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Pickett House

Pickett House

4.1(84 reviews)
94.9 mi
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Sometimes you need to get out of Houston and its Suburbs to score a fantastic meal…read more Today, 24Oct2026, my Wife and another couple we ride motorcycles with travelled one and a half hours north east to eat at Pickett House just west of Woodville Texas on US 190. Specifically, 157 Private Road 6000, Woodville Tx 75979. Todd, our riding buddy, found out about this during a solo ride from a retired firefighter while waiting for a road crew to open up a lane of traffic near Livingston, Tx. Today was the day we ventured to The Piney Woods for a spot of lunch. The place is slipped in behind a Museum/Gift Shop and does not open until 11am on the days of operation, usually F-Sun. Today, it was fried chicken with black-eyed peas, cole slaw, chicken and dumplings as well as cooked mustard greens. Dessert was peach cobbler with ice cream. The meal is served family style and everything is all you can eat. Seriously, all you can eat. The entry has a plaque (see picture of it) that is really what is expected of any and all diners that order there. I was our busser after the meal. After you get Inside look around and you will see is one of the biggest collection of Circus posters I have ever come across. Some of them are even up for adoption. But, I digress ... On to the food. The fried chicken was some of the best I have ever had. Crispy outer shell that has a distinct "crunch" on every bite. It is seasoned well and the chicken itself carries a flavor from whatever they marinaded it in. The thigh I started with was hot, juicy and tender as were the breast, leg and second thigh of my second plate. I thought I have had great fried chicken from one of the oldest bar in Oklahoma a decade or so ago ... this blows that out of the water. The sides were just as good. Those black-eyed peas were cooked to perfection and gave no aftertaste of the soil it was grown in so many of us that eat them know oh so well. Todd, who hates them ate two spoonfuls with no face making at all. The greens were tender and well seasoned with salt, bacon drippings and a hint of sugar to level out the bitterness of cooked greens. Even my Wife liked them. Cole slaw there is not sweet, so therefore I was the only one that liked that side. More for me. What really stood out on the sides was the chicken and dumplings. Normally, this is an entree. Not here. It was almost as exciting to eat as the fried chicken was. Chunks, not pieces, chunks of chicken were bathing in a cream sauce with tender dumplings that had just the right amount of flavor that carries the starch forward to greet your tastebuds. Afterwards, we all had our peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla. The cobbler crust had some additional sugar on it that made the flakiness of the pastry even deeper in texture and flavor. Again, I have had cobblers before and this one rivals all of them. Our server was a mice young man that had a sharp sense of humor and verbally sparred with me about everything cluck. Even the nice lady collecting my dirty plates from the counter as I set them down chatted me up. Pickett House is a destination for us that do not live near it and is probably a mecca to those that do. This is going to be a return spot for my Wife and I if we are out there and it is open. Ciao, Darrell

I have been coming here for 20 years and never been disappointed. They were only open on weekends…read moreback then and only from 11-2. The hours have expanded I'm pleased to report and the food is just as good as it ever was. Some employees are not here anymore and they probably retired but the ladies working here work very hard to make sure the customers are always full. The circus posters on the walls, the period dresses the servers wear, and the table cloths and curtains add a note of nostalgia and send you back to a simpler time. Keep up the great work and I will keep coming. I drive 80 miles to get here and have been for 20 years. So I definitely recommend this place to anyone.

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Pickett House - Cute old house with circus posters. Fried chicken was delicious!

Cute old house with circus posters. Fried chicken was delicious!

Pickett House - Fried chicken, cornbread, biscuit, muffin

Fried chicken, cornbread, biscuit, muffin

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Augustine

Augustine

4.2(9 reviews)
30.4 mi

My boyfriend and I had date night at Augustine, last night!…read more This was both of our first times in the restaurant since they have transformed it from its previous restaurant. We were both immediately impressed with the transformation! It was dark and moody but the lamps were still bright enough to read the menu. It was elegant but still comfortable enough that we weren't afraid to have conversation (some restaurants we have visited with similar ambiance makes you feel like you have to be quiet, Augustine was not like this which we appreciated). We ordered drinks, me a thyme sour; delicious and refreshing, him a sweet tea. We were given the freshest, fluffiest, softest bread with a surprising no herb butter. We both gave it a 9/10 We ordered the crab cake appetizer. We are crab cake snobs so it was only right we did. We both instantly agreed that these were the best crab cakes we have had in a restaurant setting by far! They were full of actual crab meat, lightly fried with what I believe were bread crumbs and not a thick flour batter. The best way to do it in my opinion. They came with the tastiest, citrus remoulade sauce. I could've put that sauce on everything. We both also gave these a 9/10 only because as much as we loved the sauce they drowned our cakes in it and we had to scrape some off. For our entrees we ordered the fish Augustine and the duck breast. Normally cooked medium we asked that our duck be cooked medium rare (that's how we like it) and the kitchen knocked it out the park! Again, the best duck breast we have had in a restaurant setting to date (even better than the duck breast we had a Michelin star restaurant for my birthday previously ). They paired it with the crispiest soft roasted potatoes and a blackberry sauce that was perfect in my opinion. I gave this a 10/10 he gave it a 9/10..-1 for no reason. The fish Augustine good but not great especially compared to the duck dish. The fish, grouper was cooked perfectly in my opinion and was soft and flaky however it lacked flavor. It comes with a few shrimp that are listed as gulf shrimp but these shrimp immediately tasted imported to me..rubbery and the taste of freezer burn. The asparagus were my favorite part of the dish only because they tasted normal to me. The sauce on the bottom was good but I found myself dredging the fish and asparagus through it in order to get some kind of flavor in my mouth which is disappointing. We both rated this a 5/10 shrimp being a 1/10. There was a little hiccup in the kitchen with our courses that resulted in us waiting longer than average for our entrees but our server, Corey, more than made up for it with dessert! We got a regular crème brûlée and a strawberry champagne layered cake. Both desserts were exceptional and the perfect ending to our date night. Overall we gave our experience a solid 8/10 and will definitely be back even if it is just for the duck breast

Fancy name, beautiful bar, comfortable lighting, open late, but no where near a favorite place for…read moreany of us! Though I would absolutely go for the Charcuterie Board, and the Cheesecake, and indefinitely skip every one of the entrées! Obviously it is the bars that brings in the people, because it's definitely not any of the food! We attempted to order drinks from our waiter, but we're bought only tap water in a craft to the table and we're never offered anything else. ......Next time we will definitely make the Italian place down the street!

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Augustine - Outdoor sign

Outdoor sign

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