Taste of the South

Texas Barbecue

This state capital is the Live Music Capital of the World, but it’s also the place to go to try some of Texas’s best barbecue.

IT’S HARD TO RESIST A PLACE where killer food and great music collide, and in Texas, that’s Austin, a central city that straddles the line between quirky and cool. This state capital is the Live Music Capital of the World, but it’s also the place to go to try some of Texas’s best barbecue.

For the past decade, Austin has been one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, and today, it’s made up of a myriad of cultures that are woven into every ingredient of the cuisine. Texas has long been famed for its barbecue, which, in this part of the country,

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