Patillo's Barbeque

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"WHAT: Southeast Texas’s finest beef links for more than a century. WHY: If links and rice dressing don’t come to mind when you think of Texas barbecue, you’ve been spending too much time in Austin. In southeast Texas, garlic- and chile-laced beef links bursting with juice (don’t call it fat in SETX) are the barbecue gold standard, and the Patillo family has been serving them since 1912. The juice will run like a faucet once you’ve cut a link open, so have a slice of white bread, or better yet, a pile of rice dressing — similar to dirty rice — ready to capture it all. You might as well mix in some sauce, made from owner Robert Patillo’s grandmother’s recipe. — D.V." - Bill Addison