>> I CAME OUTSIDE THIS MORNING,
AND IT WAS COLD!
IT IS A ROUND TOP STAPLE THAT
STARTED BACK IN THE 1980s, BUT
TODAY PEOPLE COME FROM ALL
AROUND TO GET A SEAT IN THIS
10-TABLE CAFE AND A TASTE OF
THEIR INFAMOUS PIE, LIKE THIS
ONE.
I RECENTLY TOOK A TRIP TO
ROYERS ROUND TOP CAFE IN TEXAS,
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT
IT'S ALL ABOUT.
TAKE A LOO
THIS IS ROYERS ROUND TOP CAFE.
IT IS ANINSTITUTION HERE IN
TEXAS.
IF YOU COME TO ROUND TOP, IT'S
A MUST VISIT.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WAITING IN LINE FOR MORE THAN
HALF AN HOUR, SO LET'S GO TALK
TO THEM.
WHY ARE YOU WAITING IN LINE?
>> WE'RE IN LINE FOR PIES.
>> FOR PIES.
>> YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR A
LITTLE WHILE, SO WHY IS THIS
LONG LINE WORTH THE WAIT?
>> WE HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT IT
ON BLOGS AND PINTEREST, AND
EVERY TIME THIS IS THE PLACE
THAT POPS UP.
>> SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JUST
EATEN, HOW WAS IT?
>> GREAT.
>> WHAT KIND OF PIE DID YOU
HAVE?
>> BUTTERED MILK PIES.
WE SHARED IT.
WE DIDN'T EACH HAVE OUR OWN
PIECE.
>> HE TOLD US NOT TO SHARE A
PIECE.
>> AND WHO IS "HE"?
>> HE'S BUD, LIKE A MODERN DAY
SANTA CLAUS, SITTING IN FRONT
OF THE CAFE, CHECKING THE LIST
TWICE, AND ATTRACTING CUSTOMERS
FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS
ABOUT ROYERS ROUND TOP CAFE
THAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?
>> OH, IT'S REAL.
THERE'S NO PRETENSE HERE.
THE FOOD IS SIMPLE, THE FOOD IS
WONDERFUL.
>> AND THE ATMOSPHERE, WELL,
SEE FOR YOURSELF
>> IT'S DEFINITELY A LIVELY
PLACE.
IT HAS EVERYTHING AS FAR AS,
LIKE, DECORATION, IT'S VERY
ECLECTIC.
>> AND AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS IN
BUSINESS, WORD HAS GOTTEN
AROUND.
>> WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY DO
ANY ADVERTISING OR MEDIA FOR US.
WE'VE HAD OVER A THOUSAND
ARTICLES ON US, BUT WE HAVE
NEVER, EVER, GONE OUT AND
SOLICITED.
>> Reporter: BUD SET OUT TO
CREATE A RESTAURANT UNLIKE ANY
OTHER.
YOU CAN TELL WALKING UP TO THIS
PLACE THAT IT'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN YOUR AVERAGE
RESTAURANT
>> BUT GUYS STILL COME IN HERE
AND EAT HAMBURGERS.
YOU CAN GET A GRILLED SHRIMP
BLT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
>> DO YOU ALWAYS LAY OUT THE
GROUND RULES?
>> WE HAVE OUR OWN RESTAURANT,
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.
WE CALL THEY HAD BUDISMS.
>> SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
BUDISMS, AND PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A WAIT.
>> THERE'S ONLY 10 TABLES IN
THERE, AND SO WE GET 50 TO 70,
AND SO PEOPLE ARE SHARING
TABLES, SO THERE'S LOUD MUSIC
AND A PARTY INSIDE.
>> I HEARD YOU RECOMMEND THAT
PEOPLE DON'T EAT THE ROLLS.
>> DON'T EAT THE ROLLS.
PLEASE DON'T.
TAKE THEM HOME.
ASK FOR A BAG.
>> WHY SHOULDN'T PEOPLE EAT
YOUR ROLLS?
>> THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
THEY'RE DELICIOUS.
FRESH ROLLED.
SEE, WHAT HAPPENS, IT TAKES
AWAY FROM THE AMOUNT OF FOOD
YOU CAN EAT AND THEREFORE YOU
CAN'T EAT PIE, AND THE KEY IS
YOU'VE GOT TO EAT PIE.
I MEAN, YOU JUST CAN'T COME UP
HERE AND NOT BE HUNGRY AND HAVE
PIE WITH YOUR MEAL, AND SO YOU
CAN TAKE A ROLL HOME WITH YOU.
>> SO WHEN MY MOM COMES TO
VISIT AND STUFFS ROLLS IN HER
PURSE, SHE SHOULDN'T FEEL BAD
>> I'LL GIVE HER A BAG FOR THEM.
>> SO I SKIPPED THE ROLLS AND
WENT FOR THE PIE.
>> OH, WOW
MMM.
OH WOW.
>> JUST DIG IN.
>> OH MY GOODNESS!
>> OH, LOOK, JENNIFER BROOME,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> OOH, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
>> AFTER ALL THAT FOOD, IT WAS
TIME TO TAKE A SHOPPING TRIP.
NOPE.
>> OH, MY.
IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A SHOPPING
TRIP.
THIS PIE, THIS IS THE JUNK
BERRY PIE FROM ROUND TOP.
>> OH, I'M GOING IN FOR THE
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED FRUIT
COBBLER.
THIS ONE IS THE APPLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
>> OH SO GOOD.
>> AND IF YOU EVER DO GO OUT TO
ROUND TOP, THIS CAFE IS OPEN
YEAR-ROUND, AND HONESTLY,
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HANGING
OUT WITH BUD ON THE PORCH THERE.
HE'S A TOTAL CHARACTER.
>> HE TOTALLY IS A CHARACTER,
IS A GREAT WAY TO DESCRIBE HIM.
AND THE PLACE IS AMAZING.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A WAIT,