Austin Answered really shines when you readers get involved.

On Jan. 3, I asked: “Barbecue to challah bread: What is the fanciest H-E-B in the Austin area?” In that column, I published early answers plucked from Reddit Austin that included maximal stores at Lake Austin and Exposition boulevards, South Congress Avenue at Slaughter Lane, Far West and Wood Hollow boulevards, Hancock Center and Mueller, as well as Central Market South.

You not only read the story in the tens of thousands and, thank you, shared it with your friends, some of you added your own two cents.

Tell us what you really think: What is the best H-E-B in the Austin area?

Round 2 of the debate adds some twists to the right stuff.

Darcie Jane Fromholz: “The new one on University in Georgetown is awesome! The BBQ place is two stories high and you can actually get a cocktail! And the produce section is excellent — not so much international, because Georgetown — but a lovely store!

Patrick Landrum: “Cart concierge service at Lake Austin is hard to beat! Carts even have their own escalator, plus there are elevators to the parking garage, coffee shop and barbecue!”

Dan Dodson: “The ‘Gucci-B’s’ are nice, e.g. Austin #32 on Exposition, and coming soon, the new Austin #8 store at West Oltorf Street and South Congress. However, if you need something less mainstream — (for instance) the industrial size Bolner’s Family Fiesta Spices paprika to make your own BBQ rub — you need to check out the larger stores in different neighborhoods. Austin #3 at Hancock Center’s student population gets a different marketing mix than Austin #11 on Slaughter Lane at Menchaca Road’s. Fortunately, they all carry 1905 Vanilla Ice Cream (still made with egg).”

I’m pleased Mr. Dodson knows the numbers for each H-E-B store in Austin. There’s history in those designations.

One last reader generously volunteered to expand our geographic reach to the Rio Grande Valley.

Scott Ballew: “Y’all need to come down to ‘Gucci-B’ in McAllen. That store is something else.”

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