If you are looking for a Hill Country town to spend one day or several, Comfort is a great place to find quality food and shopping in a historic atmosphere, with business owners that invite you to come in, have a seat, and stay awhile. Its location makes it ideal for a wine trail trip, shopping day, or just taking in great Hill Country views. Comfort is 16 miles northwest of Boerne on Kendall County’s western edge. It is 18 miles from Kerrville, and less than 30 miles to Fredericksburg to the northwest and San Antonio to the southeast. I recommend a first stop at the Chamber of Commerce at 630 Highway 27, 830-995-3131, www.comfortchamberofcommerce.com, open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The email address is info@comfort-texas.com. The nice folks there will provide you with a map of the town and locations of historical sights and happenings.

Comfort’s laid back atmosphere is exemplified in the domino game downtown every Friday afternoon, a weekly happening for decades. Popular local artist “Fiddlechick” and her band also plays on Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. in front of Sweet Comfort at 706 High Street, which has Belgian chocolates and a soda fountain. Spend a few hours in Comfort and you will see that it offers several quality shops and a wide variety of restaurants. It is a place that needs to be traveled on foot to really appreciate the friendly people and historic architecture. In 1979, most of Comfort was placed on the National Register of Historic Places because it boasts 107 mid to late 19th-century structures, many of them in half-timber and Victorian designs. The Chamber will give you a walking tour list of these buildings. Seven of them were designed by architect Alfred Giles, who lived in San Antonio and would ride horses, stagecoaches, and later the train to check on his buildings.

In 2004, Comfort residents celebrated their 150th Jubilee. In 1852, a group of German settlers from New Braunfels moved to the banks of Cypre ...

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