BBQ Joint Reviews
July 21, 2023
Barbs-B-Q Provides the Twenty-First-Century Energy Lockhart Needs
The woman-owned joint has had a lot of effusive press—even before officially opening. Luckily it’s living up to its early reputation.
Lockhart
Style & Design
July 13, 2023
A Family Creates Its Own House of the Spirits in Lockhart
Celeste and Adrian Quesada’s inventive weekend escape is full of estate-sale finds and gifts from around the world.
BBQ
September 30, 2022
Lockhart Has a New Barbecue Family Feud
As a new location of Terry Black’s Barbecue opened its doors in Lockhart this month, a battle raged on—in the form of quippy signs—with Black’s Barbecue.
Food & Drink
January 26, 2022
As the Pandemic Endures, Texans Flock to Small Grocers
From Flatonia to Marathon, communities—often small and rural—band together to serve their own needs with local essentials.
Business
January 19, 2022
This Lockhart Greenhouse Wants to Grow Your Salad Using Robots
Iron Ox, a San Francisco–area company with a Texas-bred CEO, builds greenhouses that use data to yield pretty produce.
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Made in Texas
August 18, 2021
Photos: Her Hatbands Add That Personal Touch
She now runs her family business, but Joella Gammage Torres of Texas Hatters still enjoys the craft she learned as a teen.
Made in Texas
August 18, 2021
A Granddaughter Keeps Her Family Tradition Alive at Texas Hatters
Joella Gammage Torres uses the same tools as her grandfather and father at the celebrated hat shop in Lockhart, which has topped the heads of Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, and many more.
Dining Guide
July 15, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our August 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online!Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our
The Texanist
June 14, 2021
The Texanist: Is There a Formula for Picking Out a Cowboy Hat That Doesn’t Make You Look Like a Fool?
A Houston man wants to get the width of his brim just right.
Art
May 24, 2021
Heirloom Silver Comes Alive in Leslie Lewis Sigler’s Paintings
Inspired by her grandmother's collection, the San Marcos–born artist is fascinated by spoons, cake servers, and soup ladles.
Music
April 16, 2021
The Next Waltz Is an Analog Record Label for the Digital Age
From Bruce Robison’s studio in Lockhart, the company has worked with some of the biggest stars in Texas country music.
Recipes
August 31, 2020
Bone-in Pork Loin
With some advice from Roy Perez of historic Kreuz Market, I smoked a delicious dinner that couldn’t have been easier.
Politics & Policy
June 18, 2020
A Civil Rights March in Lockhart Was Peaceful, but Counterprotesters Threatened Violence
A social media “rant” from a deputy constable led to a flurry of comments about ramming demonstrators, but the action went on without incident.
Tacos
October 10, 2019
How I Spent My National Taco Day
I ate my way from San Antonio to Dallas in one (very filling) day. Here are some of the highlights of my taco travels.
August 29, 2018
Is Lockhart Brisket Actually Overrated?
'Austin American-Statesman' food critic Matthew Odam defends his recent article questioning the quality of the smoked brisket in Lockhart.
BBQ
January 20, 2013
The World’s Best Barbecue Is in Taylor, Texas. Or Is It Lockhart?
A Cityslicker's Guide to the Pits.
Food & Drink
April 30, 2003
The Best of the Best
Cooper’s Pit Bar-B-Q MasonThe name “Cooper’s” has long been synonymous with Llano, but now the Mason operation of the same name has overtaken its distant cousin. Cooper’s Pit Bar-B-Q was opened in Mason in 1953 by the late George Cooper, whose son Tommy (also deceased) cloned it a decade later
