Lampasas Beer Market — Restaurant in Lampasas

Him: “Hey babe, where to?” Me: “Let’s toss for it! Heads we go Northwest.” Him: “Heads it is! Let’s do it! And just like that, we’re off!

Part of the adventure, of course is not knowing where you’re going, and we did not know where we were going! It took us about an hour to get to a destination, and it was Lampasas, Texas. “Hey, Siri, are there beer breweries in Lampasas, Texas?” And the girl did not steer us wrong. 😁

So, we like to sneak up on our adventures because that’s part of the game, right! Parking around the block from Lampasas Beer Market, we sneak up on the front door. At first, we’re hesitant because we’re in new territory. Like gazelles, we look both ways 👀 before leaping; we look left, we look right, and then we go for it.

Entering the beer, market is an adventure into itself. It is dark, there are eclectic neon signs, lit pool tables, local ads as posters, picnic table seating, fun-graffiti on the wall, half-moon wraparound bar and spirited music that will engage audiences of all types… Unless of course you’re boring 🥳 Did I mention happy Staff? Oh yeah!! The only thing missing was bikers and we were like where are the bikers; this place needs bikers.

Let’s do this! Order up! Our server, in photos with me, I do believe had Spock-ta-tude! Having been given our brew orders she knew exactly how we wanted it dressed without me even saying how I wanted it dressed. I mean, this is rather rare because we always have to ask for it special. 😁 Brewskies in hand and our order on the way, we are happy campers… Hey, that’s a thought… Hey Lampasas can we stay the night over 😁.

Our go-to-ride-or-die road trip is to test the bone in wings and local breweries and we were not disappointed. The fact that I do not have an image that I actually took of the order is testament to how good the wings are. And the sauce?! Oh my gosh, can you say original. I was impressed. I only wish I had asked for the recipe; so I know I will definitely have to contact them and ask because there’s nothing more boring than getting the same old tired sauce over and over and over again… Do I need to say over again one more time?🤪

After gulping down our brewskies and ordering another and chowing down on our snacks, we needed a little fun time and so our servers obliged; I’ve included that fun time for you guys. I hope when you’re in the area, or make it a road trip of your own, to stop in at Lampasas Beer Market and give them a spin.

PS: Again, we were not disappointed, not even finishing our first brew and bikers enter the venue 😁 That’s when you know there’s going to be good brews and good eats!

Congratulations Lampasas Beer Garden and everyone who makes it happen 🥳 We had a great...

Madness reigns. The first challenge your soul must endure is the parking lot. You wait with your vehicle half blocking traffic, creating a perfect circular vortex of anger that encompasses the street and entrance to the bar. Once you attain access to the lot, you discover this was a false achievement, other motorists start and stop with no apparent thought or plan - turns once begun are quickly abandoned, the drivers seemingly immune to geometry. At last a space opens up, but the price is having to get out of your car and smell the lampasas air. Inside, human beings scramble like beetles whose rock has been upended. Though the chairs are wide, it is impossible to avoid physical contact with your fellow patrons. It is a grotesque parody of the Bazaar at Marrakech, as if animals were granted only the amount of sentience required to mock humanity. The constant standing up and down causes a numbness that borders on profound despair. Your conscious mind registers merely annoyance, impatience. But on a cellular level, your body cries out in weariness. The fatigue you feel is a warning: millions of years of evolution trying to save you from becoming mired in the tar, from sinking into the warm blackness and ultimately being reclaimed by the universe itself.

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The last 2 times I went there the service has been truly awful. We waited over an HOUR today for 2 members of our party of 9 to get their food. We watched as 2 other parties that ordered after us got their food, ate their food, finished their food, before the last 2 in our party got their food. By that time everyone else had eaten and we were ready to leave. They ended up taking their food to go. When we asked about it the first time the server said it would be out shortly. 30 mins later she said they were making the food. What!? She said there was some confusion in the kitchen and offered to comp half the price of those 2 meals. Really??? I don't know which is worse, the really inept service or the apathetic attitude the servers have. We decided it would have been faster to just order Domino's and have it delivered to us there. If you're really not that hungry and don't mind apathetic servers with lousy attitudes, it's a great place. The food is actually good when it finally gets there. But if you're actually hungry, go somewhere else. Go...