Magnolia Table
American restaurant · Waco ·
Famed biscuits with strawberry butter, farm-fresh ingredients
Famed biscuits with strawberry butter, farm-fresh ingredients
"Magnolia Table, now a longtime destination of tourists on the Fixer Upper circuit, has recently added dinner service. The new menu is made up of dishes from Joanna Gaines’ three cookbooks and includes dishes such as sausage-stuffed mushrooms, orange-glazed salmon with balsamic-glazed Brussels sprouts, and a bavette steak frites made with 44 Farms beef and topped with chimichurri. The inside is exactly what one expects: industrial farmhouse done in pure Gaines style. The restaurant added lunch to its menu in February 2025, expanding the hours at this popular spot." - Amy McCarthy
"Since it opened in 2018, the Waco eatery Magnolia Table has been a wildly popular destination for fans of Chip and Joanna Gaines—known from HGTV’s Fixer Upper and now a massive lifestyle empire—and has helped transform Waco into a tourist stop, with the trendy, shiplap-covered restaurant located just off I-35 often billed as stop number one on the Gaines train. Find breakfast tacos stuffed with hash browns, egg, and bacon alongside Jo’s famed buttermilk biscuits, which are served with whipped strawberry butter or sausage gravy; when the server brings the bill be sure to check the check presenter, as there’s typically a couple of soft, salty caramels waiting inside. At the counter you’ll also find lattes and other coffee drinks, tea and lemonade, pastries from Silos Baking Company, and a small selection of Magnolia-branded souvenirs like t-shirts, the restaurant’s iconic coffee mugs, and wooden recipe cards." - Courtney E. Smith
"Also operated by Chip and Joanna Gaines, this breakfast-and-lunch restaurant is a must for shiplap obsessives. Order Joanna’s famed buttermilk biscuits or caramel cornflake french toast in the morning, or try the burger made with Texas’s own 44 Farms beef for lunch. Note: there will be a wait, so this isn’t a stop for anyone in a hurry." - Courtney E. Smith, Amy McCarthy
"Perennially packed and part of Chip and Joanna Gaines' lifestyle brand, Magnolia Table is described as a popular Waco restaurant tied to their rise from fixing up old houses to running a massive lifestyle business." - Adele Chapin
"The Gaines family’s Waco-based restaurant/cookbook brand emphasizes comforting, accessible home cooking presented with strong lifestyle and aesthetic framing. One cookbook volume mixes personal anecdotes and polished photos with straightforward, forgiving recipes — notably a layered peanut-butter-and-chocolate brownie called 'Lucy’s Peanut Butter Brownies' that Gaines credits to a friend — prioritizing nostalgia, ease, and vibe over technical pastry perfection." - Bobby Finger
