free encyclopedia jump to navigation search rudy s country store and bar b q type privately held founded 1989 headquarters 1514 ranch road 620 south lakeway texas 78734 number of locations 34 approx . website http www.rudys.com a sampling of rudy s foods . rudy s country store and bar b q is a barbecue restaurant established in leon springs a district of san antonio in the u.s. state of texas in 1989 . 1 the company currently operates restaurants in texas arizona oklahoma new mexico and colorado and sells products via its web site 2 under the slogan the wurst bar b q in texas . 3 4 history edit rudy s was established by rudolph aue in leon springs texas in 1929 as a combination business consisting of a filling station automobile repair shop and grocery store . 5 in 1989 rudolph added barbecue to the food menu 5 combining the grocery and new restaurant element to make a country store feel . their signature barbecue consists of 100 % oak wood smoked meats rather than the usual texas mesquite smoke and special in house spices . rudy s later expanded to 34 locations through the states of texas oklahoma arizona colorado and new mexico . now more of a self service sit down restaurant style establishment the retail store portion usually consists of a small corner of each location . the company s head offices are currently located in lakeway texas . 6 references edit salda a hector 28 may 2009 . best barbecue restaurant rudy s country store and bar b q . my san antonio readers choice awards . san antonio express news . retrieved 2009 06 19 . rudy s country store and bar b q official site . retrieved 2009 06 19 . permenter paris 2006 . insiders guide to san antonio 3rd . guilford globe pequot . isbn 0 7627 4047 7 . michael karl witzel 2008 . barbecue road trip recipes restaurants and pitmasters from america s great barbecue regions . voyageur press . p. 35 . isbn 978 0 7603 2752 4 . retrieved 11 september 2013 . a b engelhardt elizabeth 2009 . republic of barbecue . austin university of texas press . isbn 0 292 71998 1 . http www.hoovers.com company information cs company profile.rudys texas bar b q llc.44d1de2feb3d205b.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rudy % 27s country store and bar b q & oldid 734021278 categories restaurants in texasprivately held companies based in texaseconomy of the southwestern united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statesfast food chains of the united statesrestaurants established in 1989retail companies established in 1929 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 16 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view