Enjoy the Texas Hill Country

Store, burger shack, beer joint and live music venue all rolled up into one — a trifecta and a sidecar. You could come here to grab a beer after your outing to Hamilton Pool, and sit outside under the oak trees right across the parking lot from a few head of cattle. They even sell [...]

This place is located in Kerrville and it has a nice covered deck that overlooks the river, which is always a good thing. This is another really good place to visit after you have spent time on the water in Kerrville or Ingram and you just want to have a couple of drinks and watch [...]

This ice house has outdoor seating and is located on Loop 337 heading away from New Braunfels just before you get to Gruene Road. Naturally, it is a good place to grab a beverage when you finish up your float trip on the Lower Guadalupe ending up at Gruene. If you want to relive, or [...]

This place sits right on the Blanco River and is a nice little place to visit after you have been spending time paddling the Lower Guadalupe or hanging out at the Blanco State Park.

This is one of the newer establishments in Llano where adult beverages are available. There is an outdoor seating area and they have live music on the weekends so be sure to contact them to see who will be playing. It is located in the old railyard district and is very close to the Llano [...]

This self-styled cowboy sports bar has a big dance floor and plenty of outdoor seating so you can stretch your legs out and dance or just hang out and relax after playing in the water over at the city park. It can get crowded when they televise a big PRCA event here so plan accordingly. [...]

This old place was built in 1893 and they have been having dances here ever since that time. There is a pretty large oak dance floor in this hall and they usually have dances every Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. If you have been spending time over at Medina Lake it might be worth your [...]

This cafe sits overlooking the Medina River in Bandera, which is a sweet little town out in the Hill Country. It is a great place to visit and hang out on the deck after spending time swimming or floating at City Park.

Hold on there, we didn’t name this place so don’t kill the messenger. The 2010 flood took out the original deck, but the new one is up and running. Bubba’s is situated on the cypress-lined Guadalupe River at the new Gruene Road bridge at the take out point for Rockin R tubes. It is hard [...]

This long-time, old fashioned ice house in Austin has vine-shaded outdoor seating and several horseshoe pits. There are not many ice houses this far north so you ought to come out for a little different experience than at most of the the bars in town. As an added bonus, they recently started playing live music [...]