Let me start by saying if you are within 10, 15, or 25 miles of Cooper then Tejano's is a must for a stop. We passed by it last night on the way back to Cooper Lake SP and saw it was packed, with parking in front and around most of the town square full. That was a pretty good indicator of this was the place to check out. Sitting on the town square, yes town square it is hard to miss plus with all the beauty of town square is a plus. The city is such a throw back to a simpler time and way of life.
Well from the time we walked and the door and greeted by staff and the aroma of the food we knew this was going to be a great choice. After being seated and promptly taking our drink orders, waters all around plus 2 margarita's on the rocks and diet coke for the daughter we promptly ordered the first thing that caught our attention, a bowl of their chorizo-queso served with warm flour tortillas. This could be a meal all on its own it was so good, creamy, cheesey golden goodness. Plus provided chips and salsa, chips were warm and not like the normal heavy corn tortilla chips these were light, fresh and not greasy. The salsa was a little on the runny side but had good flavor.
My daughter ordered the kids cheese enchilada as she wanted the fries so she could dip them in cheese sauce, plus an extra enchilada as she is a growing tween. When the waiter arrived with our orders fresh and HOT as he put them down in from of us he re-iterated please be careful "plates & food" are hot. But what does the daughter do, cut right into the HOT CHEESY enchilada so you can guess what happens next. She does the whole open mouth tongue dance so she doesn't scald the roof of her mouth. Wife and I just giggled and asked her "did you not just hear the man say be careful food is HOT"...that was good for a laugh.
Wife ordered the Jalesco (chicken & beef) enchilada covered with sour-cream sauce or chili con carne partnered with lots of rice. It looked amazing and smelled even better. The flavors were really good and my wife made herself miserable attempting to eat it all but alas she could not. The only draw back was she said it needed a little more salt/pepper which is pretty good call out by her as she is not a heavy salt eater but she said the overall flavors were good.
I ordered the Tito Special, if for no other reason this is worth the trip, 2 fajita enchilada's covered in spicy queso topped with sauteed onions, this was FABULOUS. The spice of the queso was not over the top but just the right amount of catch the back of your throat burn. Plus the fajita meat is cut into little bite size pieces so cutting the enchilada's is easy. The meat is tender and juicy with good flavor. Had it not been for the spicy queso my dish could have probably used a little more salt as well but I decided to pass. The waiter did a great job in keeping our water glasses full and I think my daughter went through at least 2.5 glasses of diet coke so that was a big plus. At the end of our meal we were planning to watch the Cooper Rodeo Parade so the next big bonus was they had margarita's TO-GO talk about a WIN!!
The other honorable mention is the bathroom, talk about a clean restroom it was a pleasant surprise. I am not saying all restaurants have issues with keeping them clean but you can tell here they definitely make it a point to keep clean and it shows and is appreciated. Especially if you have a wife like mine that has aversion to going anywhere except the house this was welcome surprise so had to get mentioned.
We have some friends meeting us here at the park so we will be going back this weekend to share with them. read more