Style & Design
August 22, 2022
Come for the Nostalgia, Stay for the Pinball
Craft beer, live music, and small businesses breathe new life into Old Taylor High, a repurposed school building from 1923.
Taylor
Arts & Entertainment
June 23, 2022
Small Town, Big Pride: A Wave of LGBTQ Celebrations Comes to Central Texas
Bastrop, Lockhart, Round Rock, and others are hosting Pride Month events for the first time. They’re prepared for pushback. And they’re getting it.
BBQ
December 17, 2021
John Mueller, Barbecue Legend, Dies at 52
“The dark prince of barbecue,” who always found a new audience to wow with his smoked beef, changed the Texas scene for good.
BBQ
June 26, 2020
Louie Mueller Barbecue Is Back
The legendary Taylor restaurant has adapted to the coronavirus era with an abbreviated menu, larger outdoor patio, and other changes.
BBQ
June 19, 2020
BBQ News Roundup: Nearly 25,000 American Meatpacking Workers Have Had the Coronavirus
Plus, we celebrate pioneering black pitmasters on Juneteenth.
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.
BBQ
January 21, 2013
Of Meat and Men
John Mueller was the heir to one of the great Texas barbecue dynasties. Aaron Franklin was an unknown kid from College Station who worked his counter. John had it all and then threw it all away. Aaron came out of nowhere to create the state’s most coveted brisket. Then John
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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, 2010
How to Smoke the Perfect Brisket
Wayne Mueller on how to smoke the perfect brisket.
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
Texas History
February 1, 1997
Bill Pickett
What was Bill Pickett’s nickname, and how did he wrestle steers to the ground?