Located about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Stephenville, Texas, is home to about 18,000 residents. The small community boasts attractions such as the Stephenville Historical House Museum and a nine-hole municipal golf course, Tejas Golf Course. Stephenville offers family-friendly hotels and intimate bed and breakfasts for visitors to choose from, as well as several casual restaurants.
Econo Lodge Stephenville's lobby offers a large seating area outfitted with large leather reclining chairs and a computer with Internet services reserved for guest use. The hotel, located next to the Bosque River Center, allows pets of all sizes to stay with guests for an extra fee of $10 per night. Hotel amenities include a sundeck, outdoor pool and fax and copy services. Guestrooms feature complimentary Wi-Fi, refrigerator, microwave and cable television.
La Quinta Inns & Suites' 100 percent nonsmoking hotel houses a fitness center, guest laundry facility and outdoor swimming pool. The hotel also offers meeting facilities for up to 25 people. All guest suites and rooms come equipped with cable television, microwave and refrigerator.
Lazy Days Bed and Breakfast sprawls across 12 secluded acres in Stephenville. Amenities include a hot tub, common-area fireplace and outdoor pool. Lazy Days offers guestrooms with satellite television, en-suite bathrooms and Wi-Fi. Guest cabins feature amenities such as a fully equipped kitchen, indoor whirlpool tub and outdoor hot tub.
Established in 1998, Hard Eight BBQ offers a casual, family-friendly dining setting accented with rustic wood and tin furnishings. The family-owned and -operated eatery utilizes the "Old World" slow-cooking style of Stephenville's original German settlers to prepare brisket, pork chops, ribs, sausage, sirloin steaks, chicken and turkey over an open flame. This method infuses the meat with a distinctive aromatic flavor, says the restaurant's website. Hard Eight BBQ offers off-site catering services and has an on-site store stocked with signature clothing, memorabilia and barbecue and hot sauces. The restaurant operates two additional locations in the Texas towns of Brady and Coppell.
Pastafina Italian Restaurant specializes in classic northern and southern Italian cuisine. The casual restaurant's dining room and bar area has an inviting atmosphere with warm beige walls and wood and natural stone furniture and accent pieces. Menu highlights include sausage and peppers Parmesan, lobster ravioli, mussels marinara and rib eye steak alla griglia. Pastafina also prepares hand-tossed pizzas such as the white pizza with Romano, mozzarella and ricotta cheeses. Cleburne, Weatherford, and Granbury are other Texas locations where the restaurant operates.
