Yes, Dripping Springs Does Have a Fine Dining Restaurant: Welcome to Creek Road Café

We were beginning to despair that all culinary possibilities were null and void when we recently moved out towards Dripping Springs. But then, like wanderers in the desert chancing upon an oasis, we found the Creek Road Café.

Smack dab in the middle of Dripping Springs on #290, Creek Road is a partnership between two hospitality pros who met while running a ski resort in the northwest.

The menu at Creek Road has expanded and I have yet to try something there that I haven’t enjoyed. The soups are amazing and the crab cakes may well be the best in central Texas. We had soft shell crabs from Maryland and a pork tenderloin that was simply delicious. The Trautwein Sauteed Shrimp is a stunning dish served with smoked cheddar and homemade sausage grits.

Best of all, they have a Carrot Cake that is moist, dense, and insanely tasty. I’ve been low carbing it recently but when I hit my target weight loss, I’m going to celebrate with a slice of this cake: it’s that good!