Small-town cafes. Big-city restaurants. Texas claims thousands of them. More than 60,000, to be precise. If you're a native Texan, you probably have some favorites. And more than likely, they're the ones you remember from way back, places that you frequented with your grandparents during the summer or where you ate a meal while on the road with your parents at Christmas. Amazingly, hundreds of those same restaurants are still around these many years later. Texas Old-Time Restaurants and Cafesrounds up a collection of more than 80 of those tried-and-true restaurants and cafes. Besides fun-to-read descriptions on each, you'll find recipes, ideas on side trips, and a collection of restaurant trivia and lists.

     Author Sheryl Smith-Rodgers of Blanco is an award-winning writer who has been published in a number of magazines and newspapers, including Good Housekeeping, Grit, Angus Journal, WildBird, Wild Outdoor World, Texas Highways, Texas Parks & Widlife, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, and Austin American-Statesman. She is also a professional photographer.

[RECIPE CORRECTION: Book buyers, please turn to page 42. Under the recipe for "Ranchman's Southern Pecan Pie," change 3 eggs yolks to 9. This makes three pies, so that's why it calls for so many.]