News & Politics
October 23, 2021
Why Are You Being Asked to Amend the Texas Constitution?
Our attempt to explain why rodeo raffles, church services, and homestead tax exemptions for a handful of folks are on the ballot this fall.
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Style & Design
October 22, 2021
In San Benito, Homecoming Mums Are an Over-the-top Texas Tradition
This South Texas community has embraced the extravagant corsage. Whether a mum is DIY or professionally made, it’s all about the sparkle.
Libations
October 22, 2021
Everything We Know About Elon Musk’s Tesla Beer
The billionaire announced the launch of Cybertruck-inspired "Giga Beer," and a Texas brewery may or may not be planning to sell it.
Politics & Policy
October 22, 2021
Ted Cruz’s Joke Bill Finds Rare Cross-Aisle Buy-in
The junior senator’s troll proposal to create ports of entry for migrants in New England was received warmly by officials there.
Sports
October 22, 2021
The Great Burkburnett Football Field Feud of 1972
Decades after the Wichita County town saved its stadium from an oilman’s plan to drill at midfield, the structure has been condemned—after pipes once donated by oil companies rusted out.
Style & Design
October 22, 2021
TM Recommends: Browse Beautiful Handmade Pottery at Gruene’s Texas Clay Festival
It’s a chance to buy your holiday presents early, the way you always swear you will.
Food & Drink
October 22, 2021
Some Tricks, Mostly Treats: You’ll Want to Taste These Halloween Sweets
Bakers are leaning into their dark sides to build spooktacular creations ahead of October 31.
Music
October 22, 2021
Can Paul Cauthen Make Tyler . . . Cool?
The outlaw-country star joins an unlikely cultural movement in the Rose Capital of Texas.
Books
October 21, 2021
Eight Great Texas Book Festival Reads
There’s something for every Texan on this list.
Border & Immigration
October 21, 2021
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on the Crisis in Texas and Why Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star Concerns Him
The Del Rio–raised law enforcement official chatted with ‘Texas Monthly’ about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.
Critters
October 21, 2021
Squirrels Gone Wild!
Why the fluffy-tailed rodents are making Texans nutty this year.
Travel & Outdoors
October 21, 2021
Welcome to the ‘Munsters’ Mansion in Waxahachie
Sandra McKee loved the sixties sitcom so much that she and her husband built—and for years, lived in—an almost exact replica of 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
Sponsored
October 21, 2021
Cue the BBQ Trip with YETI
Throw a dart at a map of Texas, and you’ll no doubt hit a town worthy of exploring, whether for big city thrills or small-town adventures in the great wide open. No matter where that dart may land, you can bet your next meal there’s a mouthwatering barbecue joint (or
Business
October 21, 2021
Texas Hemp Business Celebrates Itself Amid Setbacks
The nascent industry is celebrating itself amid a series of setbacks, including having its most popular products deemed controlled substances by the state.
Health
October 21, 2021
The Making of an Anti-vax Warrior
A few months ago, Jennifer Bridges’s refusal to abide by Houston Methodist’s vaccine mandate thrust her into the national spotlight. Now she’s become a purveyor of conspiracy theories that have fueled the pandemic’s continuation.
Film & TV
October 21, 2021
‘The French Dispatch’ Is Wes Anderson at His Most Self-indulgent
The Houston filmmaker’s latest is a valentine to defiantly idiosyncratic storytellers like Wes Anderson.
Books
October 21, 2021
What Texas Inherited From Larry McMurtry
A recent tribute in Archer City gave Texans an overdue opportunity to pay their respects to their state’s greatest writer.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 20, 2021
Bask in the Glory of This 78-Foot, 300-Pound Texas Homecoming Mum
It can be lifted only with a construction crane.
Dining Guide
October 20, 2021
Dining Guide: Highlights From Our November 2021 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings for 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
Travel & Outdoors
October 20, 2021
Hit the Ground Running at These Trails Around the State
Take advantage of cooler weather along these picturesque jogging routes.
Food & Drink
October 20, 2021
Megan Thee Stallion’s New Popeyes Hottie Sauce Doesn’t Quite Bring the Heat
The Houston rapper and famed Hot Girl has brought her talents to the fast-food chain, which is now serving chicken slathered in Megan’s namesake hot sauce.
News & Politics
October 20, 2021
The State of Texas Tried to Kill Ernest Willis. But He Still Had a Lot of Living to Do.
The wild times of a gentle roughneck who beat the Texas criminal-justice system.
Arts & Entertainment
October 20, 2021
Video: Harper Watters, Boundary-Breaking Ballet Star
The Houston social-media influencer is a gay Black man with a gift for the absurd. He’s also a star dancer in one of the world’s most rigid, gendered, and segregated art forms.
Arts & Entertainment
October 20, 2021
Can Harper Watters Make Ballet Matter Again?
The Houston social-media influencer is a gay Black man with a gift for the absurd and a passion for platform heels. He’s also a star dancer in one of the world’s most rigid, gendered, and segregated art forms.
Arts & Entertainment
October 20, 2021
The ‘Southlake’ Podcast Is a Troubling Look at the Race Debate Tearing Apart a North Texas Suburb
I grew up in Southlake and was mostly blind to the racism all around me. The NBC series changed my perspective.
The Stand Up Desk
October 20, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: November 2021
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
News & Politics
October 20, 2021
A Brazoria County District Clerk Sorted Jurors by Race. A Black Man Convicted Under Her System Wants a New Trial.
The first defendant to request a new trial because of Rhonda Barchak’s system had a hearing last week.
News & Politics
October 20, 2021
Can This Company Take Pet Cloning Mainstream?
You love your pet. You love her so much that if you could, you’d buy an exact copy of her. Well, you can! Take it from Blake Russell, president of ViaGen Pets & Equine—and owner of a very unusual horse farm.
Sports
October 19, 2021
“Negative Thoughts” and the Texas Longhorns’ Latest Unraveling
Head coach Steve Sarkisian diagnosed his team's weakness after Saturday's loss to Oklahoma State. Now he has to repair it.
Sponsored
October 19, 2021
It Runs in the Family
When legendary master-distiller, Booker Noe, grandson of Jim Beam, released Knob Creek in 1992, he used the techniques and know-how that had been handed down to him after years of practice—in the same way great pitmasters keep family legacies alive in how they cook their barbecue.Like his forefathers, Noe respected
Pat's Pick
October 19, 2021
San Antonio’s Lauded Mixtli Offers Even More to Love in Its New Home
This exceptional Mexican restaurant has expanded into a larger space without shrinking any of its ambitions.
Food & Drink
October 18, 2021
How to Dine With the Dead
A new cookbook honors Día de los Muertos traditions from across Mexico, with regional recipes designed to help us remember and celebrate departed loved ones.
Sponsored
October 18, 2021
The Anthro Series Brings the Sound of Good Creation
Oak & Eden has announced the release of the latest chapter of their celebrity product collaboration series, the Anthro Series. Crafted in collaboration with America’s foremost ramblers, the Anthro Series is a collaborative product line of one-of-a-kind whiskeys created uniquely by various celebrities. These whiskeys are
BBQ
October 18, 2021
Our 50 BBQ Honorable Mentions
Yes, there are at least 100 very good barbecue joints in Texas.
The Stand Up Desk
October 18, 2021
From the Editor: Food for the Soul
Barbecue editor, Daniel Vaughn, enlisted the largest group of tasters ever for this year's Top 50 BBQ list.
Promotions
October 18, 2021
Texas Monthly’s BBQ Passport
Editor’s NoteYes, the Texas Monthly Barbecue Passport is back! If you raced from Amarillo to Brownsville to complete every stop on the 2017 version, your challenge this barbecue season spans from Beaumont to El Paso. Maybe your U.S. passport (that dusty one in the drawer with the blue cover) hasn’t
BBQ
October 18, 2021
The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition
There's a new generation of pitmasters in Texas, and many of them aren't satisfied with simply doing things the same old way. (Though fear not, staunch traditionalists: plenty of them are.)
BBQ
October 18, 2021
Seven A-maize-ing Side Dishes
Move over, potato salad—there’s a new starch in town.
BBQ
October 18, 2021
Tales From the BBQ Trail
A funny thing happened on the way to the barbecue joint . . .
BBQ
October 18, 2021
No, Barbecue Sauce Isn’t Evil
In fact, some of the best joints in Texas are working hard to create innovative, and downright delicious, concoctions.
BBQ
October 18, 2021
Do You Want Your Brisket in a Bento Box? On a Taco? Or Over Rice?
Across Texas, fusion barbecue is making a move—and vegetarian barbecue isn't far behind.
Meanwhile in Texas
October 17, 2021
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Tyler Man Places in the USA Mullet Championships
Plus, a man sues a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
Sponsored
October 16, 2021
Join Magnolia’s Sixth Annual Silobration
Bustling streets filled with vendors and visitors, a Ferris wheel that takes you to new heights, and time together under a fall Texas sky. These are just a few telltale signs that Silobration, Magnolia’s annual homecoming, is back for another year in Waco. When Chip and Joanna Gaines bought the historic, abandoned
Film & TV
October 15, 2021
‘Halloween Kills’ Time and Patience
The sequel to David Gordon Green’s franchise reboot is all filler, same old killer.
The Texanist
October 15, 2021
The Texanist: Is Freezing Brisket a Mortal Sin?
An Arlington man wonders if his penny-wise buddy is being barbecue-foolish.
Being Texan
October 15, 2021
This Year’s State Fair Was Overstimulating, Anxiety-Inducing—and Exactly What I Needed
After nearly two years of pandemic life, I didn’t even realize just how much I was craving this release.
Made in Texas
October 15, 2021
Go Into the Shop with Wimberley Woodworker Philip Morley
The craftsman known for his stereo consoles and other custom pieces takes us into his studio.
News & Politics
October 15, 2021
The Texas Monthly News Quiz
How well do you know this week’s Texas news?
Hunting & Fishing
October 15, 2021
Eat, Prey, Love: A Day with the Squirrel Hawkers of East Texas
The ancient art of falconry is alive and well.
Sports
October 14, 2021
The Best Public Golf Courses in Texas
These courses are beautiful, fun for all skill levels, and are available to play at a great value. Fairways and greens!