General stores aren’t usually known for their food, but that’s exactly what launched the Leona General Store in Texas into the spotlight. This middle-of-nowhere hideaway offers a weekly fish fry on Thursday nights, plus mouthwatering steak dinners every Friday and Saturday. Come get yourself some good old-fashioned Texas grub – your taste buds won’t regret it.
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What started off as a place for locals to gather and eat steak and seafood on the weekends has become a statewide sensation.
TripAdvisor/LaurieTEX Located about an hour northeast of College Station on Highway 75, the Leona General Store is a blast from the past with some of the most delicious home cooking you’ll ever eat.
The interior is exactly what you’d expect from a small-town Texas restaurant.
TripAdvisor/Globe Trotter Cowboy hats, vintage memorabilia, and taxidermy cover the walls, the roof is made of metal, and the tables boast wooden chairs and country-chic, red and white checkered tablecloths.
As for the food, Thursday nights are for catfish.
Facebook/The Leona General Store The weekly fish fry includes four pieces of catfish per person (two for children), plus coleslaw, beans, French fries, and a hushpuppy.
While the seafood is incredible and certainly worth mentioning, the steak is the real star of the show.
Facebook/The Leona General Store Served every Friday and Saturday night, the meal features a hand-cut ribeye (10 ounces is the standard portion, but you can get a bigger steak for $1.75 per each additional ounce), salad, homemade rolls, and cheesy mashed potatoes. Grilled chicken is available as a substitute!
Coated in the general store’s signature rub and seared to perfection, the steaks are juicy and succulent as can be.
Facebook/The Leona General Store If you have any room left for dessert, you’re in for a real treat. There’s cobbler, pie, banana pudding, and chocolate fudge brownies - something to satisfy every sweet tooth!
Address: North Leona Blvd 136, TX-75, Leona, TX 75850.
Google Maps Hours are 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Thursday, and 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Visit the Leona General Store website or Facebook page for more information, or to purchase their signature steak rub.
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Located about an hour northeast of College Station on Highway 75, the Leona General Store is a blast from the past with some of the most delicious home cooking you’ll ever eat.
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Cowboy hats, vintage memorabilia, and taxidermy cover the walls, the roof is made of metal, and the tables boast wooden chairs and country-chic, red and white checkered tablecloths.
Facebook/The Leona General Store
The weekly fish fry includes four pieces of catfish per person (two for children), plus coleslaw, beans, French fries, and a hushpuppy.
Served every Friday and Saturday night, the meal features a hand-cut ribeye (10 ounces is the standard portion, but you can get a bigger steak for $1.75 per each additional ounce), salad, homemade rolls, and cheesy mashed potatoes. Grilled chicken is available as a substitute!
If you have any room left for dessert, you’re in for a real treat. There’s cobbler, pie, banana pudding, and chocolate fudge brownies - something to satisfy every sweet tooth!
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Hours are 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Thursday, and 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Have you ever been to the Leona General Store in Texas? If so, did you visit on catfish or steak night? Tell us in the comments! Don’t forget to check out our previous article for more charming general stores in Texas worth visiting.
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Address: Leona General Store, North Leona Blvd 136, TX-75, Leona, TX 75850, USA
