Food & Drink
BBQ joints, Tex-Mex, kolaches, small-town diners and Texas flavors.
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Dublin Bottling Works and Dublin, Texas: What to Know Before You Go for Cane-Sugar Sodas
Dublin has bottled soda since 1891. The tours and soda shop have closed, but the store is open. Here’s how to plan…
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Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth: How the Cash-Only Tex-Mex Landmark Works Before You Go
Fort Worth’s family-run Tex-Mex landmark has served since 1935. Here’s how its cash-only, two-choice dinner and garden patio work.
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City Market in Luling: How to Order at This 1958 Barbecue Joint and What Else to See in Town
Luling’s City Market has served brisket and sausage on butcher paper since 1958. How ordering works, plus pump jacks and more in…
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San Saba, Texas: A Fall Visit to the Self-Proclaimed Pecan Capital of the World
San Saba has called itself the Pecan Capital of the World for generations. Here’s the history, where to buy pecans and what…
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Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana: Fruitcake Season at the Texas Bakery That Ships Worldwide
Corsicana’s Collin Street Bakery has baked since 1896, and fall is fruitcake season. Here’s the history, the DeLuxe cake and where to…
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Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor: Hours, What to Order and How to Make a Day of It
Taylor’s smoke-stained Louie Mueller Barbecue has fed Texans since 1949. Here’s when it’s open, what to order and what to see downtown.
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Llano, Texas: A Granite Courthouse Town on the River, and the Pit Barbecue at Cooper’s
Llano pairs an 1893 courthouse, a 1935 river bridge and old-time downtown with Cooper’s, where you pick your barbecue right off the…
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Weikel’s Bakery in La Grange: Kolaches, History and How to Spend a Morning in Town
Weikel’s has baked kolaches on Highway 71 since 1985. Here’s what to order and what to see in La Grange while you’re…
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Hruška’s in Ellinger: The Highway 71 Stop for Kolaches, Burgers and Country-Store Goodies
Halfway between Austin and Houston, family-run Hruška’s in Ellinger serves 16 kinds of kolaches and a well-loved cheeseburger.
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Monument Cafe and the Georgetown Square: Breakfast, Pie and a Stroll Through One of Texas’ Prettiest Downtowns
Start with breakfast and pie at Georgetown’s Monument Cafe, then stroll the 1911 courthouse square. Hours, fall events and tips.