MADE WITH Love

When you get to Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ in Austin, Texas, don’t expect a fancy building...yet. Even so, Miguel and Modesty Vidal have already built one of the most popular barbecue restaurants in town: It’s three trailers (one where they serve the food, two where they prep and cook), several outdoor smokers, plus a covered patio and an open barn with picnic tables. ¶ “I don’t need Valentina’s to be some huge, crazy operation,” Miguel says. What they both wanted when they started out in 2013 was to create a relaxed, comfortable place that feels like the backyard gatherings Miguel grew up with in a Mexican American