From Gonzales (so you'll know my preferences and I'll start there)

Gonzales- cow palace it's at the auction on 90a, great steaks and decent salad bar.
Luling- city market or Blake's if the BBQ is closed
Lockhart- Chisholm trail on 183, it's where the locals get their BBQ
Austin- catfish parlour, threadgills,
Columbus- schobels
Hondo- Herman sons steakhouse
Utopia, lost maples cafe
Fredericksburg- Andy's diner
Junction- isaacs
Fort Stockton- kbobs
Boerne- Fritzes BBQ and riverside market
Bergheim- obriens
Brownwood- underwoods
New braunfels- pats place
Bulverde- antlers
San Antonio- smoky moes on bulverde rd, bigz burgers, biff buzby's, bourbon street, bluebonnet cafe on ww white
Beeville- elders meat market
Cotulla- jj's country store
Katy- the older Los Cucos on 90
Coppel- hard8 (bbq ok, chicken poppers worth the trip)
San angelo- zentner's daughter



Out of TX-
Carlsbad- Danny's or the no whiner diner
Artesia- Henry's BBQ
Colorado springs- mason jar
Pigeon forge tenn, old mill restaurant
Ozark mo- lambert's


I don't really care for chains but if there's one place that's above par I'm all ears. I do love a good mom and pop place and if you think I'm missing something in the area I listed or even elsewhere I'd love to hear it.... Siri only knows so much when we go to a town we're not acquainted with. Regards, Tim

underwoods? really? sorry but my stomach ejects every time i used to eat there. prima pasta, gomezs or humphry petes. last time i went through they were building a new chinese food buffet.

That's what I had in mind, thanks for the suggestions.