Mac & Ernie's Roadside Eatery - Tarpley, TX

[buck000]

What: Mac & Ernie's Roadside Eatery (http://www.macandernies.com/) is a popular lunch and dinner stop for Hill Country riders.

I haven't had the pleasure of getting dinner from this place, but I'm sure folks will be along shortly with a rave review or two. Their lunch menu is small, but I can vouch for the pretty tasty fried catfish plate. 8-)

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Typical fare, dinner on left, lunch on right:
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Seating is available, in this tent, or in another set of picnic tables.
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Naylene, owner and chef, proving it's the cook, not the tools, that makes the food great. :dude:
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Steve, Naylene's husband, co-owner, and equally as friendly as his better half:
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Where:
Mac and Ernie's Roadside Eatery
Williams' Creek Depot - FM 470
Tarpley, Texas 78883

Phone: 830-562-3250


Directions:
From their website:
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Note that if you're coming from the east (i.e., from 16/Bandera/Medina), the restaurant is a bit hidden by trees. The entrance is immediately after the bridge in Tarpley.

Additional Comments:

What's particularly amazing is how this good food comes from such a small building. :hail:

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[kurt]

I can testify! We ate there during the Spring Hill Country Rally, and even my wife, who deals with internationally famous chefs through Central Market, thought it was "fabulous".

[Tourmeister]

:tab Get there early, 5:30pm or so, cause it starts getting crowded soon after that and the desserts sell out fast! Dinner is only sold Friday and Saturday I think. I have about half the items on the menu and they were all incredible and I am a PICKY eater. Her sauces really give the meal a special taste! Drinks can be had at the General store next door. The best seating is under the HUGE Oak between the shack and the store. I was really looking forward to heading out there during this year's Fall Rally, but that had to be cancelled for lack of interest :shrug: It's worth a ride out just for the meal.

[Squeaky]

I reaaaly love the food here. Everyone that I tell about this place is amazed at the "country gourmet" that can come out of a roadside shack that isn't even as big as a 1-car garage!

[tjbrandt50]

Glad to see this fine establishment already listed. I was treated to an outstanding cheeseburger from here this weekend. Naylene took excellent care of us despite the rising floodwaters (in fact because of the rising floodwaters, as I had no idea this place was even there until forced to stop in by aforementioned flooding). I'll definitely make a point of stopping in again when I'm in that area.

[Forge]

I've been told that their Cabrito burger is really good. Has anyone tried it?

[bushwhacker]

I've been told that their Cabrito burger is really good. Has anyone tried it?

Big burger, spicey, not bad. Definately a meal for $7.

They serve only food, no drinks. You get your drinks from the convenience store next door.

One of these days I am going for dinner and get some of those chicken fried lamb chops.

[bluedogok]

My wife loved the Quail there....

[Spook]

Are they still there??????

[tristan.duff]

Wow, looks like an old thread has popped out of the woodworks, like some kind of digital zombie. Advertising food. Mmm, brains.

I'd be up for a group ride out to there, or a meet-and-eat, if the place is still in business (after I'm able to start riding again, like in March).

[mjacks]

It is still there. Ate there a few weeks ago.

[tristan.duff]

Do I smell a group meet?

[bigdon55]

My Wife and I had been wanting to eat there for several years. We made it happen Saturday April 4th. I had the Lamb Chops and the Wife had the Ma-hi Ma-hi. Both were great! We shared a piece of the Chocolate pie. Yummy!
We rode out from Junction. We enjoyed 335 and 337 on the way out. 470 was good too!

It was a great Day!:rider::eat::rider::eat::rider::eat::yawn:

[Calgary-Yogi]

Had lunch there on Saturday.:eat:
Always make a trip to eat here when I am in the hill country

[jka134]

I've been told that their Cabrito burger is really good. Has anyone tried it?

Yes. It's quite excellent. I took my 14 y.o. son who could pass for a vegetarian so we split the burger and a catfish plate. He said "next time he wants his own"!

[bpayne13]

I stop by Mac & Ernies every time I make my off-road ride from SA. Its great food and the Cabrito Burger is excellent. Andrew Zimmern from the Travel Channel "Bizzare Foods" even made a stop there.