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Food

Nothing says “home” like food. Everyone’s got some special dish their dad or their grandma always knows how to cook just right, and in East Austin, there’s plenty of special dishes to choose from. At Geno’s Too Hot to Trot, Gene Tumbs and Sandra Black cook up the greens, yams, rice and gravy that spell soul food heaven—especially if you add in Sandra’s famous smothered pork chops. Is barbecue your thing? Then the place to go is Sam’s, where the cooks work hard, but the results are worth it.

And what is food without something to wash it down? At the Live Oak brewery, owner Chip McElroy draws on European beer-making traditions (and a biochemistry degree) to perfect his brews.

And Gene, Sandra, and Chip are just a few of the people making East Austin’s special flavors.

Here are some of their stories.

Cuevas Produce
El Jardin Alegre: Community Growth
Geno’s Too Hot to Trot
Juan and Only
Letters for Las Manitas
Live Oak Rules
Meals on Wheels and More
Nothing Like Mama’s
Nubian Queen Lo-La
Nuevo Leon
One in a Million
Rosewood Restaurants
Sam’s Barbecue
Sam's BBQ (2003)
A Taco for Me
Urban Farm




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Hispanic-looking middle age woman talks expressively gesticulating her right arm . Sepia toned, dual colored image.
Middle age woman sits at a table and looks at the camera.. A man's arms reach in front of her,  grabbing a tortilla in one hand and  picking up food on a plate with the other. His face is not visible. On the background, there is an image of an elderly woman, blurred by her movement. Sepia toned dual color image
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Small house on street. Sign below one other of "Pepsi" reads" SAM's BBQ". In the porch of the house you can equally read "Sam's BBQ" in bigger font. By the front door, there are 2 garbagge bins.. Sepia toned, dual colored image.