1101 U.S. Hwy. 77 Rosebud, Texas (254) 583-4444 Lunch and Dinner Tuesday-Saturday Map  We gave her a look of doubt. “No. It’s me,” she finally admitted. “But you eat the rest of that.” At the Hiway, one answers to management if the food doesn’t hit the spot. Whether it’s the $9.25 rib eye, served with fries, green beans and bread, the $5.75 shrimp salad, the $6.25 chicken fried steak with French fries and green beans, or the coconut pie, everyone expects you to be satisfied when you’re finished. And they do expect you to finish. The motto here is “Not fast food but worth the wait.” We didn’t have to wait long to get our coconut dessert. Nor did we have to eat much of it, or the chocolate meringue, to know that the sweets here are made fresh. Given our mid-afternoon arrival time, no doubt hours after baking time, the meringue on the chocolate was sweating little yellow, sugary beads, but that didn’t affect the taste, which was fresh and good. The coconut had shaved bits of the fruit on top, the chocolate came laden with chips. On another day, we might have gotten the Ooh-la-la, which is a pastry-cream-fruit-more pastry-plus-walnuts concoction. It is a very popular dish at this café, which is constructed of corrugated metal and a polished concrete floor and has costume jewelry for sale in the corner. Framed pictures of military personnel, some going back to World War II, line the walls. “People bring ’em in,” our waitress explained, “and we hang ’em up.” Local heroes, great stuff. If you stopped in Waco for lunch, you’ll be about ready for something sweet by the time you get to Rosebud. No time to stop? Pull through the gravel driveway and ring the bell for service. Call it pie a la road. |
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