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also a cooking school, restaurant and spa on site, so you can really hole up here for a
while.
Leaning Pear
( 512-847-7327;
www.leaningpear.com
; 111 River Rd; mains $7-9; 11am-3pm Sun, Mon, Wed & Thu,
11am-8pm Fri & Sat)
Get out of the crowded downtown area for a relaxed lunch. This cafe ex-
udes Hill Country charm like a cool glass of iced tea, with salads and sandwiches served
in a restored stone house.
AMERICAN
$
Wimberley Pie Company
( 512-847-9462;
www.wimberleypie.com
; 13619 RR 12; 9:30am-5:30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-4pm
Sun)
You haven't eaten until you've wrapped your mouth around a pie from this small but
popular bakery that supplies many of the area's restaurants (and a few in Austin) with
every kind of pie and cheesecake you can imagine, and then some. It's about a quarter-
mile east of the square.
DESSERTS
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Shopping
Art galleries, antique shops and craft stores surround Wimberley Square, located where
Ranch Rd 12 crosses Cypress Creek and bends into an 'S.' The best browsing is 1½ miles
north of the square on Ranch Rd 12 at
Poco Rio
(15406 RR 12)
, a shopping center with
boutique clothing stores, artists' galleries, eateries, a health spa for acupuncture and mas-
sage, and an 18-hole putt-putt golf course, all set among lush gardens and tree-shaded
pathways.
Getting There & Away
There is no public transportation to Wimberley. To make the 1½-hour drive from Austin,
take US 290 west to Dripping Springs, then turn left onto Ranch Rd 12. From San Anto-
nio, take I-35 north to San Marcos, where you can pick up Ranch Rd 12 headed west and
then north into town.
