Guidebook for China Spring

Leann
Guidebook for China Spring

Food Scene

Closed Sunday. Good burgers, breakfast, and chicken fried steaks. Greasy little grill but extremely popular with the locals. i recommend a basket of breaded, deep fried jalapeno slices to share. this is also the nearest gas stationto the ranch.
Griff's Restaurant
10400 Wortham Bend Rd
Closed Sunday. Good burgers, breakfast, and chicken fried steaks. Greasy little grill but extremely popular with the locals. i recommend a basket of breaded, deep fried jalapeno slices to share. this is also the nearest gas stationto the ranch.
good cheap mexican food and margaritas, nearest restaurant to the cabin.
Taqueria El Mexicano Bar & Grill
10207 China Spring Road
good cheap mexican food and margaritas, nearest restaurant to the cabin.
Little hole-in-the wall dive that's been around since the 1960's. It's Korean and American. I recommend the liplocker burger, oriental fries (must do), chicken buhlgogi, fried rice, and oriental manduh, but not all at once!
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Kitok Restaurant
1815 N 18th St
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Little hole-in-the wall dive that's been around since the 1960's. It's Korean and American. I recommend the liplocker burger, oriental fries (must do), chicken buhlgogi, fried rice, and oriental manduh, but not all at once!
Chicken fried steak, Big O (giant goblet of cold cheap beer), best old time Merle Haggard juke box ever, patio seating. Immortalized in Pat Green's song and album "George's Bar". Been around for at least 50 years.
89 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
George’s Restaurant Bar & Catering
1925 Speight Ave
89 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chicken fried steak, Big O (giant goblet of cold cheap beer), best old time Merle Haggard juke box ever, patio seating. Immortalized in Pat Green's song and album "George's Bar". Been around for at least 50 years.
Waco's finest restaurant. Not cheap, but one of the top 10 steak joints in Texas. Don't go here in wet shorts after canoeing!
43 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
DiamondBack's
217 Mary Ave
43 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Waco's finest restaurant. Not cheap, but one of the top 10 steak joints in Texas. Don't go here in wet shorts after canoeing!
Awesome Greek and seafood, a bit pricey for Waco. Get the dolmathes and saganaki.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
1424 Washington Ave
1424 Washington Avenue
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Awesome Greek and seafood, a bit pricey for Waco. Get the dolmathes and saganaki.
Best BBQ in Texas!
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Uncle Dan's BBQ & Ribhouse
1001 Lake Air Dr
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Best BBQ in Texas!
Been around since the 1950's, burgers, shakes, nostalgic death burgers!
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Health Camp
2601 Circle Rd
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Been around since the 1950's, burgers, shakes, nostalgic death burgers!

Everything Else

Canoe rentals or pay just to park. Where FM 2114 crosses the Brazos. Nice folks. About 3-6 hours upstream from our ranch, depending on river flow.
Dick's Place
Canoe rentals or pay just to park. Where FM 2114 crosses the Brazos. Nice folks. About 3-6 hours upstream from our ranch, depending on river flow.
Good canoe take out spot
Brazos Park East Boat Ramp - North
River Trail
Good canoe take out spot
launch canoes below the dam, on the north east side if possible
Whitney Dam
launch canoes below the dam, on the north east side if possible

Drinks & Nightlife

Great salsa, street tacos, be careful on their margaritas, the put Everclear in them!
27 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
La Fiesta
3815 Franklin Ave
27 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Great salsa, street tacos, be careful on their margaritas, the put Everclear in them!

Shopping

Largest find of pre columbian mammoths in the Western hemisphere, along with sloths and saber tooth cats that perished in one single flood and landslide.
139 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Monumento Nacional de Mamut de Waco
6220 Steinbeck Bend Dr
139 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Largest find of pre columbian mammoths in the Western hemisphere, along with sloths and saber tooth cats that perished in one single flood and landslide.