

Debbie’s Pies, Etc. is an offshoot of The Texan Cafe, an adjacent down-home restaurant that Bud and Debbie Wheeler opened in 1996. The sister businesses reside in “old downtown” Hutto, a hair north of...
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The Salt Lick BBQ: Hill Country ‘Cue with a Side of Nostalgia

My father, brother and I just spent the past three days eating at six of the highest rated barbecue establishments in Central Texas, but we still had one final meat-fueled mission: The Salt Lick...
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Pie Shop Texas

Fredericksburg Pie Company: Outpacing Grandma at Baking

My father, brother and I just finished devouring four different barbecued animals at Cooper’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Mason. Terrific stuff, all of it, but Cooper’s only sells pre-packaged desserts, so we had a moral...
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Cooper’s Pit Bar-B-Q: Trying to Recapture Taste Bud Bliss

When my friend Ben was moving from San Francisco to New York over Fourth of July weekend in 2003, I joined him in Austin to feast on Central Texas barbecue, the best there is....
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