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    Shorty's Place

    3.5 (46 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    London Broil! Amazing!!
    Michael N.

    All the food was absolutely fantastic and the service was great! You can also BYOB. This was the most tender tri-tip I've ever had! Will definitely be back soon!

    Steak and potato. Corn was sweet too.
    Erika C.

    So few restaurants offer things like calf fries or sweetbreads, and they didn't disappoint. Their appetizer salad is sooo good too, but they ask you what dressing you want as soon as you sit down, so be prepared! Very good house ranch. Also, I'm fairly picky with a good steak, and they nailed a perfect medium-rare.

    Fried Gizzard Plate w/ Fries, Toast, Gravy

    Lunch on Mother's Day, extremely busy but service was great. Waitress was attentive and very quick. Food was great. Been going here for years.

    Rachel S.

    We have been driving by Shorty's Place for close to 2.5 years now whenever we head to our family's ranch in Kenedy. My mom has talked up Shorty's Place, and my husband even played in a golf tournament with the owner. It seems to be in the middle of no where, but only about 11 miles from Kenedy, which is not far at all. We came in on a Saturday evening, and I did not see an empty table besides the table we were seated at. We started with calf fries and fried pickles. Both were excellent, fried in a light batter and came with cream gravy. Now, I have never had calf fries, but I figured what the heck, I'll try them. They were pretty tasty, not much flavor to them, and texture was better than I was expecting. I would probably order them again. I ordered the patty melt, because, well, I can't pass up a patty melt when I see if on a menu of a small, divey restaurant. It was so good! The Texas toast was fresh, and the patty was grilled to perfection. The steak fries were fluffy yet had the perfect crisp to them as well. I tasted the Diablo Burger sans the bun, and it was tasty as well. But boy were those jalapeños hot! Whoa! Glad i had a cold beer to wash it down with. We also had an order of sweet breads, which again, I have never tasted, but obviously was feeling brave tonight. Sweet breads had more flavor then the calf fries, and I think they won me over. I will definitely be ordering sweet breads whenever I come across them on a menu. I did notice that Shorty's Place is for sale, I hope whoever buys it continues to serve the same menu. We received great service and everyone was friendly.

    Senior Burger with Sweet Potato Fries
    Rudy C.

    We stop here on our way to Rockport TX. Atmosphere was nice and the service was great! Had the fried green tomatoes with ranch, the tomatoes where perfectly cook. I also had the senior burger with sweet potato fries and both where delicious! If you pay attention as you are leaving to the left you will find a complimentary self serve ice cream machine...perfect treat!

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    The food, service and ambiance were stellar. I haven't had a meal that good outside of my own home in a Very Long Time

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    Very good steak and chicken fried steak, baked and fries were good. We're coming back with rest of family.

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    Staff is friendly but we sat here for over 2 hours. Service was slow, food came out slow, everything was cold. Not worth it for the price.

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    George West Steakhouse

    George West Steakhouse

    4.0(77 reviews)
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    Was really delicious little steak house. Had the Steak…read moredinner for to and ate the whole thing lol

    I guess I'm spoiled by living in a very large city and have a higher expectation for ambiance for a…read moresteakhouse, but we walked in and it looked more like a barbecue joint. With large dead animal heads on the wall. There were 2 deer, a doe and a buck. An elk. A bighorn sheep. A Longhorn bovine. And an exotic nilgai. If that doesn't say this is where people like to hunt, while we were viewing the eclipse, we encountered a couple who stopped on the way to their hunting lease. An extra star for the service. The people were nice and helpful. We were kind of demanding and they met all our requests promptly and pleasantly. The food. The steaks had a strong, strange taste. The best I could figure was it was liquid smoke. You're not fooling anyone into thinking you're cooking over a mesquite fire by marinating your steaks in liquid smoke. At least you're not fooling me. Perfectly cooked steaks rendered nearly inedible by the overwhelming, weird flavor. My tablemate's liver was so undercooked it was bloody. I don't think liver is supposed to be served rare. The salad was really good. Other sides were meh. The green beans were canned. French fries looked like they originated frozen out of a bag. The potato skin appetizer was good. The broccoli fresh but mushy - or possibly frozen as well? The cheesecake was good but they served it upside down with the crust on top? The wines were average - drinkable, but I think the wine at Olive Garden is better? I wanted to go to the Mexican restaurant but got overruled by the two guys. I'll hold that I may be wrong about the mesquite, but I did not see or smell any sign of a wood/charcoal fire.

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    Raising EM Right Beef - Blade steak was superb grilled

    Raising EM Right Beef

    4.3(3 reviews)
    42.5 mi

    The trend in beef cattle consumption has been steadily rising for years. First the Steak House…read moreExplosion a few years ago and now The Bar B Que revolution! Couple these trends with the current pandemic and no wonder beef demand is way up. I come from generations of cattle ranchers and have an affinity for the art and science of raising good beef. The trend is for some producers to provide meat directly to the consumer. There is a trend to meet the demand this way but,you have to be cautious. My neighbors are friends with this farmer and were sent samples to try in regard to the delivery system and quality of meat. I was given samples by them and did not purchase. But, I was more than happy to accept some steaks and ground beef from them in return for my opinion. I received the meat frozen solid. It looked good and I placed in my freezer. Over the last few weeks I have removed and cooked each piece. The first was a t bone steak. It was cut crooked so as to not be a uniform thickness. Not a big problem but...My main concern was the texture. After cooking the steak, it didn't plump up as I expected and was a little mushy. I made Texas Chili out of the ground beef and was very happy with the way it cooked,little grease and had good flavor. I gave several servings away and got positive feedback on the taste and enjoyment. The final cut was a blade steak. You don't see this cut at the grocery store which is too bad. It's look and texture is similar to a strip but, more flavor. I was really happy with the almost prime grade marbling appearance and powerful flavor. Overall I have to give them credit for providing beef direct. There is a lot of the country where it's hard during this crisis to get out and get good meat These guys send it to your front door!

    High quality vacuum packed frozen beef! All cuts are available for pickup. Now open 6 days a week…read moreto include the weekend shoppers. 10-2 on Saturdays.

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    T Bone was given the cowboy camp fire cast iron treatment

    Raising EM Right Beef - Blade steak was the best cut I received Would probably grade prime

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    Blade steak was the best cut I received Would probably grade prime

    Shorty's Place - steak - Updated May 2026

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