Fredericksburg Standard • 13th October 2021

Find inspiration Next Door

After a year of preparation, Yellow Door studio owner Camille Cohn has expanded into the neighboring building, appropriately named Next Door Studio.

Fredericksburg Standard • 6th October 2021

Italian ice, French truck, German town

When life gave her lemons, Piccolina owner Christina Harman made granita to beat the Hill Country heat.

Fredericksburg Standard • 15th September 2021

East Asia meets Texas tradition

Marrying Korean sides and ribs with slow-smoked South Texas meats, Eaker Barbecue introduced a new kind of barbecue to Fredericksburg after its grand opening in August.

Fredericksburg Standard • 11th August 2021

A most hospitable host

Airbnb revealed the “Most Hospitable Hosts” in Texas this month, and one Fredericksburg-based rental made the list of 29 top sites. Listed as “Bungalow 309,” the two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow can be found at 309 E. College St.

Fredericksburg Standard • 4th August 2021

Pairing wine with dumplings

With the wine industry temporarily put on hold during the pandemic last year, winemaker Yanmei Zhang Newsom ventured into the culinary world with the Dumpling Diva, Asian Kitchen.

Fredericksburg Standard • 7th July 2021

All of Chase’s Place is a stage

After years of working toward his dream of owning a cocktail bar, Chase Guthrie opened Chase’s Place Cocktails + Kitchen, at 313 E. San Antonio St., in May of 2020.

Fredericksburg Standard • 30th June 2021

Gatherings, flavor eyed at Grand Central

After sitting empty for over a decade, the site of a former Super S supermarket at 206 N. Milam Street will soon house a new village market and community center.

Fredericksburg Standard • 19th May 2021

When the (micro)chips are down

As the U.S. economy makes a comeback following the coronavirus pandemic, a microchip shortage is leaving the parking lots of many car dealerships empty.

Fredericksburg Standard • 12th May 2021

Flower power

Windmill Meadow Farms is more than just fresh cut flowers. The family-run business is adapting to survive recent hardships in the coronavirus pandemic and the frost. Located at 127 Sunshine Lane, the farm is home to flowers from all over the world as well as old standbys such as poppies and sunflowers.

Fredericksburg Standard • 21st April 2021

Gillespie’s rural land rush is on

Politics and pandemic fuel an urban push to buy Hill Country real estate, driving prices up.

Fredericksburg Standard • 7th April 2021

Butter Me Sweet about heart and home

When she was in kindergarten, Libby Downer learned to bake in her oma’s kitchen. Today, Downer — formerly known as Libby Boos — runs a home bakery from her family’s dairy farm.

Fredericksburg Standard • 31st March 2021

Everything but the wine

Nothing goes with Hill Country wine quite like a charcuterie board; and Lynden Briscoe built a business off this fact during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fredericksburg Standard • 18th February 2021

Emergency shelter offers refuge and warmth

Gillespie County residents gathered together and sought warmth in the emergency shelter set up in the Fredericksburg Elementary School, 1608 N. Adams St., this week.

Fredericksburg Standard • 3rd February 2021

More than a Ring

While washing his wife’s car, Anthony Ware felt his Aggie Class of ’94 ring slip off his finger. Loosened by soap and water, the ring fell into the drain under a wash bay at the Running Clean Car Wash.

Fredericksburg Standard • 27th January 2021

A seat at the news desk by way of ‘Gilmore Girls’

Ask a journalist what inspired them to pursue journalism. If they’re a woman in her late teens to mid-30s, she will likely credit some inspiration to the “Gilmore Girls.” The 2000 television show follows former teen mom Lorelai Gilmore and her brainiac daughter, Rory, as they reconnect with Lorelai’s parents after shutting them out of their lives for 16 years.