Posts by Kelsey Kennedy
My Shockingly Bad Meal At Brasserie At Hotel 1928, Chip And Joanna’s New Waco Restaurant
I’ve walked through Chip and Joanna Gaines’s newest (and biggest!) makeover project a few times. Hotel 1928 is a gorgeous historic building situated on a busy street corner in downtown Waco, TX. (Busy for Waco…let’s be honest. This is still a small college town!) There are a few places to eat in the hotel, including…
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know About Visiting Balcones Distillery In Waco
If you’ve thought about making a day trip to Waco and you need a few fun things to do, I strongly encourage you to add visiting Balcones Distillery to your day! I was in Waco recently and looking for something to do on a randomly very cold day in January, and it’s quite hard to…
Read MoreReview of Milk Bottle Cookies in Waco
The storefront alone is enough to draw you in. Milk Bottle Cookies in Waco Texas is a downtown bakery that’s in a quaint building with exposed brick and big, old, beautiful windows. It looks kind of trendy in that farmhouse/chic sort of way. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s directly across from Balcones Distillery. That’s…
Read More13 Waco Coffee Shops To Try
There’s nothing like the aroma and taste of your first cup of coffee in the morning! (Or the second cup…or the third..) For many of us, the ritual of coffee is paired with a trip to a cozy coffee shop. Lucky for us, Waco coffee shops have been absolutely BOOMING and there are several exceptional…
Read MorePinewood Coffee Bar: The Best Coffee In Waco
Pinewood Coffee Bar has quickly become my favorite Waco coffee shop. I adore this place. To be honest, from online searches and Google images, I had low expectations..it kind of looks like it could either be really cool, or really dingy. Luckily, it’s the former, and it also has exceptional coffee. In fact, Pinewood has…
Read MorePivovar Hotel: A Complete Czech Experience In Waco
Pivovar Hotel is Waco’s first authentic Czech brewery, hotel, beer garden, restaurant, beer spa, and event space. Honestly, it’s the first of its kind in the entire state of Texas…and most likely the whole region. You simply don’t find an authentic Czech brewery, Lukr side-pour beer faucets, and goulash and pork schnitzel, all located on…
Read MoreA Guide To All The Craft Breweries In Waco
While the Waco craft beer scene is still fairly young and small, it’s started making a name for itself. And thank goodness! For a college town that has about 150,000 residents, Waco can certainly stand to support a few excellent craft breweries. After all, where else are you going to go and enjoy a fresh,…
Read More20 Best Things To Do In Waco
Although it used to be known as a college town, there are now are plenty of things to do in Waco, TX! It has recently grown into quite the tourist destination (thank you, Chip and Joanna Gaines…) and it’s a pretty popular place for real estate investment as Waco’s value just keeps going up and…
Read MoreBrû Artisan Coffee Works: A Waco Coffee Shop Inside An Elevator
I rarely tire of checking out interesting coffee shops, both out of necessity (I have two young children and coffee is a must!) but also out of pure joy. I am not just a coffee lover, but a coffee shop lover. There is something so fun simply about the activity of seeing new spaces to…
Read More13 Best Restaurants in Waco Texas
Waco, Texas, is a small college town in the center of Texas that has only recently morphed into a city with a (newly) booming culinary scene. The restaurants in Waco have slowly been gaining recognition even outside Waco borders. As the hometown of the famous Fixer Upper couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Waco’s restaurant landscape…
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