Haunted Restaurants, Taverns, and Inns of Texas

by Robert Wlodarski, Courtney Oppel (Revised by), Anne Powell Wlodarski

Overview

Loaded with tangy tales of spirits who inhabit places where you can spend a night or have a bite to eat. Listed by city, each haunted locale provides in-depth history about the spirited occupants, current facts and additional references.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493032495
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,012,431
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert Wlodarski was born in the very haunted Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles, California. Wlodarski has a BA in history and an MA in anthropology from California State University, Northridge. Wlodarski has authored and co-authored over twenty articles for journals and magazines throughout California and the Southwest. Robert has been involved in the paranormal field for over forty years. Anne Powell Wlodarski was born in the very haunted Nix Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and is a registered art therapist. She is also a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), and the Southern California Art Therapy Association (SCATA). Courtney Oppel, also a native Texan, is a freelance writer and editor for Rowman & Littlefield, and has worked for Pearson Education, Bangtail Press, and dotdash.com. She received her bachelor’s degree in English, with a creative writing emphasis, from the University of Montana-Missoula, and lives with her husband and two children in Helena, Montana.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Austin 1

The Market and Tap Room 2

The Driskill Hotel 4

The Hideout 8

Mugshots 10

The Capital Grille 14

The Tavern 15

Boerne 17

Mansion House 17

Ye Kendall Inn 20

Comfort 23

The Meyer Bed and Breakfast on Cypress Creek 23

Corpus Christi 28

Blackbeard's on the Beach 28

Dallas 32

Snuffer's Restaurant & Bar 33

Sons of Hermann Hall 35

El Paso 37

Hotel Paso del Norte 38

L&J Cafe 40

Fort McKavett 44

Fort Worth 49

Jamba Juice/The Jett Building 50

Miss Molly's Hotel 53

The Texas White House Bed and Breakfast 55

Fredericksburg 57

Chuckwagon Inn B&B 57

Kiehne House 61

Flagstone Sunday House 63

Galveston 66

The Hotel Galvez & Spa 67

Mediterranean Chef 68

The Tremont House 69

Gonzales 71

St James Inn 72

Helotes 74

The Grey Moss Inn Restaurant 74

Hillsboro 78

The Tarlton House of 1895 78

Houston 80

La Carafe 80

Sambuca 82

Spaghetti Warehouse 84

Treebeards 86

Jefferson 88

Excelsior House 88

The Grove 92

The New Jefferson Hotel 98

Marathon 102

The Gage Hotel 102

Captain Shepard House and Carriage House 105

Marfa 106

The Arcon Inn Bed and Breakfast 106

New Braunfels 109

The Faust Hotel & Brewpub 109

Sir Lawrence House 112

The Prince Solms Inn 114

Port Aransas 117

Roosevelt's at the Tarpon Inn 117

Rio Grande City 120

La Borde House 120

San Antonio 123

Frank 124

Bullis House Inn 127

Cadillac Bar 128

Crockett Hotel 130

The Emily Morgan Hotel 132

Sheraton Gunter Hotel 134

Inn on the River 135

The Menger Hotel 136

The Oge House on the Riverwalk 141

The St. Anthony Hotel 143

Schilo's Delicatessen 144

Lambermont 146

Victoria's Black Swan Inn 149

Spring 153

Puffabelly's Old Depot Restaurant 153

Wunsche Bros. Cafe and Saloon 155

Turkey 159

Hotel Turkey 159

Waxahachie 161

Catfish Plantation Restaurant 161

Other Haunted Hotspots in Texas 164

Bibliography 205

Index 216

About the Authors 222