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John Bates couldn’t find the South Texas flavors that reminded him of home. But now, the Austin pitmaster, who grew up in Corpus Christi and gained renown when his restaurant, InterStellar Barbecue, was named a 2021 Texas Monthly Top 50 joint, is dishing out those hometown flavors with his new Yellow Bell Tacos trailer. “By getting closer to my heart and doing things that I really, really loved, we found a lot of success,” he says. “Tacos are kind of the same thing for me as well.” If Interstellar’s consistently long lines are any indication, Yellow Bell will follow suit. But customers will have to locate the trailer first.The seven-month-old mobile operation is tucked behind Austin Beerworks’ taproom in Sprinkle Valley. The location, in the…

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