Mamaw's Fried Pies, Whitehouse, TX

How many different kinds of fried pies are there? I think you can find most every kind here. They have all the regular fruit pies. Chocolate, lemon and stuff like that. Then they have some for breakfast, sausage and gravyy, bacon and egg and some others I can't remember. Also some Philly-cheese steak and crawfish (yep, crawfish).

I tried the chocolate, lemon, blackberry, apple and a couple that I couldn't identify, they were all good. The fried catfish plate lunch was also good.

One word of warning, they're not stingy with the fillings. If you try to eat a blackberry while driving down the road, it'll run out and look like a jay-bird crapped in your lap.

Mamaw's Web Site

Alba's Italian Kitchen, Gladewater, TX

Thought we'd try something different in Gladewater, mostly just Mexican eating places but we saw this on the corner in part of the old down town and decided to try it. A total of five tables in the place and only four other people eating in there at noon on a Friday but what the heck. Well a little old Italian lady (Alba) comes to the table and waits on us, just as nice as she can be. The food was great, I had portabella mushroom ravioli with spinach. Don't know what the heck a cannoli is but I like it.

Here's an update, Alba now has a website, here's the link: Alba's website

East Texas Burger Co. Mineola, TX

I guess I should'a had a burger but I decided to try the plate lunch. Excellent chicken fried steak and vegetables. It's in downtown Mineola, advertised as best burgers in east Texas. We'll have to go back and try it again. Service was good and all-around cool place.