This year, Cotton Patch is celebrating its 35th anniversary. As part of the ongoing celebration, the company developed a new menu with lots of new recipes, spins on southern classics and they also brought back a few of the standard favorites. Cotton Patch Cafe was born in Nacogdoches in 1989 with the idea of making southern recipes by hand and serving them with Texas hospitality.
CEO of Cotton Patch Brandon Coleman III Brandon Coleman III, CEO, said the company prided itself on two things: its homemade fair and service. “Our focus is on taking care of people,” said Coleman. “Our cafe leaders are best in class.
” “My goal is to inspire more smiles, that’s with our guests and with our team, anybody that is in this business, we do our best to make them smile” said Sarah Durnell, a manager at Palestine’s Cotton Patch. “Who doesn’t smile when they get a really good plate of food.” According to Durnell, everything at Cotton Patch is made from scratch.
She said their chicken fried steaks are hand battered and fried upon order and their mac-and-cheese is made like your grandmother makes it on Sunday. The new menu features an array of new appetizers and entrees as well as a few old favorites Cotton Patch decided to bring back. New dining options Looking over the new menu, in the appetizer section alone, they have added bone-in West TX Wings with a tasty sweet and spicy marinade; Texas Caviar; Crispy Cajun Cheese Bites with a homemade dipping sauce; and the Big Ben.