Day Trip to Bandera 🐴 (FULL EPISODE) S9 E9
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Published 2023-07-15
Find all your Wild West needs at this historic store, from a new pair of boots and belts to souvenirs and jams. Put a cherry on top of an already sweet day trip by ordering a milkshake at the old-fashioned soda fountain!
Take a walk on the weird side of town at this museum started by J Marvin Hunter with all the mementos and donations he received from folks during his time as owner of the “Frontier Times,” a popular magazine in the early 1900s. You’ll find everything from family photos to antique guns. The museum also features oddities like a mummified squirrel and two-headed goat.
While you’re in town, stop by one of the oldest Polish churches in Texas that was built in 1876 to see the amazing artworks inside that rival those of the Painted Churches.
For 50 years, this honky-tonk underneath the Bandera General Store has been the place to end a day in Bandera. Enjoy a cold beer and watch musicians play from the same stage that’s hosted country greats like Hank Williams, Jr.
Head on a wild safari in the middle of this cowboy town at the Bandera Natural History Museum! Wander through rooms packed with full-bodied mounts of exotic animals all posed in their natural habitats and all donated from one man’s private collection. And the craziest part? Each area has its own smell!
Giddy up to the bar (and sit on actual saddles) at this classic Texas joint for a massive chicken fried steak that’s as thick as it is wide, and aptly named “The Duke.” Be sure to check out the “John Wayne” room and pile your plate high at the covered-wagon salad bar!
This spot doesn’t always have food, but when they do it’s grilled up on a Texas-sized pit! Join the community at the 11th Street Cowboy Bar for “Steak Night” and bring your own meat to throw on the grill. For a couple bucks, you can get all the fixin’s for a steak dinner!
Saddle up a trusty steed at Juniper Hill Stables and horseback ride through the Hill Country State Natural Area next door. This 5000-acre working cattle ranch that’s open to the public has awesome relics of ranching days past and incredible Hill Country views.
Not too far from Main Street, the Medina River winds its way through Bandera City Park and there’s no better place to cool off in the summer heat. The water is so clear that you can see all the way to the bottom when you’re standing on the banks of the river!
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All Comments (21)
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Moving to Bandera! Already own 4 acres in Bridlegate and the home is being built this fall
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Bandera is the best. The gun fight scene is hilarious
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Chicken fried steak at the OST is legit some of the best I've had.... did a Bandera/Lost Maples/Garner SP/Hill Country Natural Area roadtrip last January.
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Makes me happy whenever I find a video about my hometown 🥰
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I love going through Bandera on my way to New Braunsfels to fish!
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Ive been to bandera probably 50 or more times and its awesome. The chupacabra meat market is the best . OST chicken fried steak takes me back to when you could go in any cafe in Texas and they would have one on the menu . If you want to vacation there stay at Als Hideaway in pipe creek , just down the road. Say hi to Gordon, Jennifer and Memaw for me .
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11th Street Cowboy Bar. Been a few years but we visited there. Not on Wednesday unfortunately. Tie rail, for horses, out front had quite a few Harley's but also some real horses also. Loved it.
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RIP. My sister Michelle 💗. Too many drugs in and out from Bandera,Tx to Waco, Killeen , Dallas and Houston Tx in the 90's. But it was fun 😊
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Great video! I wish you could have been in and around Bandera in the 60's and 70's...good times. My family has property over to Utopia so we were always in Bandera. Purple Cow Saloon, Cabaret, OST at 2 in the morning lol. It was a good place to grow up. Zeke's Hamburgers, owned by a Baptist Minister. Great burgers but no beer.
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i miss my town😢 waking up in the morning hung over then grabbing tacos or the best 2 star China Bowl for dinner.
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I 💜 Bandera! Mardi Gras is awesome there. Arkey's is one of my favorite places. I recognized a few faces in the video.
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The 11th street bar is a great place. You will find both 4 legged an steel horses out front
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My oldest brother lived in Medina so once in a while we'd go the the big city of Bandera. Been coming here for almost 70 years. Every summer we have a family reunion at Haggard park where we'd have musicians come and play. Can't wait till this summer.
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Thanks so much for this video
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When I was a kid in the 80s there was a Whataburger in a mall in Forth Worth that had an entire section of saddles instead of seats
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This is extremely informative and entertaining
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Yooo bro thanks for coming out I’ve been living here for around 5 years it’s fun and cool here
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Excellent video 🙋♀️tx
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Moving from bandera next summer, gonna miss this town
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A great video.
