New Braunfels | December 2023

Dining

BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN

Root Cellar Cafe is locally owned by Kyle Mylius, who has worked in the restaurant industry since he was 17.

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Root Cellar Cafe serves Chicken ’n Waes ($16) , which consists of fresh baked Belgian waes served with hand-breaded fried boneless chicken thighs and a drizzle of Sriracha honey topped with honey butter.

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The Root Cellar Cafe serves up Americana cuisine

The bone-in pork chop ($25) is topped with roasted tomato chutney and served with grilled asparagus.

cuisine, such as pesto pasta, pasta primavera, seared salmon with balsamic glaze and more. The restaurant also oers a seasonal menu. “What we feel is that when as much as possible is made in-house, from scratch, you take out the preservatives that are in a lot of other products that give them shelf stabilization, and that really comes across in the freshness and the avor,” he said. Root Cellar Cafe also has a full bar and a selec- tion of craft cocktails. What else? Since opening in New Braunfels, Mylius said he has gotten positive feedback. “We’ve had a lot of great support, and a lot of people turn into quick regulars here,” he said.

Kyle Mylius has worked in the restaurant industry since he was 17, and one day, he decided to open a restaurant of his own. “I love serving people and trying to create beautiful experiences for people,” Mylius said. In 2005, at the age of 25, Mylius opened Root Cellar Cafe in downtown San Marcos. In Febru- ary 2023, he decided to open a location in New Braunfels. Mylius also owns Tin Top Burgers & Beer, The Gruene Grove and Rhea’s Ice Cream. “We have a little bit of a family of restaurants here already, and so it made perfect sense for us to come to New Braunfels,” he said. What’s on the menu Root Cellar Cafe serves from-scratch Americana

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1090 S. Business I-35, New Braunfels www.rootcellarcafe.com/new-braunfels

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