TAYLOR TEXAS A TALE OF TWO BARBECUERS

SIN CITY SMOKERS

UPON LEAVING DALLAS HEAD SOUTH FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE HOURS INTO THE HEART OF AMERICAN COWBOY COUNTRY AN YOU MAY FIND TAYLOR,TEXAS.HOME TO SOME GOOD BARBECUE AND TWO VERY DIFFERENT SET UPS.

THE TAYLOR CAFE

101 NORTH MAINSTREET

TAYLOR,TEXAS 76574

512-352-2828

(AROUND THE CORNER AND UNDER THE BRIDGE)

AND IF YOUR REAL LUCKY OR HAVE THE NOSE OF A HOUND DOG YOU WILL FIND THIS PLACE- THE TAYLOR CAFE

THE ABSOLUTE HIGHLIGHT OF MAY LAST TRIP TO TEXAS WAS MEETING VENCIL MARES. THE OWNER AND PITMASTER OF THE TAYLOR CAFE, WHO CELEBRATED HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY 2 DAYS BEFORE I ARRIVED AND HE IS GOING STRONG.I ALWAYS LOVE GOING TO THE TRUE SHRINES OF BARBECUE AND THIS STOP WAS A TREAT! A WWII VETERAN AND A NATIVE TEXAN MR. MARES IS FOND OF VISITORS AND WAS HAPPY TO SET A SPELL AND TELL US THE TALES OF A SEASONED BARBECUE MAN.

OH YES VENCIL HAS AREAL WOOD PILE!

VENCIL DON'T LET JUST ANYBODY WORK HIS PITS,

BUT HE'S GLAD TO SHOW EM' TO YA.

SOME BEEF BRISKETS WORKING ON THE PIT. LET ME TELL YOU THESE BABY'S SLICED AND ATE LIKE MELTED BUTTER THEY WERE SO TENDER.

LOUIS MUELLERS BARBECUE

206 WEST SECOND STREET

TAYLOR,TEXAS 76574

512-352-6206

MUCH EASIER TO FIND ON THE MAIN STRIP IN TOWN

AND GOOD SIGNAGE TOO!

WHEN I WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR I COULD FEEL THE HERITAGE OF A TRUE TEXAS BARBECUE MARKET THAT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR OVER THREE GENERATIONS AND IS GOING STRONG. THEY PULL THE SMOKED BEEF AND HOUSE MADE SAUSAGES OUT AND CUT YOUR ORDER FRESH , WRAP IT IN BUTCHER PAPER OFFER SOME BEANS OR A FABULOUS POTATO SALAD AND SLAP THAT BUNDLE OF SMOKY DELIGHT RIGHT INTO YOUR WAITING HANDS.

THE BUTCHER BLOCK HERE IS OLDER THAN I AM!

THATS RIGHT COWBOYS AND BUSINESSMEN AT THE SAME PLACE, THE BEEF RIB HAD AT LEAST A HALF POUND OF MEET ON IT AND OH YEAH, NO SAUCE SERVED HERE, WELL THEY DID HAVE HOT SAUCE ON THE TABLES. THE CURRENT WORKING OWNER WAYNE STOPPED OUT TO TALK WITH ME FOR A WHILE AND TOLD ME SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE AND HOW OFTEN HE WITNESSED SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION BARBECUE CONVERTS AND "FAMILY EVANGELISTS BAPTIZING" IF YOU WILL THE NEXT,YOUNGEST FAMILY MEMBERS INTO THE TRADITION OF GOING TO MUELLERS FOR SOME GOOD OLD TEXAS STYLE BARBECUE. THEY ARE PRETTY BIG ON TRADITIONS AROUND HERE!

IF YOU EVER MAKE IT TO TAYLOR,TEXAS....COME HUNGRY!