New Braunfels Edition | March 2023

REGIONAL DINING Zippliners Kitchen Small Schertz restaurant oers family-style meals D ominic Reed opened Zippliners Kitchen in Schertz in September 2021. Reed said the name for the and focusing on catering events due to the interest from businesses. The focus of the Zippliners menu is around family meals that are made from scratch every day. BY JARRETT WHITENER

restaurant came to him when he was 14 years old, and he knew he wanted to open a business one day. “I had to gure out later what I was going to do with the name,” he said. The name indicates a timeline that blends traditional values into the present day as he works to build a better future, Reed said. “WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD UP THE ECONOMY AND BUILD A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE PLANS.” DOMINIC REED, OWNER The restaurateur started out doing mobile delivery around San Antonio and Austin until he was able to nance a permanent location in Schertz. “I had a case of food, and I would have 30-40 entrees that I would carry to di erent businesses during the lunch hour to see if they wanted food, and most of the time it sold out,” he said. During that time, Reed was prepar- ing meals out of his parents’ kitchen

“Our focus is on being a scratch kitchen,” he said. “We have a full setup in the back where we can do baking and pastries, then we have hotline production where we can make sandwiches to entrees and other things like that.” Popular entrees at Zippliners include the fried chicken, smothered pork chops and meatloaf. Zippliners o ers breakfast, lunch and dinner with any item on the menu available at any time. The restaurant also o ers spe- cials each week that change based on what customers like. Reed said he hopes to expand in the future because restaurant seating is limited. “Right now, we are a sort of catering or commercial kitchen, so we plan to open a [bigger] brick-and- mortar store,” he said. “We will still be in Schertz and hopefully build from the ground up. And it will feature a hall for catering and more dining space for families, because we get people that want to dine in here, but it is just so small right now.” Reed said he hopes to help the area continue to grow while providing the food people have come to love. “We are looking to build up the economy and build a wonderful place for the families and the community, and we look forward to our future plans,” he said.

Dominic Reed opened Zippliners Kitchen in Schertz in 2021.

COURTESY ZIPPLINERS KITCHEN

FEATURED MEALS

Zippliners oers breakfast, lunch and dinner with a focus on making each meal fresh.

Breakfast One of the more popular breakfast meals is the country breakfast ($8.99). This meal includes sausage, bacon, toast, home fries, grits and three eggs cooked in any style. The country breakfast can be ordered at any time during the day.

Lunch and dinner A classic dinner meal, the fried chicken ($13.99) includes three pieces of chicken with a crispy breading. Alongside the entree, guests can choose two of the 12 sides oered at Zippliners including mac and cheese and fried okra (pictured below).

Country breakfast

Fried chicken

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Zippliners Kitchen 1420 Schertz Parkway, Ste. 290, Schertz 210-354-7144 www.zippliners.com Hours: Tue.-Fri. 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun.-Mon. closed

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