The TexasBest List

Beer Bytch's Texas Best List

Following are some Texas Bests - purely subjective but highly accurate.

Eatin' Places

Mexican Food

Los Vaqueros - Fort Worth Stockyards - Serving up authentic Mexican food to the rich, famous, and regular folks for decades. Great Mexican Food
Pulido's - Ft. Worth/Arlington - couple of locations - small family owned and operated.

Mi' Tierra - San Antonio's Market Square. It is NOT a trip to San Antonio unless you've eaten here.

Barbeque

Rudy's - locations in Austin and San Antonio - best combination Gas Station / B-B-Q places in Texas

Spring Creek - Locations all over the DFW area.

David's BBQ - As Texas and Down Home as it gets. Located in Pantego.

Home Cookin'

Massey's - Ft. Worth. Famous for Chicken Fried Steak.

Babe's - Garland, TX Famous for Chicken, & Chicken Fried Steak & all the veggies you can eat!

Seafood

Texas has well over 600 miles of coastline so you know you're gonna find plenty of great Seafood. Here's just a few suggestions.

Gaido's - Galveston. Located right on the seawall on the Island. Voted one of the top 25 seafood restaurants in American - let alone Texas. Pricey but always good. They do some interesting things with fresh Texas seafood.

Sea Island - San Antonio, 2 locations. Family owned/operated, and the grilled shrimp is the best!

Hills Pier 19 - Nothin fancy here... just good fresh seafood. This is where the locals eat.

Steaks

Little Red Barn- San Antonio Family owned/operated. This guy's got a gold mine! AWESOME Steaks!

Love & War in Texas - AWESOME menu.. from wild boar quesadillas, to antelope.. YUM!

Books about Texas

Hill Country - by Janice Woods Windle. A story about 2 Texas families, and the birth of political aspirations of 2 women, Rebekah Baines Johnson & Laura Hoge Woods.

Movies About Texas

Lonesome Dove - Actually a made for TV miniseries - but still the greatest Western ever filmed. Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as retired Texas Ranger Captains Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call
play the roles of their lifetimes.

Giant - Movie adaptation of Edna Ferber's classic novel about Texas power and pride. James Dean's greatest (and last ) performance. Also good portrayals by Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson.