A few miles west of Meridian State Park is a little German restaurant called Zur Autobahn. I have driven by it numerous times, but had never ventured inside. I looked online and was a bit put off by the prices. Quite frankly, there are only a handful of good restaurants around the Lake Whitney area and most cost a lot less. I've also been disappointed by some restaurants and I'm CHEAP.
However, it had been a long time since I had German food (Edelweiss in Fort Worth), so I thought I'd give it a shot. My mom had come down to the lake, so I decided she could join me as a guinea pig.
The place appears to double as the owners' home (top floor) and the restaurant on the first floor. It is a small restaurant seating 22 - 28 people. We were quickly greeted by the owner and she let us pick out our table since we were the only patrons. She gave us our menu and took our drink order. I was disappointed sweet tea was not offered, but the unsweetened tea did not need any sugar. I'm usually the guy dumping 12 packets of sugar into a large glass trying to sweeten things up. Nope. It was good unsweetened.
We placed our orders and although this is not a fast-paced establishment (despite it's name), we were not sitting around bored. The dishes were delivered in well-timed intervals. There was also some German pop music playing in the background.
I had the Jaeger Schnitzel and my mom had the Paprika Schnitzel. You get a salad and bread with the meal. The menu states the bread is fresh and homemade. The first slice I had was very good; the second, however, was stale and cold. That is the ONLY negative thing that took place during our meal. The salad dressing choices were Ranch and House German. We both had the Ranch, but this was not like the Ranch we get elsewhere. It was very good, however. The vegetables were fresh and crisp. The cucumbers actually tasted like cucumbers, not some cold, bland vegetable.
My breaded pork loin was AWESOME!!!!! It was smothered in some mushroom gravy and WOW! The fried potatoes were equally good. However, the best was saved for last...Apple Steusel. HOLY COW! When she brought that out, I thought there was no way it could taste as good as it looked. I was mistaken in my thinking. The whipped cream tasted as if it was just made before I ordered it. I can't describe how good this thing was.
If you're ever headed to Meridian, you must try this place. I can't bring myself to spend almost $50 for two to eat dinner often, but I will definitely be trying out other dishes at Zur Autobahn.
Oh, and this place was CLEAN...
http://www.zurautobahn.com/Dinnermenu.html
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