Weir Country Store, Weir

It was a nice day for a ride on the motorcycles last Monday. We ventured out and hit several of the county roads north east of Austin. We were starting to get hungry and were about ready for a break from riding. Since we were in the Walberg area, I suggested we go to Dale’s Essenhaus for a burger. Well damn, they are closed on Mondays. We were out in the middle of somewhere with not much in the way of food choices. We stopped at a little country gas station/auto repair shop and Martie went inside to see if any of the locals had any ideas. I stayed out by the bikes and counted our nacho flavored corn nuts and jerky from our last ride, just in case we had to divvy them up for lunch.

When she came back, she informed me the “natives” told her the Shamrock station in Weir had good burgers and fries. She was surprised when I readily agreed we should try it. After all, anyone with anything other than an iron clad stomach is smart enough to stay away from gas station food, right? Well, it was such a nice day and I wasn’t ready to stop riding. There certainly wasn’t enough corn nuts and jerky for two of us. Besides, if things turned out badly for my stomach, we could be long home before it got ugly.

The Shamrock station is called Weir Country store. It has a little bit of everything. Besides your typical convenience store, it had school supplies, a bait shop, and a sign saying the bar was open Friday and Saturday nights. There was a small area with some booths and tables. They had a couple of big slabs of smoked brisket, smoked sausage, and those really bad for you but oh so good deep fried burritos behind the counter in a hot holding area. I was encouraged not to see any hot dogs endlessly rolling around on those heated roller things that see in most convenience stores.

We both decided on the cheeseburger and fries basket. The cheeseburgers were pretty good, and the fries were very good; not in the least greasy. A note to self for next time though, one order of fries is plenty for two people. They also have Bluebell ice cream but we were both too full for that.

It was a fun place to stop and take a break. We did get a few stares from some of the locals. We must look pretty scary to the country folk, being two women on motorcycles.