CBC in Austin: Rudy’s

Another bbq post.  I think I have had a lot of meat this past month since we have moved here to Texas. Everything is also sold by the pound but I’m on the hunt to find the ultimate beef brisket or ribs. Rudy’s was suggested by the guy that sold my wonderful task chair that makes life much better as I hunch over the computer for hours on end when Pax lets me.

It’s really kitchy.  It’s right next to a Shell station.  You know when you go into the cashier to pay for your gas and get a few snacks at the small mart?   Well in this case Rudy’s is attached to the station.  The only difference here is that there is plenty or bench seating to partake in the good eats.

I thought this was a security camera but low and behold it was not.  It was a camera pointed directly at the people who were cutting the juicy tender meat. There was quite a few people lined up to order.  The guy was nice enough to let us sample the meat.  We ended up getting beans, beef brisket and turkey.  I think we did a half a pound each of the meat to share amongst the three of us.

mmm meat.

The turkey was suprisingly tender.  We ended up getting the medium moist for the beef but it was so good.  They serve you bread with the meat but we opted out given T’s gluten free diet. The meal was topped off with sweet tea and it was oh so good.

I give this place a solid B plus.  I have since gone to some other bbq places that I will post in the future but I think this place gets good marks for their friendliness and the meats are quite tender. I think the next time I will try the extremely moist meat.

Rudy’s

11570 Research Boulevard, Austin, TX‎

There are two other locations but this is the one we went to as it was on the way back home.

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Gah!

Is the only way I could describe how I felt yesterday! I was so glad that I had plans for a chilled out dinner.

Anyways, I went to Macaroni Grill for our youth leaders appreciation evening and it was a lot of fun. It was great to catch up with everyone and chat it up and such. I haven’t been downtown for awhile so it was nice to see the beachy part of town again. I wasn’t in the mood to talk much so I did more listening but near the end, I was feeling jovial. It was nice to chat with M about schooling as he wants to pursue education and it made me think about my situation a little more.

The mansion for the Mac Grill is beautiful. I’m glad they decided to preserve the mansion. I hear it’s haunted. Oooohhhh. Scary thought indeed.

I went to Minoru Park after school and did all the different obstacles courses which was rather fun.  I realize that my arms are like useless.  they may as well be there for decoration because I couldn’t swing myself across the monkey bars.  My arms are really sore today because I also did the double bar shuffle and barely made it.  I’m determined to get across the bars though this summer!

Back to the grind though, I need to upload our youthgroup film before Tabea leaves for home.

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