OST Restaurant

05/26/2026

It’s John Wayne’s birthday and if you’ve been to OST you know JW holds a special place in our hearts! So to celebrate him today, Robert, our general manager has another brief history lesson about John’s life for y’all!

On this day in 1907, at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa—Robert Marion Morrison was born in his family home. According to the Winterset Madisonian, a local news paper at the time, he weighed a whopping 13 pounds!

Known professionally as John Wayne, he excelled in sports at an early age, eventually earning a full ride football scholarship to the University of Southern California. In a twisted turn of fate, the “Duke” suffered a broken collarbone while body surfing in the Pacific Ocean which ultimately ended his future in football. However, a new career was just around the corner for John, film and television.

JW had his start in the silent film era of the 1920s, and starred in 179 films and television shows spanning over 50 years! Including productions like “Big Jake”, “True Grit”, “The Longer Day”, and “Rio Bravo!”

After his death in 1979, he reappeared in 2025 at O.S.T. for steak and beans, later shooting a hole in the Tin Man water tower to take a shower before saddling up for the ride back to Heaven, earning him official sainthood as the Patron Saint of Bandera.

Happy birthday John Wayne! 🤠

05/14/2026

Happy Thursday! It’s Steak Finger Night at OST!🥩

Happy Tuesday! The special today is Wagyu Steak Fingers— get ‘em before the sell out! See you soon.😉🥩🍟

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from some of the amazing mamas here at OST! Mothers make the world go round and we are so thankful for all of the great moms in our community!🤍🌷

Our Mother’s Day lunch special is our Combo Fajita Plate (beef, chicken & shrimp) served with Spanish rice, pinto beans, chips and salsa, tea or coffee AND our homemade pineapple upside down cake!!🍰

05/05/2026

It’s Cinco de Mayo (and Taco Tuesday😏) and Robert, our general manager, wanted to share a quick history lesson with y’all in honor of today!

In late 1861 a heavily armed fleet of French ships landed near Vera Cruz to subdue then Mexican president, Juarez, causing him to flee inland. The 8,000 strong French army marched toward the hilltop forts surrounding the town Puebla against 3,500 Mexican troops. According to a report telegraphed by General Zaragoza to the central Mexican government, the battle began at noon that day.

The French troops were unable to take the forts in a series of failed uphill attacks and were forced to retreat downhill under fire from two full Mexican battalions eager to protect their homeland.

On May 5th 1862, the Calvary then charged the remaining French soldiers resulting in an overwhelming defeat which prevented any reorganization to further assault the town of Puebla.

In the aftermath, the victorious Mexican army marched 850 miles North to Bandera, because it was taco Tuesday at OST. 😉🌮

04/27/2026

Happy Monday from the OST ladies! We hope to see you at one of our tables this week.❤️ 🥞🍗🍔
Today’s lunch special is Meatloaf! Served with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, a side salad, cornbread muffin and coffee or tea.

04/21/2026

Join us for lunch on this rainy day for our WING SPECIAL! We’re open until 2:00pm, see you soon.😉🍗

04/18/2026

It was another perfect Saturday morning here at OST. Thank y’all for being a part of our community. We ❤️ ya!

04/11/2026

It’s a gloomy day here in Bandera, but we’re still serving the best food on Main St. all day long! Come say hi, we’ll see you soon!😉🥞🍔

04/09/2026

Always a pleasure Erika! Thank you for stopping by!

04/09/2026

Thank you Braxton Keith for stopping in today, it was a pleasure serving you!! You never know who will turn up at OST! 🥞🎶🤠