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Sorta OT, but Texas Monthly has so many great long reads like this. Among my favorites are Man on Fire http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/man-on-fire/ http:

by vogt 9y ago

Sorta OT, but Texas Monthly has so many great long reads like this. Among my favorites are Man on Fire http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/man-on-fire/ http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/man-on-fire/, the story of an East Texas civil rights activist who self-immolated in a parking lot in a town of just a couple thousand. Sinners in the Hands, which deals with a controversial church also in a tiny town in Eastern TX http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/sinners-in-the-hands/ http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/sinners-in-the-hands/ and The Witness which is a pretty intimate look at one of the employees involved hands-on with capital punishment in Huntsville TX (very high rate of death penalties) http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-witness/ http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-witness/. And really OT, but still interesting I think, Texas Monthly BBQ http://tmbbq.com http://tmbbq.com is one of the best food blogs IMO and basically the only one I will read. It's very well done. I'm not a big fan of many publications but TM is a winner in my book.

chiph 9y ago
> Big city barbecue places are also a bigger time investment for patrons. Potential customers will need some freedom to take long lunch hours or maybe even take the whole morning off. That's the #1 reason that I've never eaten at Franklin BBQ in downtown Austin. I can't afford to take an entire morning off to stand in line (and risk their running out of food before I can order). But if I'm in the Lockhart area, I can stop in at Blacks and get some brisket and sausage in only a few minutes.
- vogt 9y ago
  My wife and I came down from Dallas specifically to go to Franklin on a weekend, and in that context, it was so worth it. I got pretty ornery by the time we were inside and had been in line for about 3 hours. When we finally ate though, I don't want to say I would have done it all over again realistically speaking, but I almost would have. And yeah Black's is great. Louie Mueller is similar, though they do get a little more hype than Black's, I think.
- vmarsy 9y ago
  Kreuz market (also in Lockhart) also opened another kreuz market in Bryan, TX. That's a shorter distance from Dallas/Houston

by vogt 9y ago

chiph 9y ago

> Big city barbecue places are also a bigger time investment for patrons. Potential customers will need some freedom to take long lunch hours or maybe even take the whole morning off. That's the #1 reason that I've never eaten at Franklin BBQ in downtown Austin. I can't afford to take an entire morning off to stand in line (and risk their running out of food before I can order). But if I'm in the Lockhart area, I can stop in at Blacks and get some brisket and sausage in only a few minutes.

vogt 9y ago
My wife and I came down from Dallas specifically to go to Franklin on a weekend, and in that context, it was so worth it. I got pretty ornery by the time we were inside and had been in line for about 3 hours. When we finally ate though, I don't want to say I would have done it all over again realistically speaking, but I almost would have. And yeah Black's is great. Louie Mueller is similar, though they do get a little more hype than Black's, I think.
vmarsy 9y ago
Kreuz market (also in Lockhart) also opened another kreuz market in Bryan, TX. That's a shorter distance from Dallas/Houston