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| - Extraordinary, astonishing, sensational, & remarkable food. Hands down.
My & my gf moved here from San Antonio, Texas to attend ASU in Tempe. We live in Ahuatukee on the I-10 two exits away. We used to go to Whataburger all the time. This must be a Texas obsession, because I BARELY see any around. Anyway! The minute we saw the sign where it said ,"Coming Soon, Rudy's." WE BOTH FREAKED OUT, & said, "Oh My God, Rudy's is coming here!? Shut the hell up!" Then we waited, & waited, & waited some more...... Then one day I see that it is completely built & there are employees walking around the place. Almost there. Finally, Grand Opening! Immediately after getting out of work I go directly to Rudy's to wait in the MASSIVE line snaking around the building. There must have been more than 100 people in that line easy. We did not care. We proudly wore our Rudy's 20th Anniversary shirts that we had from back home.
Former & current Texas residents imagine this: I used to live literally across the street from the Rudy's that was serving Sea World on US HWY 151. Yup, right there. And I went often. Sometimes even with my sportbiker crew that I rode around with. Rudy's is the absolute sh**. My gf & I always talk about how we miss Rudy's & she even had her parents ship her the bottles of Rudy's Sause. That's how much we loved that place. So there we are on opening day waiting about 30 to 45 minutes for pure goodness. Then we get to the front of the line. I love how the staff yells. They did that at in San Antonio, too, but these guys are super loud. Love that. We did notice that the sides items (coleslaw, potato salad, etc...) are all prepackaged in styrofoam cups in refrigerators which is nice. They stay cold in there. Good idea. Also, we noticed that there was no pickles on the menu. Rudy's in San Antonio always charged us for pickles that they sliced & served us. We were very disappointed at first. We even asked an employee that happened to be from Laredo, TX & she was not aware of the pickles at all. She might have never gone to Rudy's is why. Oh well.
Anyway, we get our food in a bottle crate on wax paper, (THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS BEEN DONE IN TEXAS FOR THE LONGEST TIME SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TOUGH!) All non-Texans just do not get it & they probably never will. Oh well, their loss if they never go back.
So we start walking to the condiment bar & lo & behold there were the pickles! Free of charge. Yay! We nearly yelled at the girl for telling us she knew of no pickles. Pickles is something you don't play with when it comes to Rudy's. You NEED to have pickles with your Rudy's barbeque, people! No butts about it. We have a laugh with the girl & the manager about the misunderstanding. And by the way, that awesome manager, Marcus is the absolute Bomb dot com.
So at last we sit down on the old country benches to eat. The moment of truth. I like to refer to this moment as "P.H.E." PURE HEAVENLY EUPHORIA.
Just as others have said, the brisket is tender, the chicken is tasty, the sausage... oh my. Wonderful sausage links marinated in Godly flavoring. Another difference here: They not only give you white bread with your meal, but you now have a choice of enriched wheat bread. Lovely.
I happen to love the sissy sauce. I think it's just right for my spicy sensitive
tongue.
One more difference I took notice of. I used to order the chopped meat back home. It used to contain a little bit of everything like chicken, pork, & beef. All mixed in Rudy's Sause. Not here. I asked the employees, & they did not know of this of course. They said they didn't carry it. Only the pure chopped beef. That's okay. Because I love that all the same, regardless.
I can say that the best meal here would be a quarter pound of chopped beef, potato salad, coleslaw, wheat bread, & either a Big Red or a Coke. PHE all the way, baby.
There's no way Rudy's is getting anything less than five stars. We missed you Rudy's. We welcome you back into our lives.
That was only two weeks ago. We've been back 4 times since then.
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