Garry & Shoshana’s Guidebook
Food scene
Located 3 miles from us at Homestead Craft Village, Cafe Homestead offers fresh farm-to-table food! Amazing hamburgers made with grass-fed beef, sweet potato fries, wraps and salads. Soups are amazing, too! My favorite is Jalapeno Sweet Potato. It's always busy. Here's a tip: Request a table and leave your phone number. Then take a walking tour of the artisan craft shops. They will send you a message when your table is ready.
45 locals recommend
Cafe Homestead
608 Dry Creek RdLocated 3 miles from us at Homestead Craft Village, Cafe Homestead offers fresh farm-to-table food! Amazing hamburgers made with grass-fed beef, sweet potato fries, wraps and salads. Soups are amazing, too! My favorite is Jalapeno Sweet Potato. It's always busy. Here's a tip: Request a table and leave your phone number. Then take a walking tour of the artisan craft shops. They will send you a message when your table is ready.
A wonderful, small organic grocery store located two miles from us at the entrance to Homestead Craft Village. Lots of fresh produce, fresh bakery, butcher shop and healthy snacks. Try the fresh baked cinnamon rolls, a loaf of their sour dough bread or the butcher's snack beef sticks!
10 locals recommend
Homestead Market
169 Halbert LnA wonderful, small organic grocery store located two miles from us at the entrance to Homestead Craft Village. Lots of fresh produce, fresh bakery, butcher shop and healthy snacks. Try the fresh baked cinnamon rolls, a loaf of their sour dough bread or the butcher's snack beef sticks!
Sightseeing
Don't miss the Fiber Craft Shop at Homestead Craft Village: Watch the artisan spinners & weavers using hand looms and treadle spinning wheels.
Fiber Crafts
712 Dry Creek RdDon't miss the Fiber Craft Shop at Homestead Craft Village: Watch the artisan spinners & weavers using hand looms and treadle spinning wheels.
The Potter's House at Homestead Craft Village: Take a walking tour and visit the Potter's House. Watch the potters throw a pot on the wheel and see the wood-fired kiln.
The Potter's House
Halbert LaneThe Potter's House at Homestead Craft Village: Take a walking tour and visit the Potter's House. Watch the potters throw a pot on the wheel and see the wood-fired kiln.
Watch the millers grinding grain inside this 1760s working gristmill. Visit the retail store and try their free samples of baked goods using their freshly ground grains. Ask about the meaning of the once common saying, "Keep your nose to the grindstone!"
Homestead Grist Mill
800 Dry Creek RdWatch the millers grinding grain inside this 1760s working gristmill. Visit the retail store and try their free samples of baked goods using their freshly ground grains. Ask about the meaning of the once common saying, "Keep your nose to the grindstone!"
Shopping
Be sure and visit the cheese shop at Homestead Craft Village! Located just two miles from us, you can watch them making cheese, taste a 1/2 dozen varieties and visit the cheese cave. You will find award winning, handcrafted cheeses made right here in Texas!
13 locals recommend
Brazos Valley Cheese
206 Halbert LnBe sure and visit the cheese shop at Homestead Craft Village! Located just two miles from us, you can watch them making cheese, taste a 1/2 dozen varieties and visit the cheese cave. You will find award winning, handcrafted cheeses made right here in Texas!
Housed in a beautifully crafted historic barn, Homestead General Store offers organic feeds, farm and ranch supplies, garden seeds and tools, plus unique home accessories and gift items
7 locals recommend
Homestead General Store
167 Gholson RdHoused in a beautifully crafted historic barn, Homestead General Store offers organic feeds, farm and ranch supplies, garden seeds and tools, plus unique home accessories and gift items
Be sure and visit Heritage Forge, the blacksmith shop at Homestead Craft Village, which is located three miles from Songbird Haven.
Heritage Forge
608 Dry Creek RdBe sure and visit Heritage Forge, the blacksmith shop at Homestead Craft Village, which is located three miles from Songbird Haven.
Sporting Activities
Hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, water skiing, camping
If you like to hike, bike ride or simply walk for exercise, visit the Waco Dam Hike and Bike Trail just 10 miles from Farmhouse Haven. It's a 6-mile roundtrip jaunt across the top of Waco Dam on a newly paved path. Be sure to go one hour before sunset to catch amazing views!
Waco Dam Trail
Waco Dam TrailIf you like to hike, bike ride or simply walk for exercise, visit the Waco Dam Hike and Bike Trail just 10 miles from Farmhouse Haven. It's a 6-mile roundtrip jaunt across the top of Waco Dam on a newly paved path. Be sure to go one hour before sunset to catch amazing views!
Located along the southern shore of Lake Brazos near downtown Waco, Cameron Park is a 416 acre urban park with shear cliffs and steep terrain. It’s a great place to walk, play frisbee golf or bike ride. Cameron Park’s maze of mountain bike trails - officially classified from “easy” to “extreme” - is a magnet for avid mountain bike enthusiasts.
143 locals recommend
Cameron Park
2601 N University Parks DrLocated along the southern shore of Lake Brazos near downtown Waco, Cameron Park is a 416 acre urban park with shear cliffs and steep terrain. It’s a great place to walk, play frisbee golf or bike ride. Cameron Park’s maze of mountain bike trails - officially classified from “easy” to “extreme” - is a magnet for avid mountain bike enthusiasts.
Craft School
Learn soap making, pottery, furniture making, spinning, weaving basketmaking and
so much more!
The Ploughshare
608 Dry Creek Rd