Photo by Kyle Webb
Photo by Kyle Webb
Photo by Kyle Webb
Photo by Kyle WebbRestaurant adds brewery, pickles and more
"Augustus took the jug back to the porch and placed his rope-bottomed chair so as to utilize the smidgin of shade he had to work with. As the sun sank, the shade would gradually extend itself across the porch, the wagon yard, Hat Creek, Lonesome Dove and, eventually, the Rio Grande."
One of the opening lines in Larry McMurtry's Western novel "Lonesome Dove," the book that inspired owner Drew Gressett to name his restaurant Hat Creek Burger Co., encompasses what Gressett envisions his business becoming.
"We are striving to become a place where families can bring their kids, sit in a rocking chair and have a beer," said Gressett, who opened the restaurant as a food trailer in 2008. "As we have evolved, we are focusing more and more on family. Every decision we have made in the last 12 months is about what it does for our family concept."
The rocking chairs, along with picnic tables Gressett plans to use, are crafted by homeless men and women from the Mobile Loaves and Fishes Ministry.
