Was passing thru and staying the night and searching for a place and saw on the menu "Jumbo Fried Mushrooms $7.49" and I was hooked! The Chicken Fried steak and two sides for $11.99 also had me heading out of the hotel room to the car and tracking the WAZE to get to The Cotton Patch Cafe asap! I had been to other location in other towns but not here and quite frankly not to one in about 8 years cuz I just haven't been near one. The outside of the restaurant looks the same as I remember. Inside was the same ? But a lot more BOOTHS than I remember other places having but I like booths so that's ok. As I opened the menu, knowing what I wanted the waitress stopped by the table for my drink order, I got sweet tea and put in my appetizer order for fried jumbo mushrooms with white peppered cream gravy instead of the ranch dressing. I KNOW. JUST TRY IT SOMETIME. It's so good with fried mushrooms. Then as I looked at the menu, my eye caught something highlighted in yellow, a 12oz Rib eye for just $19.99 with two sides, grilled to your liking. Hmmm. So o changed t that and ordered it med rare with baked potato and bacon green beans. The mushrooms came out first and were untouchable, they were so fresh and hot. Had to let them Cool just a little, then forked one, dipped it in my hot gravy & took a bite and the crunch on the outside of the tempura like batter coating it was amazing, the firm fresh mushroom inside was perfect, flavorful and juicy. So good. I almost devoured the whole order before my main came. My steak was a very nice size, cooked perfectly to my desired temperature. My baked potato was also perfect. With extra butter and sour cream. The green beans was very good. OH, and I almost forgot, they also have and "add-on" special on the menu: you can add. 4 large shrimp to any grilled entree, for only. $4! You can get them grilled or fried. I got 4 grilled. They were kinda. Cajun seasoned, which I didn't anticipate, but it was tasty. They came served in a separate dish on a bed of rice. There are a lot of changes to their menu. Some old favorites are gone now. But some great new dishes are on it now. Here is a NOTE: They DO still have free dinner rolls for the table but you have to ASK FOR THEM. They won't offer and otherwise they won't bring Them. I was told they were having too much waste and many weren't even eating them but once they are served they have to trash them so if you don't eat them you're good. But if you DO.... Now you know. With all this said I WISH we had a Cotton Patch where we live. In El Paso. We could use some competition for Cracker Barrel and some of those better prices in El Paso!! You won't go wrong a topping in here on a road trip! read more