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| OXBOW BAKERY & ANTIQUES Palestine Texas |
After arriving in Palestine around lunch time, The Travelling Toe and the other Day Tripper Divas, decided that it was chow time. The lady at the Palestine Visitor's Center gave us several suggestions and we decided to try Oxbow Bakery & Antiques. The Travelling Toe believes that the magic words that persuaded us to give it a go was "homemade pie"!
We three travelers were standing on a street corner in downtown Palestine looking at a map tying to find where we were and where we were going, when a lovely young lady driving by saw we were sort of lost, asked if we need help finding some place. We told her we were going to the Oxbow for lunch and she said just follow me and I will take you right to it...just a couple of blocks down the street. So we did and she got us there. We offered her pie but she had to go.
The friendliness of a small Texas town can't be beat!
The Oxbow is not just a bakery, but they also serve a nice lunch and has an antique shop as well. It is very cute, comfortable and homey inside. After placing our orders, chicken salad all around, we sat at a farm table and enjoyed some of the best chicken salad ever. But then it was pie time. The Oxbow has a long list of pies that they make on site in a small kitchen. But we three weary travelers choose coconut cream pie. - oh my!! It was so yummy. A true slice of heaven. The crust was flaky - not tough or soggy. The coconut cream filling was so good, not overly sweet and had coconut included in it's creaminess. Then the topper was a huge tower of meringue nicely browned with toasted coconut on top. Just writing about it makes The Travelling Toe's mouth water for another slice.
After consuming all those calories, we decided we needed to walk around the antique shop. We saw different types of antiques, art work, collectibles, vintage furnishings and ever metal works.
We all agreed, coming to the Oxbow was worth the 2 1/2 hour drive.
Facebook Link - Oxbow Bakery & Antiques
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| Outside the Oxbow Bakery |
Photos by Susan Blaser
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