Texas

Some breakfast plates are good enough to forget by lunch. Others stick with people for years, pulling them…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 13

Carmine, Texas, counted just 244 residents in the 2020 census, which makes it smaller than plenty of high…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 13

Some barbecue spots hide in plain sight along a busy parkway, and the best ones never need a…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 13

Some barbecue joints earn a reputation slowly, one plate at a time, until the parking lot starts filling…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

Some trays of cinnamon rolls come out of the oven, and by afternoon they are simply gone. In…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

Some lines in Austin stretch from the counter, past the door, and right into the parking lot. People…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

A big Hereford bull stands guard on a rooftop in downtown Hutto, and it is not lost. It…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

Some road trip meals are forgettable the moment you get back in the car. Others make you check…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

Some breakfast spots try to look old. This one in Coppell, Texas, has the booths, the counter, and…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 12

Some Houston restaurants lock their doors at ten. One south Houston diner never bothers with a lock schedule…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Some breakfast orders in Austin are older than most of the city’s skyline. On one corner of the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Some Dallas cravings refuse to wait for a fancy reservation, and the craving for real Southern home cooking…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Galveston is famous for its beaches, cruise ships, and salty breezes, but one of its best stops has…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Some road trips have a rule, and in Wharton, Texas, the rule is simple: save room for pie.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Some nights call for a plate of chicken-fried steak and a spin around a wooden floor, ideally in…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 11

Some Austin breakfasts are small enough to finish before the coffee refill arrives, and some need the whole…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

Some Austin breakfast spots close by early afternoon. One spot on South Congress barely closes at all. On…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

Austin loves its old burger counters, and plenty of folks head straight for the famous downtown names. But…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

Plenty of Texas restaurants open with a splash and close before anyone learns the menu, but a few…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

Some of the best pie in Texas is baked in towns you could drive through in two minutes.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

El Paso has a funny habit of mixing car care with local legend. Ask around town, and somebody…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 10

Main Street in Fredericksburg is famous for German heritage, busy sidewalks, and shops that pull you in one…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

Holiday cooking is fun right up until someone has to wash the roasting pan. That is why more…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

Some restaurants earn a crowd by being new. Others earn it by doing the same thing well, year…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

Some dinners happen close to home, and some dinners are worth putting gas in the truck for. Out…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

Some of the best tacos in Texas come from places with plain signs, small dining rooms, and parking…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

Some Texas restaurants come with more than a menu. They come with old walls, long histories, and stories…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 9

The first real cold front in Texas changes everyone’s dinner plans overnight. One day it is iced tea…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Texas road trips have an unofficial rule: if you see a kolache sign before lunch, you slow down.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Some Dallas lunch plans start with a simple question: who wants fried chicken? In one corner of the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Some road trips are planned around big sights, and some are planned around a single slice of pie.…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Houston has strong opinions about a lot of things, like traffic routes, football, and which barbecue line is…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Some appetizers arrive on a plate. Others arrive like a small building project, stacked so tall that the…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 8

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep frying chicken and baking pie for nine straight decades. This…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7

Some towns shout for attention, and some simply wait for the right people to find them. A small…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7

Some Texas traditions never need a calendar reminder, and Friday night catfish is one of them. All across…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7

Texans argue about chili the way other folks argue about sports teams. Beans or no beans, how much…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7

Some of the best sausage in Texas doesn’t come from a fancy restaurant. It comes from old meat…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7

Crab legs get the spotlight at a lot of seafood joints, but crawfish étouffée is the dish that…

By Marco Rinaldi · Oct 7