Visit Bastrop's Going the Extra Mile (GEM) program gives YOU the opportunity to recognize employees in our community for exemplary service and dedicated performance to their role in hospitality. One of the most important components of the visitor experience is the quality of the interface between the visitor and the tourism worker, and their experience with tourism service providers. This award recognizes the hard work and dedication of employees in the hospitality community! Vote now through April 14!
Key to that world-famous Texas hospitality is honest-to-goodness, homemade comfort food. The quintessential town of Bastrop overflows with a sumptuous spread of Texas cookin’ and so much more: American, Mexican, Chinese, Greek, and Italian cuisine round out the Bastrop food scene, all with that Texas warmth you’ve come to expect on a trip to the heart of the great state of Texas.
