Taylor is well-known world wide for its barbecue and historic downtown. It's also well known for its rich culture and progressive leadership. Here is just a few of the "bragging rights" we have about Taylor.

The charming Hill Country town of Taylor, now part of the Greater Austin area, is well over 100 years old in steeped in history.
- GoTexas.About.com

If you're on your way to Austin from Dallas, it's only a 16-mile detour.
- Frommer's

Feature of Louie Mueller Barbecue on Food Network TV. Enough said.
- Food Network TV, Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives with Guy Fierri

Can't-miss spots for barbecue fans (Louie Mueller Barbecue)
- Bon Appetit magazine

Feature of Tim Mikeska of Mikeska Foods on Food Network TV. Oldie but goodie.
- Food Network TV, Food Nations with Bobby Flay

Visitors are attracted to Taylor's bustling historic downtown area filled with distinctive shops and authentic barbecue joints.
- AllAcrossTexas.com

The Best Barbecue in Texas, Part 1: Taylor
- aSweetAndSavoryLife.com

Best Places to Live (contender)
- Money.CNN.com

National Register of Historic Places: Taylor, Texas
- http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tx/Williamson/districts.html

Preserve America Community: Taylor, Texas
- http://www.preserveamerica.gov/PAcommunity-taylorTX.html

Mustang Creek Golf Course has continued to evolve into a tough, challenging course.
- AustinGolf.com

Taylor's Mustang Creek Golf Course is "One of the finest and most challenging 9 hole courses in the USA"
- Golf USA Tour.

"Summer Road Trips" ...the best Texas Style Barbecue.
- USA Today

Taylor is a town known for its good barbeque... Taylor's barbeque history intersects the legend of one of the best known families in Texas barbeque, the Mikeska brothers
- BlogCritics.com

Taylor is one of the few still functioning industrial towns in Texas, a unique throwback to an older age, with factories and active train traffic and a lot of character.
- BlogCritics.com