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Turkey Leg Hut has become a bastion of Houston's Black culture — and a gentrification lightning rod


Turkey Leg Hut has become a bastion of Houston’s Black culture and a gentrification lightning rod
Kayla Stewart
In Houston’s Third Ward, a red sign plastered with two smiling Black faces stands above a seemingly never-ending line of guests waiting for smoked turkey legs, fried boudin balls and bananas foster waffles. In just four years, this byproduct of Houston’s Black culture and ingenuity has become one of the city’s most popular restaurants, one turkey leg at a time.
Turkey Leg Hut has become much more than the long lines that have come to define the restaurant. Its rapid success has also made it a lightning rod for racially tinged conflicts over gentrification. ....

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