If you ask Scott Roberts, there was no way Roxie’s would have been anywhere else but in Hays County.
“The Roberts family has been in the Driftwood area since 1870 [or] 1880,” says the restaurant owner, the son of original Salt Lick proprietors Thurman and Hisako Roberts. “We even went to school here.” It’s no wonder, then, that his newest business has opened in Buda’s historic Mill & Grain Co. at 308 S. Main St.
Thurman Roberts was well known in the town for his work on the local school board, where he passionately fought for school integration. He’s one of the reasons Roxie’s is what it is today, but so is Roberts’ grandmother, Roxanna…