Archive: road food

Big Texan Steak Ranch

Posted on: Jul 1, 2012        In: Out and About        With: No comments
Legendary Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo was our first meal of the road trip.  Surely you have heard about the Big Texan.  It seems that billboards are about every ten miles on I-40 that leads to Amarillo. (Not really, but there are ALOT of billboards featuring the promise of a free steak dinner.)  Yes, […]

Weikel’s Kolaches

Posted on: Apr 13, 2012        In: Out and About        With: No comments
Serendipity: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way —Weikel’s Bakery in La Grange, Texas was just such a place for us. We were driving along highway 71 near La Grange, Texas  looking for a place to eat breakfast.  Hunger was beginning to set in – it was almost 10:00.  That is when we noticed […]