Today for co-worker Tom's birthday, the office group went to Rudy's BBQ for lunch. Rudy's is a combination gas station/BBQ restaurant. I know, that sounds weird. I'm not sure which came first - the gas station or the BBQ. Did someone have a gas station that sold BBQ? Or did they have a BBQ restaurant and decided to add gas pumps to help bring in customers?
In any case, Rudy's is a great, quick meal place. They have fabulous breakfast tacos (pretty much any combination you like: chorizo, ham, brisket, sausage, etc.) which are available all day. They have wonderful smoked meats like brisket, ham, sausage, turkey, and ribs. as well as roast chicken and pulled pork. On Friday and Saturday nights they have smoked prime rib which is the bomb. Better get there early, since they always run out! Very traditional side items - potato salad, cole slaw, three bean salad, creamed corn, baked beans - and you get white or wheat bread with your meat. Desserts are banana pudding or chocolate pudding. Again very traditional southern/Texas BBQ staples.
You'll get your meal in a plastic tray that looks a little like a cut-down milk crate, lined with white butcher paper. No plates. You get another sheet of butcher paper for a "placemat". Paper towels serve as napkins. Plastic utensils on the bar with the "fixin's" like pickles, onions and peppers. On the table you'll find salt & pepper plus two bottles of sause: regular and "sissy" (mild) sauce. When you're done, wrap up your trash in the "placemat" and throw the whole thing away.
Not a fancy place but really good food!
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