Unlike many Texas barbecue bastions which seem to prefer acrid mesquite woods, Rudy’s meats are prepared using only oak, a slower-burning wood than mesquite. Rudy’s still offers Texas style tangy barbecue in a country store setting. ![]() This expansive enterprise also has restaurants in Colorado, Kansas, Arizona, Oklahoma and throughout the great state of Texas. Today, Rudy’s now has two stores in the Duke City. It took more than a dozen years for those hopes to be realized. My first impression was that this intriguing country store concept would be a perfect fit for for Albuquerque which until recent years has had pretty slim pickings when it comes to great barbecue. Rudy’s was transformed into a meat market selling meats prepared on 100% oak-fired pits. In 1989, Rudy’s added Bar-B-Q to its country store’s name. The country store included a gas station, garage and grocery store. ![]() The country store was opened in 1929 by Rudolph “Rudy” Aue, the son of the founder of Leon Springs. ![]() Back then Leon Springs appeared to be a test ground for new restaurant concepts–and in fact, it is the site of the first Romano’s Macaroni Grill and the first Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q (as well as a concept called Nacho Mama’s which might have been the best of the lot.)īefore it was Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q, however, it was just Rudy’s Country Store. At the time Rudy’s was just beginning to make inroads toward becoming a significant barbecue presence in Texas where beef and brisket are king. I first sampled Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q’s products in 1993 in Leon Springs, Texas, a San Antonio suburb on the fringes of the magnificent Texas Hill Country.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |