It’s a bit kinky and pure Texas, but
they’ve been doing it right for the past 55
years. R.J. Bob Lee opened it in 1960 on
the Mother Road, Route 66 and began the
tradition his sons carry on today. In 1970,
he realized the new highway, Interstate 40,
was going to divert much of the traffic from
Route 66, so he moved the restaurant to its
present location.
Owners Bobby and Danny have an
onsite brewery where Danny and brewmaster, Tom Money, brew 11 Texas-style beers.
There’s also a motel designed to look like
an old western town. Maybe it’s where Miss
Kitty and Marshal Dillon rendezvous after
dinner, assuming they would have enough
energy left if they went for the free steak.
It’s so-very-Texas; even the motel pool is
shaped like the state, and there’s a “Horse
Motel” where the marshal can leave Old
Buck.
For groups of four or more at local
lodgings or the RV park, The Big Texan will
send their black limo, complete with bull
horns, for pick-ups and returns. It’s perfect
if you plan to party hardy.
Like they say down there, “Everything’s
bigger in Texas.”
Kathleen Walls
Kathleen Walls is the publisher, editor
and general go-for at American Roads and
Global Highways. She writes
fiction books, non-fiction
books, and travel books. Her
travel and food related articles
have been published in Woodall’s Publications, Family Motor Coaching,
Amateur Chef, Georgia Magazine, North
Georgia Journal, Georgia Backroads,
London, England’s Country Music People,
many of the visit***online.com sites and
others.
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