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CHILE PEPPER CAFE
TX Hwy 118 (432-371-2233)
Cash Only.
Open 7 days 8am-10pm.
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Terlingua
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(From May 2009) It’s hard to choose here: Should you order a juicy burger or a chicken-fried steak (hand-formed, seasoned, coated in a perfect crunchy crust, and served with just-like-Mom’s gravy)? Or should you go for an ever-popular Tex-Mex combo plate, with a great beef taco, succulent chicken enchiladas blanketed with salsa verde, and a made-on-site tamale? No matter what you choose, you’ll push back from the oilcloth-covered table feeling sated and happy. |
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CHILI PEPPER CAFE
Texas Hwy 118, next to the post office (432-371-2233)
Open 7 days, 8 a.m.–10 p.m.
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Terlingua
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(From May 2009) It’s hard to choose here: Should you order a juicy burger or a chicken-fried steak (hand-formed, seasoned, coated in a perfect crunchy crust, and served with just-like-Mom’s gravy)? Or should you go for an ever-popular Tex-Mex combo plate, with a great beef taco, succulent chicken enchiladas blanketed with salsa verde, and a made-on-site tamale? No matter what you choose, you’ll push back from the oilcloth-covered table feeling sated and happy. |
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CHISOS MOUNTAINS LODGE
Chisos Basin Rural Station (432-477-2291)
Open 7 days: breakfast 7–10, lunch 11–4, dinner 5–8.
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Big Bend National Park
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(From September 2009) The menu takes care of hungry hikers and windshield tourists alike. An impressive salad-and-soup bar will delight smaller appetites, and burgers and tacos can handle the rest. We like the Poco Picante burger, with its triple threat of pepperjack cheese, salsa, and roasted green chiles. Beer & wine. |
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FORT DAVIS DRUG STORE
Texas Hwy 17, downtown (432-426-3118)
Open 7 days 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
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Fort Davis
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(From December 2008) It’s a cafe, it’s a soda fountain, it’s a gift shop, it’s a hotel! Situated in the central metropolis, this tourist magnet serves a daily buffet amid old paneling and lots of colorful bunting. If you pass on the buffet, give the barbecue a try: It’s mighty tasty, if cut a bit thick for our taste. If you want chicken-fried steak, go early in the week—they tend to run out. |
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MOUNTAIN VIEW RESTAURANT AT THE CHISOS MOUNTAIN LODGE
From Marathon, take U.S. Hwy 385 south to Big Bend; drive 29 miles into the park and take a right at the stop sign; then turn left at the sign for the Basin; the lodge is another 7 miles (432-477-2291)
Open 7 days: breakfast 7–10, lunch 11–4, dinner 5–8
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Big Bend National Park
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(From July 2009) The menu takes care of hungry hikers and windshield tourists alike. An impressive salad-and-soup bar will delight smaller appetites, and burgers and tacos can handle the rest. We like the Poco Picante burger, with its triple threat of pepperjack cheese, salsa, and roasted green chiles. Beer & wine. |
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RIO BRAVO
FM 170, one mile west of the intersection with FM 118 (432-371-2101)
Open Mon–Sat 11–3 & 5–9. Closed Sun.
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Terlingua
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(From June 2009) Names change, but it’s what’s inside that counts. The tender meat in the scrumptious fajita quesadilla was love at first bite, but even that took a backseat to the lovely green chicken enchiladas. The guacamole, beans, rice, and salsas are all wonderful, made with love by the ladies in the cocina. BYOB. |
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TEXAS FUSION
200 W. Murphy (432-837-1215)
Open Mon–Fri 11–8, Sat 11–3. Closed Sun.
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Alpine
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(From October 2009) If there were a quintessential quirky Texas cafe, it might look and taste like this, with shout-outs to the native cooking traditions—Tex-Mex, barbecue, chicken-fried steak, burger—all done extremely well. We especially like the guacamole and the chiles rellenos. Really, how can you resist a place where cutouts of green John Deere tractors and Kokopelli dancers hang side by side on the wall? |
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FOOD SHARK
Highland Ave at railroad tracks (432-386-6540)
Cash Only.
Open Tue–Fri 11:30–3. Closed Sat–Mon.
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Marfa
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(From October 2008) Run this business plan past an MBA: a “kitchenized” 1974 delivery van serving Mediterranean fare, parked next to the railroad tracks in West Texas. Cockamamy? No way. The top seller is Marfalafel, the Shark’s take on the Middle East’s traditional fried balls of spiced chickpeas sided by salad and tahini. On our visits we toggle between the hummus and veggie wrap and the crunchy, cool fattoush salad. Specials may include interesting sandwiches and creative fusions of Mediterranean and Mexican. |
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ALEXANDER’S
106 E. Holland Ave, Alpine (432-837-5668)
Open Mon–Thur 11–9, Fri & Sat 11–10, Sun 11–3.
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Alpine
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(From December 2009) If you get a hankering for something breaded and fried, you could do a lot worse than the chicken-fried chicken here—but come hungry. Our simple, less-than-$10 lunch included a delightful chicken breast (pounded slightly) accompanied by subtle but perfect gravy, enough light, ungreasy fries to have staved off the Irish famine, a side of green beans, chips and salsa, and a trip to the salad bar. |
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CANDELILLA CAFE
Lajitas Resort, FM 170 (432-424-5030)
Open Mon–Thur 7–2 & 6–8:30, Fri–Sun 7–2 & 6–9.
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Lajitas
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(From September 2009) After peppery chicken flautas and deep-fried shrimp with “avomole” (you do the translation), we were ready to call it quits. But then came the carne guisada: roasted cubes of beef slow-cooked in New Mexico red chile sauce (which initially seemed too salty but soon proved addictive). Come for the mountain scenery, come for the food, and do not pass on the flan, as perfect and satiny as it gets. Bar (opens at 5). Lajitas Resort, FM 170 (432-424-5030). |
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