Longtime Austin barbecue joint near UT campus closing

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For one central Austin barbecue joint, the pit is shutting off.
Ruby’s BBQ restaurant, near the University of Texas campus, announced it’s closing later this month.
“At this point, I believe [owner Pat Mares] probably fed me more than my mother over the years,” said Paul Minor, laughing. A self-proclaimed longtime customer who says he’s been making the trek to the barbecue restaurant since it opened back in the late ’80s.
Minor is not the