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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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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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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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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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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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