by Phil Houseal | Apr 5, 2018 | All Articles, Food, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
April 3, 2018–Whenever family from north of Willow Creek came to town looking for an authentic Fredericksburg Main Street experience, I took them to the Altdorf Restaurant. Nothing said “gemutlichkeit” like the outdoor biergarten, shaded barrel tables, smiling...
by Phil Houseal | Nov 17, 2017 | All Articles, Food, Philosophy
Nov 15, 2017–As Thanksgiving brings its predictable menu of comfort food, dispensed in your family tradition, I started thinking about how as we grow older we tend to seek out stronger flavors. The pungency of goat cheese and truffles. The tang of red wine and black...
by Phil Houseal | Oct 5, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Food, Music, People of the Hill Country, Venue
Oct 4, 2017–When we first moved to the Hill Country, there was a small rodeo arena on Hwy 16 south of Fredericksburg. I remember pulling in with the kids and letting them experience the dust, grit, and bellowing of bulls, broncs, and barrel racing. There is no greater...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 27, 2017 | All Articles, Food, People of the Hill Country, Venue
July 26, 2017–I was just trying to get my manos on a bottle of Inca Kola. Inca Kola is a soda that is popular in Peru. I don’t remember liking it–it’s a sugary sweet concoction whose color can only be described as anti-freeze yellow, with a name appropriated from an...
by Phil Houseal | Jun 29, 2017 | All Articles, Food, People of the Hill Country, Venue
June 28, 2017–This may be blasphemy, but biscuits weren’t that big of a deal where I grew up. It was not until I arrived in Texas that I realized the foundational role a good biscuit played in a typical southern breakfast. Here, biscuits were buttered, jellied,...
by Phil Houseal | Feb 1, 2017 | All Articles, Food, Venue
Feb 1, 2017–You couldn’t get much more “out of the box.” That overused phrase is the perfect description of the new Münch Food Park now open on Highway Street. “We’re not in a box,” said owner Justin Armes. “Heck, we’re not even square.” They’re more “tubular.” The...
