Fiesta Winery – Fredericksburg, TX

Date Visited: 3/16/2024
Website: fiestawinery.com

Fiesta Winery is a mainstay in the Texas Hill Country wine scene, and for very good reason.  With a wide range of wine offerings from bone dry to decadently sweet, these folks have you covered.  They have four tasting rooms – Fredericksburg Main Street, Fredericksburg 290, the Winery & Vineyard in Bend, and Marble Falls.  For the purposes of this review, we visited the Fredericksburg 290 tasting room.

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Lupe Tortilla (The Rim) – San Antonio, TX

Date Visited: 2/16/2024
Websites: http://www.originallupetortilla.com/ (Original Houston Location), https://tex-mex.com (Franchise)

Lupe Tortilla is a real down-home success story.  A Texas-based chain with locations in Houston, San Antonio/Austin, and DFW, what started from humble beginning quickly expanded, and for very good reason!

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Pluckers Wing Bar – San Antonio, TX

Date Visited: 3/7/2024
Website: pluckers.com

Pluckers Wing Bar has cemented itself as a premier location for wings and things in Texas.  What started from humble beginnings has grown into a bit of a small empire, and as we discovered, for very good reason!  For the purposes of this review, we visited the San Antonio I-10 location.

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Blanco BBQ – San Antonio, TX

Date Visited: 3/2/2024
Website: https://blancobbq.com/

Established in 2013, Blanco BBQ has cemented its rightful place in the San Antonio barbecue scene.  Located on upper/middle Blanco road in between the Deerfield and Churchill neighborhoods, it has become a fixture and you just can’t miss it as you drive by.

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Rome’s Pizza ~ San Antonio, TX

Date Visited: 2/23/2024
Website: romespizza.com

Rome’s Pizza is a single-location, down-home pizzeria located West of I-10 on De Zavala road in San Antonio.  It’s in an ethnic strip mall sporting several eclectic restaurants, so it feels right at home in its little area.  It’s a staple in the San Antonio pizza/Italian segment, and as we found out, for very good reason!

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