Dish on the Road: Fredericksburg

Jas and I hit the road this weekend, we went to Fredericksburg, TX.
We went for the vineyards...won't do that again.
However, we tried a few places that I do recommend, should you ever find yourself in that part of Texas.


The first place that we stopped was off of the beaten path. It was Alamo Springs General Store & Cafe. This is the best greasy burger I have ever had. We also tried the crusty fries...which were normal fries mixed in with fries that had been coated in chicken fried steak batter. Um...yes.



We went on in to Fredericksburg and we tried some wines... then we went on to The Cotton Gin Cabernet Grill.
The food here was decent, but it wasn't just out of this world.
Jas had the fillet. I had the cilantro-pesto grilled shrimp. J had the Tasso Chicken Breast and M had the bison enchiladas. Out of the four, I think M won that coin toss. The enchis were delic!






The next day we went to Java Ranch for breakfast because we happened to have coupons courtesy of our hotel stay.
This place had muffins, strudel, breakfast tacos, coffees and hot chocolate. It was darling inside, with painted murals and a ranch-house feel.
I had the bacon-egg-and-cheese croissant. It was out of this world. I have never had a better croissant. Jas had a breakfast taco that came with homemade salsa. Yum-o!


After our fortifying breakfast, we hit the road so that we could take in the National Pacific War Museum. This museum is amazing and it is much larger than you can imagine. It is filled with so many great pieces of information. I highly recommend this venue, if you can arrange it.

As you can imagine, that took a lot out of us, and we found ourselves once again in need of sustenance. We chose Hondo's on Main Street. Hondo's is known for their live music and their on-line schedule can be found on their website.
The menu is mecca for fried food!!
We started out with the onion strings. Their lightly battered goodness came with two different dipping sauces, both spectacular!



Jason and I split the chicken fried steak plate. He had the curly fries that came served in a precious little tin bucket complete with parchment paper. The CFS came with homemade potato chips brushed with Parmesan. Wow.


M chose the meatloaf and had many positive things to say about it. It was accompanied by the onion strings of deliciousness. It was such a large plate that he didn't even finish it!!

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Overall, it was a lot of fried food and bad wine.
However, it was nice to be on the road and out of the metro-plex for a bit.


...And Hula Hut in Austin, a tried and true joint that we hit on way home, was definitely one of the best stops we made!