Willie's Icehouse

Icehouses are an old Texas tradition. Historically, Texas Icehouses were part town hall, part tavern.
Icehouses have been a South Texas tradition since the 1920s. Before refrigeration, icehouses stored and distributed block ice for the neighborhood iceboxes.
Over time, they diversified— iced beer, a little food, maybe some groceries. They were a cool, air-conditioned spot where neighbors and families come to sit, talk, play dominoes,
turn up the juke box, maybe eat some fried chicken, dance on the slab outside. No two are alike —