5 East Texas Final Meals

A co-worker of mine is moving away and that had me thinking, if I was moving away from East Texas where would my final meals be.

I often write about restaurants around Tyler and East Texas - whether they are in their construction phase, opening or closing - restaurant news is a pretty big deal around here. We all love to go out to eat because that means we're not creating a mess in our kitchen! When it comes to going out to eat we all have our favorite places to go, they could be a fast food place, coffee shop, casual dining restaurant and probably many times our favorites are chains, but our local restaurant scene offers up a great variety.

So with my friend moving away that got me to thinking, excluding the chain restaurants (because their food is pretty much the same no matter what part of the state or country you move to), where would my final meals in East Texas come from.

We have a ton of great local dining places and after thinking about it, here's where my final meals would come from if I were leaving East Texas (in no particular order):

East Texas Burger Company
126 E. Broad St.
Mineola
It's not just the burgers that are so good here, the chicken fried steak is awesome too and don't get me started on the desserts!
Died & gone to heaven!!! #glutenfree #easttexasburgercompany
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Butcher Shop
102 Lehigh St.
Longview
This place isn't just known for their outstanding burgers, but also their bakery and desserts too! I can't go in there without leaving with a bag full of cookies and other sweets from the refrigerated coolers!
Customer photo! Yummmy!! #getinmybelly Another great reason to #chewslongview #butchershopbakerylongview #longviewtx #longviewbutchershop #shoplocal #familyowned #bestofeasttexas #hamburgers #hamburger #cheeseburger
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Stanley's Famous Pit Bar-B-Q
525 S. Beckham Ave.
Tyler
Hands down this is one of the best and named best bbq joints in all of Texas by Texas Monthly! If I moved away from East Texas I would definitely miss the Brother-In-Law, the Mother Clucker and their version of the Frito pie, the Giant Frito Pie!
Muther Clucker! #stanleysbbqtyler
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El Charro On The Ridge
6899 Oak Hill Blvd.
Tyler
When I'm craving Mexican food, this is one of my go to places! I would miss the street tacos the most I believe.
The Diner
7924 S. Broadway Ave.
Tyler
As a go to place for breakfast or brunch, I would miss out on the French toast, bacon, biscuits and omelets.

So, if I were moving away from East Texas these would be the local restaurants that I would have to visit just one final time before moving away, because you just can't replicate the taste of their food anywhere else! Thankfully though I'm not leaving East Texas and can continue to visit these and several other close favorite local restaurants of mine!

I'd like to know if you were moving away from East Texas, where would your favorite last meals come from. Let me know in the comment section below.