Going to be in Tyler for work tomorrow evening and need a good place to eat. Open to anything really, but don't prefer chains or Mexican food. What does the rose have to offer? TIA

Stanley's BBQ or Ruby's (Mexican)

Prime 102 for a great steak, but pricey.

Stanley's for BBQ and great atmosphere.

Culture ETX for a great burger.

True vine for beer and pizza
ETX brew house for beer and bar food
Rubys for Mexican
Athena for Greek
Stanley's for bbq
1836 for non traditional tex mex
Javis is good for nontraditional Mexican

SoulSlaveAG2005 said:

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True vine for beer and pizza
ETX brew house for beer and bar food
Rubys for Mexican
Athena for Greek
Stanley's for bbq
1836 for non traditional tex mex
Javis is good for nontraditional Mexican

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What he said.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

So where'd ya eat?

Ended up at Dakota's, that's where the client wanted to eat. It was ok, steak was cooked well, but was under seasoned. The fried shrimp appetizer was really good, but the cocktails were weak.

Dakotas has always been hit or miss for me. Sometimes good, other meh

So what's the deal with no liquor stores and no beer in the gas station?

dsvogel05 said:

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So what's the deal with no liquor stores and no beer in the gas station?

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Welcome to east Texas. Be glad the teetotaler/green acres blue hairs let you get it in grocery stores. Smith county was dry until 2013/2014-ish??? And then they only passed non-liquor in grocery stores.

I'm pretty salty about it because I grew up there and moved away before they opened it up the little they have. Every weekend we were going to Kilgore.

But yet there's a CBD/smoke shop on nearly every corner, makes no sense.

On the positive side, I can see the draw to north east Texas, plenty of trees and everything was nice and green.

There's beer in almost every gas station around.

Now liquor? You gotta drive for that.

Isn't the liquor sales coming up soon for a vote?

My In-laws drive in from ETX and go to Specs or Total Wine.