The Bluebonnet Cafe is worth a drive down US-281 from Austin or up from San Antonio. This place is one of my favorite breakfast joints. The cafe must have a contract with a hen house somewhere. The eggs are so fresh some days that they taste like the hens just dropped them. Any crowd seems not to be a problem; I was always able to get a table.
Eggs, Bacon, Grits:
Already said enough about the eggs. Bacon is thick and crisp. Grits are great for Texas and pass the pepper test.
Steak-n-Eggs:
See the Texas toast ... really good stuff. The menu says they serve a six-ounce sirloin, but it LIES! This one was somewhere between 8-9 ounces. And they cook your steak just the way you want.
Pancakes:
Pancakes are meant to be served with sausage, lots of sausage. Their "hotcakes" are particularly crisp the way I like them. Thick pancakes, I use syrup. Crisp ones like those above I use just butter.
Hashbrowns, Biscuits, etc.
Hashbrowns, Biscuits, etc.
Hasbrowns are crisp. Biscuits are a northwestern style. More cake-like than the flaky southern style. I like both.
Biscuits & Gravy:
Good cream gravy for the biscuits. Not too thick, not too thin. Baby Bear would say it's just right!
Grits:
Great place for Southern-style grits in Texas. Because of that and being a southern boy, I seldom get the hashbrowns which are good in their own right.
For more information, go to bluebonnetcafe.net
