Yesterday we traveled with good friends Ron, Julie, and Byron to Llano, Texas. Llano is a small town about 60 miles north of Kerrville on the LLano River. It has a wonderful old courthouse on a square with the usual cast of buildings all around. However, this square seems to be showing its age and several of the stores either closed or empty. We did enjoy walking about the square after our big barbecue lunch as Cooper's.
Cooper's is across the Llano River and can be found by making a right turn on a main street. It is typical of many barbecue places in that it is not fancy decor but simply excellent food. The barbecuing is done outside, and as you enter, you pick out the meat you would like to try. Each piece is dipped in sauce and put on your plate, and then you enter the restaurant to pay for your meal and make other food choices. Beans are provided free of charge. We added beer to our lunch and then began the feast. The barbecue was excellent. Perhaps the best I have ever eaten. We tried brisket, ribs, sausage, and prime rib. We had sides of beans, potato salad, and peach cobbler. Did I mention that we could not begin to eat all of this? Ron and Julie have been to Cooper's in the past and realized we might buy more food that we could eat so provided an ice chest to allow any extra food to go home with us. Byron had the same problem and we so appreciated their thoughtfulness.
After lunch we decided to again cross the river and walk around the square to work off some of this wonderful food. Finally back in the car, we returned south by a different road and went by a large outcropping of granite that is a state park called The Enchanted Rock. It made you think you were in Australia in the outback looking at their famous granite mountain. We also had to stop in Fredericksburg on the way home. We all needed to do some more walking. A fun day with good friends. Who could ask more! Happy travels.
Cooper's is across the Llano River and can be found by making a right turn on a main street. It is typical of many barbecue places in that it is not fancy decor but simply excellent food. The barbecuing is done outside, and as you enter, you pick out the meat you would like to try. Each piece is dipped in sauce and put on your plate, and then you enter the restaurant to pay for your meal and make other food choices. Beans are provided free of charge. We added beer to our lunch and then began the feast. The barbecue was excellent. Perhaps the best I have ever eaten. We tried brisket, ribs, sausage, and prime rib. We had sides of beans, potato salad, and peach cobbler. Did I mention that we could not begin to eat all of this? Ron and Julie have been to Cooper's in the past and realized we might buy more food that we could eat so provided an ice chest to allow any extra food to go home with us. Byron had the same problem and we so appreciated their thoughtfulness.
After lunch we decided to again cross the river and walk around the square to work off some of this wonderful food. Finally back in the car, we returned south by a different road and went by a large outcropping of granite that is a state park called The Enchanted Rock. It made you think you were in Australia in the outback looking at their famous granite mountain. We also had to stop in Fredericksburg on the way home. We all needed to do some more walking. A fun day with good friends. Who could ask more! Happy travels.
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