Waco, Texas
Your Local Guide to Waco, Texas
An independent guide to restaurants, businesses, things to do, and communities across Waco and Greater Waco.
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Make the most of Waco
The visitor guide
Plan your Waco trip
Choose your main stops, find a place to stay, and plan around opening days, parking, weather, and your group’s needs.
Start planningThings to Do
A Perfect Weekend in Waco
A practical Saturday-and-Sunday itinerary: the Silos, downtown meals, the river, and a choice of fossils or Baylor.
Food & Drink
Where to Eat in Waco: A Local Food Guide
Choose barbecue, a food hall, or a seafood meal in Waco, with named downtown places and official menu checks.
Outdoors
The Outdoors in Waco: Parks, Trails, and the River
Choose between Cameron Park trails, the downtown riverfront, Lake Waco, and a fossil visit, with official access checks.
What brings you to Waco?
First visit
Choose downtown stops, then add fossils or campus.
With family
Compare a museum day with a guided fossil visit.
Food lovers
Find a barbecue meal, a food hall, or a seafood stop.
Get outdoors
Match riverside walks, park trails, and lake access to your plans.
Moving here
Work through utilities, vehicle requirements, and schools.
Recently updated guides
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Where to Eat in Waco: A Local Food Guide
Choose barbecue, a food hall, or a seafood meal in Waco, with named downtown places and official menu checks.
Updated
A Perfect Weekend in Waco
A practical Saturday-and-Sunday itinerary: the Silos, downtown meals, the river, and a choice of fossils or Baylor.
Updated
The Outdoors in Waco: Parks, Trails, and the River
Choose between Cameron Park trails, the downtown riverfront, Lake Waco, and a fossil visit, with official access checks.
Explore Waco
Find exactly what you're looking for across the Heart of Texas.
Where to Eat in Waco
A few editors' picks, hand-selected rather than ranked.
Restaurants
Opal's Oysters
228 S. 8th Street, Waco, TX 76701
Coastal cuisine, cocktails, and balmy summer good times on South 8th Street in downtown Waco.
BBQ restaurant
Terry Black's Barbecue
228 8th Street, Waco, TX
Central Texas barbecue from the Black family of Lockhart, serving brisket, beef and pork ribs, sausage and turkey by the pound on 8th Street.
Restaurant
Union Hall
720 Franklin Avenue, Waco, TX 76701
Union Hall is a restaurant in Waco, Texas, located at 720 Franklin Avenue.
Plan the meal with our Waco food guide or add it to a weekend itinerary.
Featured Local Businesses
Local businesses we've chosen to feature. A hand-picked selection, not a ranking.
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Magnolia Market
601 Webster Avenue, Waco, TX 76701
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Spice Village
213 Mary Ave (entrance at 2nd & Franklin Ave), Waco, TX 76701
Farm & craft village
Homestead Heritage
608 Dry Creek Rd., Waco, TX 76705
A working farm and craft village just north of Waco with craft shops, hands-on activities, classes and dining, including Cafe Homestead.
Combine local places with the visitor guide. These are editorial selections, not paid placements.
Greater Waco
Explore the towns and communities around Waco.
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