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Sunbeam Bagels, Bryan, Texas - A Ray of Light in Downtown
Sunbeam Bagels When I sat down with Jake Mitchell, owner of Sunbeam Bagels, in Downtown Bryan, Texas, the first thing that struck me was...
Sep 24 min read
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Sweet Bull Creamery, College Station, Texas - A much-needed sweet treat
Sweet Bull Creamery Mike and Darcy Marks already have a massively successful taco truck business, voted the #1 Taco Truck in the Best of...
Jul 152 min read
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Citizens Coffee & Wine Cafe, Hempstead, TX - Part Art Gallery, Part Restaurant
Citizens Coffee & Wine Cafe Kenneth and Kimberly Pilcher have been married since 1993. They raised a family, spent years in meaningful...
Jul 87 min read
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Phil's Roadhouse Montgomery, Texas - Fulfilling Her Dad's Dream
Phil's Roadhouse - Montgomery, TX In 2005, Phil Philipello opened Phil's Roadhouse in Montgomery, Texas. He'd been in the food service...
Jun 244 min read
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Vintage Arts Coffeehouse & Bistro, Granger, Tx - Coffee, lunch, and cool finds
Vintage Arts Coffeehouse & Bistro Sandra Stoll, along with her husband Duane, has owned Vintage Arts Coffeehouse & Bistro in Granger,...
May 63 min read
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Bird’s BBQ & Crawfish in Bellville, Texas - Balancing BBQ and Family
Bird's BBQ & Crawfish Jacob Bird, Owner of Bird’s BBQ & Crawfish in Bellville, Texas, was a competition BBQ’er for 15 years, but he’d...
Apr 224 min read
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JP Werner Cafe, Cameron, TX - A cafe bringing back a sense of community from the past
JP Werner Cafe - Cameron, Tx Andrea Henry and her husband, Ben Deinken, opened the JP Werner Cafe in historic Old Dutch Town of Cameron,...
Apr 155 min read
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Jake’s Texas Tea House, Waco, Texas - This ain’t no tea room
Jake's Texas Tea House Jake Black was a corporate man in the oil industry for years, packing bags and jumping on private jets to fly to...
Apr 74 min read
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40 Tempura Sushi Restaurant, College Station, Texas - The best quality, service, and experience
40 Tempura Sushi Restaurant As a young man, Kevin Jiang was a professional soccer player in China, but a broken back led him to pursue a...
Mar 313 min read
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Jordan’s Home Cook’n, Hockley, Texas - She always just wanted to feed people
Jordan's Home Cook'n - Hockley, TX As a little kid, Priscilla would go with her church to their downtown and feed the homeless every...
Mar 244 min read
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Jesse’s Taqueria & Bakery, Bryan, TX - A taco shop full of love, compassion and faith
Jesse's Taqueria - Bryan, Texas When Jesse Ocana stepped into the corner space in Bryan, Texas, he knew it would become a taco shop,...
Mar 114 min read
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Aladdin Kebab House, Willis, Texas - Sharing their food with the community
Aladdin Kebab House Drive down FM 1097 in Willis, Texas and you’ll see orange cones, concrete barricades, lane changes, and flaggers....
Mar 33 min read
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The Tacobar - A piece of Matamoros, Mexico in the BCS
If you want to sit on a beautiful patio and play a game while you drink a frosty margarita, I have just the spot for you! Girls night?...
Feb 244 min read
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Sweet Tea Cafe, Smithville, Texas - Where everyone has a seat at the table
“We wanted to make sure that everyone had a seat at the table; [not] just the ones that could afford it. We wanted everyone to know that...
Feb 174 min read
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Hillbilly Brew & Sno Cone, Anderson, Texas - We always try to do more for less
Hillbilly Brew & Southern Sno Joni Simmons, owner of Hillbilly Brew & Southern Sno, in Anderson, Texas was traveling out of state 5 days...
Feb 103 min read
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East Texas Rust BBQ in Gilmer, Texas - Tragedy almost stopped this BBQ joint from opening
They were just 4 days from opening their brick-and-mortar restaurant, East Texas Rust BBQ in Gilmer, Texas, when tragedy struck owners...
Feb 37 min read
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Bel Tavolo Pizzeria e Caffe Bar, New Ulm, Texas - A Cozy Little Place for Everyone
It’s just the place that the area needed; pizza, coffee, wine, and a great place to gather. Whether you’re sipping wine in the backyard,...
Jan 274 min read
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Chubby’s Public House - The Pub in Bryan
Here’s another quick review of a local joint that I’ve been wanting to check out for a while. If you’re looking for a corner bar with...
Jan 202 min read
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What's Tha Deal Barbecue - Bryan, TX
It was warm for January, so I was out running errands and taking care of business when I decided to stop at What’s Tha Deal Barbecue in...
Jan 133 min read
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Tastytown Cafe - Small restaurant, Big Flavor
Tastytown Cafe Tastytown Cafe is just a blip on a map of Corsicana, Texas. Owner, John Paul Plemons describes it as, an “ 820 square foot...
Jan 65 min read
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