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Nowhere will you find a better combination of Austin’s latent hippiedom and Texans’ lust for beef. Ruby’s serves a perfectly smoked hormone-free brisket that goes quite nicely with their earthy greens and barbecue beans, hot enough to make you shed tears. Non-beef people can enjoy smoked turkey or chicken and vegetarians can sate themselves on Ruby’s generous (and inexpensive) black bean tacos.
This article appears in March 9 • 2001.
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