Top-ranked Texas restaurant to rebuild near Waco after devastating fire
Cafe Homestead, a backroad restaurant near Waco that drew the city’s highest ratings for its all-natural cooking in a religious farming enclave, will rebuild the cafe destroyed Friday by fire, the manager wrote in a weekend email.
The cafe for the Homestead Heritage farm, grist mill and craft village, 608 Dry Creek Road, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at 1:40 a.m. Friday, according to a social media post by Elm Mott Volunteer Fire & Rescue.
“We will unite, rebuild and reestablish this Cafe and service for the much-loved Waco community,” manager Andrew Taylor wrote late Friday in an email to Homestead customers.
Work will begin “as soon as Providence permits,” Taylor wrote: “After all, fires serve to test and refine faith.”
The cafe opened in 1994 off Gholson Road about 5 miles west of Elm Mott, or about 10 miles northwest of Waco.
It has grown along with the reputation for Homestead Gristmill flours and mixes. The location has made it a popular place to eat between Fort Worth or Dallas and Austin.
It has a 5-star rating from commenters on Yelp.com, the highest in the Waco area, and is also ranked No. 1 on Tripadvisor.com.
This story was originally published December 26, 2022 at 5:30 AM.
