The Yankee's Place

 

      This restaurant has been around Leakey for about 4 years now, first out of their home and then from a food truck.  They have spent the last few months renovating a new place to call home and recently opened.  They specialize in pizza but offer much more Italian as well.  They are located just south of the town on the east side next to the Wash Barn.  

      The renovation lasted nearly all of our winter duration here, but finally they opened on Valentine's Day 2025.  Besides just the construction aspect they improved with other aspects such as ovens, supplies, and logistics.  There is seating for 29 customers.  

      Their menu is diverse, including a new beer/wine menu.  They also still offer take out.  The Yankee brings the best of his original New York Italian heritage cuisine to the Texas Hill Country.

           

      We decided to dine two days before our early spring departure.  Once seated Barb decided to try out the 'build your own pizza while I went with Pork Sausage Lasagna.

      We had mixed feelings about our meal.  I thoroughly enjoyed the lasagna.  Barb, however, was not thrilled with her pizza.  Her 10" pizza was $8 and each topping was $1.50 more. Barb is particular about her pizza sauce so she ordered the Ricotta Sauce.  This turned out to be 4 glops of Ricotta on top of the pizza.  The service was quite good.  I enjoyed 2 beers and Barb had lemonade.  Total for our dinner was $40. On a scale of 1-5 our rating is:   

"Your diet is a bank account.  Good food choices are always a good investment" 

Bethanny Frankel