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From city to country, fancy to down-home, the state’s 38 best steakhouses. Plus: the Japanese beef that everyone should be eating, our favorite butcher shops, and how to grill a ribeye that even your father-in-law will love.
No Matter where you are, there’s someplace to be nowhere.
Summer’s blast furnace is firing up. Luckily, Texas is a paradise of spring-fed pools, sparkling beaches, and more. Here are our picks for the best places to chill out, get wet, and go off the deep end. Plus extra web-only information!
June 1, 2001 | by Patricia McConnico , Eileen Schwartz , Jennifer Olsen , Joe Nick Patoski , Katy Vine , Suzy Banks , Charlie Llewellin , Kit McConnico | Feature
It’s a noble institution, especially if you can master all its subtle skills: not being there, the second call, holding forth, and another thing...
It’s a noble institution, especially if you can master all its subtle skills: not being there, the second call, holding forth, and another thing...

