Seguin ★ 4.4
Seguin is home to Burnt Bean Co., named the number-one barbecue joint in Texas by Texas Monthly, a downtown pit a short drive east of San Antonio.
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Boerne ★ 4.0
Boerne is a Hill Country town with German-Texan restaurants along its Hill Country Mile and the Saturday Herff Farm farmers market, a short drive northwest.
Adkins (Texas Pride Barbecue) ★ 4.0
Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, about twenty miles east of San Antonio, is a hole-in-the-wall pit whose smoked brisket is its number-one seller.
Comfort ★ 3.8
Comfort is a tiny Hill Country town with a well-preserved 19th-century German district, where cafes and a winery serve schnitzel, sausage and wine.
Castroville ★ 3.8
Castroville, the Little Alsace of Texas, was settled by Alsatians in 1844, with Haby's Alsatian Bakery turning out strudel, stollen and coffee cake.
Fredericksburg ★ 4.4
Fredericksburg is the heart of Texas Hill Country wine country, with over fifty wineries on Wine Road 290, German restaurants and summer peach stands.