“A haw haw haw haw” — ZZ Top – La Grange

La Grange is a city in the Post Oak Savannah region of Texas. People around the world wouldn't know the city if it weren't for the eponymous 1973 song by the rock band ZZ Top.

Understand

Downtown La Grange

Get in

By car

U.S. Highway 77 runs north-south through La Grange, offering an easy way in from southern points such as Corpus Christi and Brownsville, and from the north via Interstate 35 at Waco. From Austin, La Grange is about a 65-mile drive east on Texas State Route 71. Either Highway 77 or 71 can be used to access La Grange from Interstate 10 running between San Antonio and Houston about 15 miles south of La Grange.

See

• 1 Texas Quilt Museum, 140 West Colorado, ☏ +1 979 968-3104, fax: +1 979 968-6010, projects@texasquiltmuseum.org. Th-Sa 10AM-4PM, Su noon-4PM. $8. 
• Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, 250 W Fair Grounds Rd. Sentiments regarding Czech ancestry here. Tel: +1 888-785-4500. Tu-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-3PM.
• 2 Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites, ☏ +1 (979) 968-5658. Daily 8AM-4:30PM. These are ruins of a brewery owned by German immigrant Heinrich Ludwig Kreische along with his tomb overlooking the town and kind of a cool place to check out. Also there's a monument to the failed Mier Expedition (basically a startup event of the burgeoning Stephen F Austin colony as it was toying with a means to independence that really turned sour - as in no survivors). (updated Jan 2022)

Kreische brewery remains

Monument hill monument

Eat

• 1 Bistro 108, 108 S. Main St, ☏ +1 979 968-9108, info@bistro108.com. Lunch: Tu–Sa 11AM–2PM; Dinner: Th–Sa 5PM–9PM; Sunday Brunch: 10AM–2PM. High end surf-and-turf with a long and varied wine menu. Expect $20–50 per person plus tip. 

Sleep

• 1 Best Western Plus, 600 E State Highway 71 Bypass, ☏ +1 979 968-6800, toll-free: +1 800-568-8520, fax: +1 979 966-0959. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 
• 2 Cottonwood Inn, 1494 W Travis St., ☏ +1 979 968-3175, fax: +1 979 968-6552. 
• 3 Hampton Inn, 1624 W State Hwy 71, ☏ +1 979 968-4900, fax: +1 979 968-4949. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 
• 4 The Oak Motel, 227 S Jefferson St, ☏ +1 979 968-3133. (updated Feb 2018)

Go next

Routes through La Grange

Waco ← Cameron ← Jct W E ←	N  S	→ Schulenburg → Corpus Christi
Austin ← Bastrop ←	W  E	→ Jct W E → Jct S N → Jct S N