The Ranch

The Ranch uses locally inspired products to create Texas favorites. They put a run down of where they purchase their goods both on the menu and on the website. It's fun to peruse the list and see where your meal began. Our lunch time trip to The Ranch was a success. We were torn between the queso and the onion rings, so we had a cocktail and took a long minute to mull it over. The Building 5 was sweet with a little bit of a kick to it. The Cadillac Rita - well, just make sure you don't get behind the wheel of a Caddy when you're done.

Building 5 - very refreshing

Cadillac Rita

The onion rings were fried crisp, big slices of onions that were served with a peppery ranch and a kind of barbecue ketchup. Presentation gets points, too, with this dish. Very cute and very tasty. We would have been happy to stop at drinks and apps...but we forged on.

Next up, the mini Kobe tacos. Again, presentation was perfect. These tacos, that weren't actually mini sized, but normal person sized, were served in a little tray that kept the tacos upright - all of the goodness packed inside. The picadillo was spicy and sweet, the cheese was fresh and abundant, the micro greens gave it unique flare, and the tomatoes were juicy. You can't beat something like this, especially when you top it with cilantro crema. Wow!

For the main course, chicken fried steak. It was on the large side and after all of the eating we had done, a doggy bag was in order. We pondered if the chicken fried steak was fried up in bacon grease at some point or if the gravy was of the bacon persuasion. Either way, you really can't go wrong with a bacon flavored chicken fried steak.


And finally, we enjoyed the Cadi-mac 'n chz. It was the only thing I wouldn't write home about - and it was still pretty good (topped with bacon, which definitely helped it out).


The Ranch produces a different lunch and dinner menu, leaving you plenty to choose from. Though we had no room to try the burgers, we kept watching them roll out of the kitchen - they looked pretty amazing, too.
Two thumbs up for this Texas style cuisine.