There is a particular kind of hunger that only hits when you are standing in a long line, sweating under the Texas sun, quietly questioning every decision that led you here.
Then the smell arrives before the food does. Smoke, beef, something slow and deeply caramelized, and just like that, the wait becomes part of the experience.
Texas does not do anything halfway, and that includes its restaurants. The state has a long tradition of places that make you work for it a little…