Tammy & Wes
Guidebook for San Marcos

Food Scene

One of the oldest and best Tex-Mex restaurants here in San Marcos and within walking distance of the Casita. Just across the street from Ivars River Pub and Rio Vista park. Great prices and speedy service!
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Herbert's Taco Hut
419 Riverside Dr
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One of the oldest and best Tex-Mex restaurants here in San Marcos and within walking distance of the Casita. Just across the street from Ivars River Pub and Rio Vista park. Great prices and speedy service!
Within walking distance of the Casita. River front restaurant with a full bar and beautiful view of the Rio Vista Park and spillway.
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Ivar's River Pub
701 Cheatham St
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Within walking distance of the Casita. River front restaurant with a full bar and beautiful view of the Rio Vista Park and spillway.
Our go to spot for everything coffee!! Best in town in our opinion. Serving bagels, sandwiches, bakery goods/sweets, an amazing beer selection, and a wonderful outdoor patio to enjoy. Occasional live music, comedy, and art shows. We LOVE this place!
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Wake the Dead Coffee House
1432 Ranch Rd 12
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Our go to spot for everything coffee!! Best in town in our opinion. Serving bagels, sandwiches, bakery goods/sweets, an amazing beer selection, and a wonderful outdoor patio to enjoy. Occasional live music, comedy, and art shows. We LOVE this place!
Open 24 hours. Serving coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, craft beer, full bar, and live music nightly. Just off the downtown square. Check em out!
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The Buzz Mill
194 S Guadalupe St
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Open 24 hours. Serving coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, craft beer, full bar, and live music nightly. Just off the downtown square. Check em out!
Our favorite go to spot for fried chicken!
Gills Fried Chicken
714 E Hopkins St
Our favorite go to spot for fried chicken!
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Palmer's Restaurant Bar & Courtyard
218 Moore St
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Located on the downtown square.
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Blue Dahlia Bistro
1115 E 11th St
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Located on the downtown square.
Sandwich Shop. Go for the Salvation on French bread!
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Alvin Ord's
204 University Dr
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Sandwich Shop. Go for the Salvation on French bread!
More great BBQ from one of the Lockhart, TX families that started it all.
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Black's Barbecue San Marcos
510 Hull St
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More great BBQ from one of the Lockhart, TX families that started it all.
Our favorite BBQ joint here in San Marcos.
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Hays County Barbeque Restaurant
1612 S Interstate 35
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Our favorite BBQ joint here in San Marcos.
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The Root Cellar Cafe & Brewery
215 N LBJ Dr
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Good pizza and calzones with speedy delivery. Check em out!
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Gumby's Pizza
312 W Hopkins St
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Good pizza and calzones with speedy delivery. Check em out!
Some of the best specialty pizzas in town!
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Pie Society
700 N LBJ Dr
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Some of the best specialty pizzas in town!
Good steaks and more with an amazing view of the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Check out the waterfall!
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Saltgrass Steak House
1141 North Interstate 35
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Good steaks and more with an amazing view of the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Check out the waterfall!
Just across the highway from the San Marcos Outlet Mall.
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Cody's Restaurant Bar & Patio
690 Center Point Rd
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Just across the highway from the San Marcos Outlet Mall.
Our favorite go to spot for Italian food!
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Italian Garden
415 N LBJ Dr
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Our favorite go to spot for Italian food!
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AquaBrew
110 E Martin Luther King Dr
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Great hamburgers just across from the Outlet Malls.
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Centerpoint Station Restaurant & Boutique
3946 IH 35 S
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Great hamburgers just across from the Outlet Malls.
Drive thru only, but some of the best breakfast tacos in town!!
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Loli's Cafe
1501 Aquarena Springs Dr
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Drive thru only, but some of the best breakfast tacos in town!!
Probably the only place in town to get oysters on the half shell. Full bar as well!
Louie's Beer Garden and Oyster House
119 E Hutchison St
Probably the only place in town to get oysters on the half shell. Full bar as well!
Great Mediterranean food and voted Best Sandwich in the San Marcos Daily Records "Best Of Hays 2017" awards. Tell the owner, Omar, we sent ya!
The Pita Shop
1904 Ranch Rd 12
Great Mediterranean food and voted Best Sandwich in the San Marcos Daily Records "Best Of Hays 2017" awards. Tell the owner, Omar, we sent ya!
Our favorite place to go for Sushi!
A-Tan Asian bistro & Sushi bar
Our favorite place to go for Sushi!
Great Tex-Mex for breakfast or lunch.
Chepo's
1400 Ranch Rd 12
Great Tex-Mex for breakfast or lunch.
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Dos Gatos Kolache Bakery
700 N LBJ Dr
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Essentials

Hands down, the best grocery store in town! Very close to the casita! Open 24 hrs.
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H-E-B
641 E Hopkins St
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Hands down, the best grocery store in town! Very close to the casita! Open 24 hrs.
Walgreens
639 E Hopkins St

Drinks & Nightlife

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Cheatham Street Warehouse
119 Cheatham St
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The very first bar in Texas to receive a liquor license after prohibition! Live music nightly!
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Riley's Tavern
8894 FM1102
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The very first bar in Texas to receive a liquor license after prohibition! Live music nightly!
An old gas transformed into an open air bar. Full bar with a large specialty brew selection. Large front and back patios with a great atmosphere!
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Zelicks Icehouse
336 W Hopkins St
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An old gas transformed into an open air bar. Full bar with a large specialty brew selection. Large front and back patios with a great atmosphere!
Great selection of Texas wines and craft beers!!
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Patio Dolcetto
322 Cheatham St
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Great selection of Texas wines and craft beers!!
Stonewall Warehouse
141 E Hopkins St
Our oldest downtown dive bar. Best Bloody Mary's in town! Opens early and closes late!
Showdown
207 E Hutchison St
Our oldest downtown dive bar. Best Bloody Mary's in town! Opens early and closes late!
Great burgers and beer selection!!
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Taproom
129 E Hopkins St
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Great burgers and beer selection!!
Excellent craft brew with several food trailers. Recommended!
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Middleton Brewing
101 Oakwood Loop
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Excellent craft brew with several food trailers. Recommended!
If you venture out to the Devil's Backbone for the scenic view, be sure and stop in to the Tavern for a cold one. Cash only!
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Devil's Backbone Tavern
4041 Farm to Market 32
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If you venture out to the Devil's Backbone for the scenic view, be sure and stop in to the Tavern for a cold one. Cash only!

Sightseeing

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Devils Backbone
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Arts & Culture

Dahlia Woods Gallery
218 Co-op Gallery
218 N Guadalupe St
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LBJ Museum
131 N Guadalupe St
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Dick's Classic Car Museum
120 Stagecoach Trail
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Parks & Nature

Take a ride on the glass bottom boats! This is the old location of the legendary Aquarena Springs theme park.
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The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
211 San Marcos Springs Dr
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Take a ride on the glass bottom boats! This is the old location of the legendary Aquarena Springs theme park.
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Purgatory Creek Natural Area
2102 Hunter Road
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Sewell Park
601 University Dr
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Located just a couple hundred yards from the Casita, you can rent tubes here to float the San Marcos river.
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San Marcos Lions Club Tube Rental
170 Charles Austin Drive
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Located just a couple hundred yards from the Casita, you can rent tubes here to float the San Marcos river.
Spring Lake Natural Area
921 Aquarena Springs Dr

Entertainment & Activities

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EVO Entertainment Springtown
1180 Thorpe Ln
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EVO Cinemas Starplex 12
1250 Wonder World Dr
One of our oldest attractions in the city. Check out the Wonder Cave, petting zoo, anti-gravity house, and more!
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სასაცილო სამყარო და სათავგადასავლო პარკი
1000 Prospect St
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One of our oldest attractions in the city. Check out the Wonder Cave, petting zoo, anti-gravity house, and more!
When tubing the downtown area of the San Marcos river, this is the end of the ride. A great swimming hole with waterfall spillways. Our outdoor city pool is located here along with our children's "playscape" for the little ones to enjoy. Ivar's River Pub sits across the river.
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Rio Vista River Dam
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When tubing the downtown area of the San Marcos river, this is the end of the ride. A great swimming hole with waterfall spillways. Our outdoor city pool is located here along with our children's "playscape" for the little ones to enjoy. Ivar's River Pub sits across the river.
Located just across the street from our Casita!! For a daily entry fee (non residents is $4.25), you have access to a gym, exercise bikes, indoor swimming pool, racket ball/ basketball courts and more. See the city of San Marcos website for more info at sanmarcostx.gov
San Marcos Activity Center
501 E Hopkins St
Located just across the street from our Casita!! For a daily entry fee (non residents is $4.25), you have access to a gym, exercise bikes, indoor swimming pool, racket ball/ basketball courts and more. See the city of San Marcos website for more info at sanmarcostx.gov
Go see the Texas State Bobcats play on their home turf! Walking distance from the Casita!
Bobcat Stadium
1100 Aquarena Springs Dr
Go see the Texas State Bobcats play on their home turf! Walking distance from the Casita!
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Skydive Spaceland San Marcos
517 Airfield Rd
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