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From its truck in South Austin, Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ upgraded to a much bigger location in Buda that’s serving drinks and offering more specials.

The former Temple Feed & Supply building along the railroad tracks in downtown Temple soon will become an indoor/outdoor market featuring craft vendors, produce and artisan opportunities.

Here’s what I’ve concluded after all those thousands of miles and pound after pound of smoked meats: the South has a lot of really, really good barbecue, and it just gets better each year. It also seems that the South’s brisket fever is finally starting to break. Yes, many new barbecue restaurateurs, regardless of where in the South they are working, still look to Texas for inspiration, often unabashedly branding their operations “Texas style.”

The barbecue scene will experience a big shakeup in the days ahead with the opening of Valentinas Tex Mex BBQ and the closing of BBQ Ramen Tatsu-ya.

The original food truck is closed for now.

The historic site was once dotted with dilapidated metal barns, silos, and a cotton gin dating back to 1914, but it's found new life with stores, restaurants, a salon, and a yoga studio.

Salmon costra and chicken pastor tacos at Tacos Mariachi. Photograph by José R. Ralat Tacos Mariachi is making a comeback (kind of). The popular Tijuana seafood–focused taqueria in West Dallas and its second outpost on Greenville both closed during the pandemic. Now comes word from Eater Dallas and the Dallas Morning News that owner Jesus Carmona has a new concept: Milagro. The restaurant, whose name means “miracle,” is slated to open later this month near the original home of Tacos Mar...

7 things to know in Austin food right now: Tex-Mex barbecue favorite fires up in the ’burbs 7 things to know in Austin food: Tex-Mex barbecue fave fires up move Buda will soon be smokin! Openings Buda, get ready to smoke ’em when you get ’em — brisket, that is. One of Austin’s best barbecue operations and official Austin FC vendor  Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ is set to make the move to Austin’s neighbor to the south. According to pit master and founder  Miguel Vidal, the forthcom...

One of Austins best barbecue joints is moving. "This is a dream come true for our family, and we can’t thank you guys enough for making this dream a reality for us," the Vidal family wrote on Instagram.  The popular barbecue restaurant first opened in a trailer on Brodie Lane in 2013 and then moved into a brick-and-mortar on Menchaca Road a few years later. Buda Mill & Grain, located on the southern edge of Budas downtown, has a number of retail outlets, restaurants, salons and studios. Vale...