RV Lifestyle 2. Stingaree Restaurant & Marina, Crystal Beach, Texas Known for its incredible views almost as much as for its fabulous food, Stingaree Restaurant & Marina is not just a unique place to eat, it’s a travel destination. The main dining room of Stingaree Restaurant & Marina is upstairs overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway. Enjoy their unique atmosphere, down-home service and full restaurant menu. Choose a seat at the bar or grab a table and watch as barges, boats and birds pass by while you sip an ice-cold drink and enjoy their famously fresh, delicious food. You won’t taste fresher seafood unless you catch it yourself. Enjoy a variety of seafood platters, shrimp, snapper, seafood gumbo, fresh oysters cooked five ways, their famous Boscos barbequed crabs and much, much more. And, of course, they also have classic American favourites such as chicken-fried steak, ribeye steaks and grilled chicken, as well as desserts and a full-service bar. 3. Lambert’s Cafe, Foley, Alabama Lambert’s is famous for southern cooking. The waiters throw you your roll. The ‘Home of Throwed Rolls’ has been in existence since 1942. They call this the home of throwed rolls because all during your time at the table, wait staff roam up and down the aisles throwing soft, buttery, warm dinner rolls at the guests. So popular has the idea of throwed rolls become, that there are now three Lambert restaurants – two in Missouri (Sikeston and Ozark) and one in Alabama. We visited the Lambert’s in Foley, Alabama a while back. And we bought a dozen hot, fluffy, grapefruit-sized rolls to go. You don’t leave here hungry. We’re talking comfort food – chicken-fried steak, meatloaf and gravy, hog jowl, barbecued ribs. The sides are endless. Wait staff wander from table to table ladling out seconds and thirds – fried okra, macaroni and tomatoes, black-eyed peas. Southern style all the way! If you’re concerned about parking, the lots at Lambert’s are sized as generously as its meals, with dedicated bus and RV parking. Just watch out. When you hear a wait person yell “Hot Fresh Rolls,” you’d better be ready to duck. Cuz they’re a-throwin’ them. 4. Truth BBQ, Brenham, Texas Leonard Botello IV is the owner and pitmaster behind critically acclaimed Truth BBQ in Brenham, Texas. Botello opened Truth BBQ in a small shack off of a rural highway that runs between Austin and Houston in the summer of 2015. Armed with a used Klose pit – as a complete unknown in the BBQ world – Leonard surprised the industry in 2017 when Truth BBQ was awarded #10 on Texas Monthly’s Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints list in 2017; and it was ranked in the top three on the 2021 Texas Monthly’s Top 50 BBQ List. An expert in the art of live-fire cooking, Leonard is known for his authentic Central Texas-style BBQ. In January of 2019, Botello opened his second location, Truth BBQ Houston, in the historic neighbourhood of Houston Heights. Here, you can find Leonard pushing the boundaries of traditional BBQ with dishes such as Carolina-Style Whole Hog, Boudin Smoked Sausage and Pastrami Brisket. A defining factor that has always set Truth BBQ apart from the crowd is their commitment to making everything from scratch, daily, in house. Through the universal love of Texas BBQ, Leonard has had the honour of hosting dinners for esteemed organizations such as No Kid Hungry and The James Beard House; he’s been featured at the New York City Wine & Food Fest multiple times, as well as appearing on Food Network’s Chopped (winning his episode). He has become a mainstay on a variety of Best BBQ lists from Thrillist to Buzzfeed to Texas Monthly. CSANews | SPRING 2024 | 21
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