The Texas Bucket List - The Leona General Store in Leona

People line the outside of a little general store in Leona for a chance at one of their large juicy steaks!

[russellingram]

I like there attitudes and the steaks look awesome.... Nothing better than old time cooking and eating... May you live on forever....

[jonwilson]

I saw this on The Texas Bucket list in 2016. Just now finally got the chance to come here and check it out. AWESOME GOOD !
Better than the fancy restaurant steaks in Nebraska we had several months ago.

[grunyonthoughtsfromagrunt]

I've been there once. When I got back from my first tour in Iraq with the Tx Nat Gaurd they let us loose for the night so a bunch of us made a road trip there from Fort Hood. One of our guys was a local there.
Let me tell you about a Dozen of us Soldiers showed up all in Uniform some of us had families with us.
As soon as we walked in we got a standing ovation from the staff and patrons I've never been so humbled in my life.
None of us paid for our meal all the local patrons paid for it. Of course the waitress got a good tip. And one guy wanted to buy us all a steak to go.
I've never felt so welcomed not only by the staff but the patrons as well.
And the size, quality and taste oh my God superb. It's not a flashy big city steak house by any stretch but that's part of its charm.
I have very fond memories of this place not only for its welcoming hospitality but its great steaks.
I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
Its truly not only a Texas gem but an American one as well.
May God Bless the Leona Steakhouse.

[mroakarm]

I'm from Manitoba Canada but sure wish I lived in Texas...great video. God Blessed Texas!

[qualitygoldfish]

Seems like the people from Texas are very decent and caring, i was on a trip with my lovely wife to Barcelona and we had a big group of Americans who were from New york in the bar.I have to say the locals and bar staff were shocked with the lack of manners and rudeness with this group and happy to say they were refused sevice and told to go elswhere in there own hotel.The next day me and my wife met some Texans at the same bar absolute gentleman and the ladies real classy what a blast we had, God bless

[TheTruthHurts]

I love stories like these. Please support your local eateries.

[ElSteve-ORadioTM]

God, I love being born, raised and living in, Texas!

We are so, very fortunate with not only the price we pay for our beef, but the amount of weight and absolutely fresh quality we are able to purchase in this great state. I've worked in many states due to the oil & gas industry many years ago, as well as for vacationing, and the prices are ridiculous, especially for the size you receive, and is also not as juicy/fresh.

I also am well aware, because many states have to receive their beef from out of state, but that brings me back to my point of emphasis; fortunate. I love to barbecue Texas style quite often, and when I used to travel for hitches for work in Utah and Colorado, there were no beef skirts, chicken fajitas, mollejas(sweet bread), tripas, ribs or sausage available. Many butchers weren't even aware of those types of cuts of meat.

So for our first 6 weeks of work(hitch), we had to settle for small dry steaks, packaged beef patties and weiners for cookouts. Borrriiing! Haha 😀. So, when I returned for our next hitches, I took all the above mentioned and more. I also took many bundles of prepared mesquite from my ranch, which also wasn't available up north(at least in the city's and nearby, we were in), along with steaks, seasoning, Pico de Gallo, homemade tortillas and jalapeño bombers, barbacoa for breakfast and my tow-behind BBQ pit.

When we had our first days off, I had a cookout and invited my fellow Texan coworkers, as well as my native coworkers/friends from Colorado and Utah. The guys from up north were absolutely shocked at the amount of meat and enthusiasm of lengths we Texans will go for a good ol' BBQ! They fell in love with Texas barbecue and pretty much all had never had it before. I also brought many cases of Texas beer(5%) which was higher than Colorado's percent(3.2%), then. I believe in 2019, Colorado, is when the content was raised from 3.2 to full strength like much of the country. But prior to the law change, it was sold 24/7, but was extremely weak, at least to us Texans. Lol.

Anyhow, that is a few reasons why I love living in this state...our plentiful and delicious beef!

*Proud to be a Texan!* 🐄✌️😎🤘🥩🇺🇲

[paullawson]

I'm from Columbus Indiana. I LOVE this video. Leona we respect ya.

[tortuga_trslownsteady]

As a Californian and have lived a year in Texas. I’m not surprised the mayor is back there cooking. I miss Texas

[ericcmckissick]

He prays for us!!! Amen there ain’t a better contribution you could ask for!!! This video made my day a little better

[soldiermikeft]

The Owner won me over when he mentioned that his other Son prays for the restaurant and that's his contribution. Love it! Lol

[johnk]

The place the people the owners the food..all look great..God has blessed America!! Stand tall Texas..you do it right!!

[lonewolf]

I love my Texas! Greetings from Magnolia.

[jamestomkins]

This family is awesome and so is the food. I held 2nd place on the leaderboard for a while many years ago. So many great memories from the place

[brentpetrick]

went for the first time a month ago and it did NOT disappoint!! Limited menu and choice but that's how to do it right!!! great steak and ended up buying three bottles of the rub.

[XHollisWood]

OMG I’ve just had an opening on my bucket list 😛 Thank you for sharing 🇺🇸

[oakcliffpride]

Great food great people I love my state. So proud to be a Texan

[jaimecervantes]

He loves what he does that’s why he’s bless in he’s business. 👍🏼god bless America y’all. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[JHung]

This is the type of place i would absolutely love eating at. Thank you and keep putting out amazing videos!

[La]

Came for the steak, stayed for the folks... With these kinda folks, I don’t care what they’re serving, I’m staying... Love to hear all their stories... Hmmm... If the walls could talk... A lot of history in this place... Great 👍🏼 job