Cowboy Chow

Not impressive at all. The menu is very limited and the food was just okay. Our server was trying to upsell us like crazy and it was just annoying.
I wish I could tell you what I had… but it was so un-​memorable, that I can’t even recall.

I’m torn on Cowboy Chow. I almost gave it 4 stars, but it’s really a 3.5 for me. I think part of it was the atmoshpere because it was a little vacant in there. I like a place where I feel like I can sit all night as long as we continue ordering drinks. But I like this place!
And I’ll admit, part of me likes it because they serve things in little jars and skillets and it makes me feel all rustic like i could live on the prarie and travel by covered wagong without getting dysentery or cholera or trying to ford the river and lose my oxen.
But the other part of me likes it because the food was good and decently priced.
I went with a group of girlfriends and we were seated almost immediately. We started with margaritas. You can choose your own tequila, so I opted for the chili infused and really liked it. I’m no wimp, and it was spicy. That slow burn where you think, is this chili-​infused? And then your stomach and throat tell you that quite certainly does have a kick.
Our waiter let us try the sweet watermelon cocktail. It was way too much for me, but if you can handle sweet, maybe it’s up your alley.
We started with the navajo fry bread (see above mentioned serving skillet), which came with two dipping sauces. Oh wow, the honey. I can’t even remember what the second sauce was. Think a dense yet still moist, flattened cornbread. The sweetness of the corn with just enough salt to balance out the honey. Yum.
We also got the fried green tomato lollipops because who wouldn’t order that for only $ 1? They were so cute! And tasty.
I got the shredded buffalo tacos for dinner. They were absolutely delicious. Served up with some fixins on the side (hooray for grilled jalapenos, instead of the pickled ones!). I’ve also heard great things about the tater parfait which is a brisket, potato, cheesy contraption served in a jar.
I’d definitely go back, and my family in southlake frequents the Roanoke location, so these guys are doing something right!

I’m torn between 3−4* and it seems like there are mixed opinions between the 99 other reviews so I guess to each his own!
So, I love the concept… and I love that the décor doesn’t look like Babe’s meets LaHacienda Ranch.
On to the food… we started with the fried green tomato lollipops and the navajo fry bread. The concept of those pops was great, plating and all… however if you REALLY compare the taste to the way they are traditionally prepared in thin slices individually fried with a fork (mmm especially Chef Points or Button’s) these don’t hold a candle to them. For them to stay on a stick like a lollipop, they had to be a thick chunk of tomato — like half a tomato… well, there goes your breading. One thin coating for half a tomato — bleh — and the batter was too heavy on cornmeal, needed more flour IMO. Was it cute on it’s stick stuck on a log, well of course it was.
The fry bread was delicious by itself but was served with really odd dippers or spreaders. Honey and blackbeans. Ok… so with the honey you get a sopapilla type experience more like dessert. The blackbeans is just ho-​hum with it. I think I’d keep the bread on the menu and come up with new pairings like a cowboy chutney or dip or something different and do away with the honey and beans. Again, IMO.
For entrees, my son had the tater parfait, I had the pot pie and my husband had the ranch cigars so we could try several items. The ranch cigars were basically huge flautas and they were super good. The tater parfait was good but needs to be served with a salad or just something else other than a jar of food. Same thing with the pot pie — delicious but when you’re just served a little pot and nothing else you feel gipped a bit. Also, that pot pie needs more crust and if you can’t do a bottom and side crust then pile a bigger puff pastry on top! I was really missing the whole crust to filling ratio — way off.
We didn’t try dessert this trip but I definitely forsee another visit in the future… oh, and get the watermelon tea!

My husband and I are HUGE fans of the Roanoke location — so since we were going to visit the DMA later that night, we figured we’d visit the location in Deep Ellum for Dinner.
When we walked in, there was only one other group eating there since it was right after quittin time.
I ordered the cowboy grilled cheese and my husband ordered a couple sloppy joe sliders and a side of mac n cheese, and we got an order of fry bread as an appetizer. Dont get me wrong — the food was good… it just wasnt great. Our fry bread seemed old and over fried. My grilled cheese was soggy on the plate side like it was sitting too long, my husband’s mac n cheese was more on the dry side than on the cheesy side. It was good it just wasnt amazing like I’m used to at the other location. Let me put it this way — grilled cheese in Roanoke: remarkably amazing. grilled cheese in Dallas: just a regular sandwich. It just seemed like the food was not put together with much care and it had been sitting for a bit
I tried really hard not to be overly critical of this place but In my opinion, if you want to get a taste of cowboy chow — make the drive and go to Roanoke. The atmosphere is much more comfortable — the saloon area looks like an actual saloon. And finally, the food is much better and made with more care. If I had never been to Cowboy Chow I would have thought this place was great but I guess I’m just used to the other location having a better handle on their food prep.

I stopped in here just for a drink before an art opening at Mokah. Umm. I cannot wait to go back!
I had a bloody maria and it was very good. I also tasted the Sweet Watermelon cocktail… Aaahhhh… that is so yummy it could be really dangerous.
As far as the food, I didn’t have any, BUT… one of their appetizers is FRIED BREAD! Are you kidding me?! It sounds really amazing. I can’t wait to go back and try that!
The décor is pretty much Old West, but with a cool little twist to it. And just as a warning — the Men’s & Women’s doors to the restrooms? They lead into the same place. Haha. Just think of it like this… Left for Lads and Right for… umm… Women.

Can I get a Yee-​Haw for this place?!
What a refreshing restaurant for the otherwise dormant Deep Ellum. This restaurant brings a breath of fresh air in its innovative approach to a kitschy-​cowboy type design and demeanor. The décor alone in this cowboy joint has a sense of humor in every aspect. I especially love the sliver ware in the mason jars or the insane mashed potato dish served in a… guess what? Mason Jar. Even the parodical ‘taxidermy’ animals that adorn the walls are made of cardboard. The food is just as quirky.
My favorite appetizer is the fried green tomato lollipops and their brisket taco selection is to die! They are served as if you are on a cattle drive, sitting by the campfire, smoking Marlboro reds and spitting out tobacco all at the same time. The tacos come in almost a mess hall– type bowl served a top a bed of wild rice. The only pretty thing about it is the taste. There is something in the chef’s sauce that brings it all together.
I am fan of Cowboys. I am a fan of Chow. So there you go…

Cowboy Chow fits into the 4-​star category very nicely. They have great food, great service and a cool cowboy motif going for them. I can’t really think of a downside, especially considering how they are able to innovative as a BBQ restaurant in Texas. I’d been wanting to try this place for quite a while, but Deep Ellum is a bit of a trek from the faraway trappings of Richardson, so I loaded up the ol wagons and headed down there, I’m very glad I did. Here’s why:
Food: Like I said these guys are very creative with their menu. My girl and I started our meal with the Navajo Fry Bread. AWESOME! If you can imagine it, it’s basically like a flat, vertical sopapilla, attached to a cool piece of wood that also holds two dishes: one with honey and the other with a black bean dip. Both dips go perfect with the bread, especially that honey, mmmmmm. If I go back I’ll definitely try the fried green tomato lollipop, that bread was just too tempting this time.
For our main courses, we got the brisket grilled cheese (i think on the menu it’s called the Cowboy Grilled Cheese) and the mashed potato parfait. You’ve seen the other reviews describe the parfait, a wondrous mason jar filled with heaven, so I won’t belabor the details. This is what drew me down there and I wasn’t disappointed. Though it looks small when they bring it out, this thing definitely will fill you up. The grilled cheese was outstanding too, my girlfriend said «This is the best grilled cheese I’ve ever had.» I think that about sums it up.
Service/​Atmosphere: Cowboy Chow has a cool saloon style to it. They have these cardboard faux deer heads that are really hard to explain but once you see them you will want one as bad as I do. Our waiter, though he looked like a total Deep Ellum rocker dude, played the part of the Southern restaurateur, complete with accent and funny terminology (he called the water «cure-​all»). Also, if you ever feel like a lame-​o to order water, this is your place. They give it to you in a cool flip-​top bottle and you pour it into little whiskey glasses.
As if that weren’t cool enough, I read a little note on the table that said you can «bet your appetizer.» Basically, you tell the server you want to do this and they bring out a deck of cards, you pick one and the server picks one, whoever is higher wins. If you win, the app is free, if they win, it’s double the price. I didn’t have the stones to try, but I think that’s an awesome idea!
Price: The price here is reasonable, appetizers are around $ 5 (the highly-​recommended fry bread is $ 4) and your main courses are between $ 7-​$ 11. Really very reasonable.
As Deep Ellum gradually crawls back into it’s post as the cool, go-​to part of town, I really hope this place gets more of the recognition it deserves and inspires others to open places that don’t just do the same thing everybody else does. I will definitely be back.

Read about this place as an ROTD. I don’t get to Ellum much, so I knew when I was traveling through I had to stop at the home of the «ranch cigar».
First of all, the décor here is ridiclous. Ridicuously awesome. Its a mixture of victorian (damask patterns abound) and clever cowboy-​esque touches everywhere. Even the heads of a married buffalo couple adorn the wall.
Since this place turned out to be comparitively cheap, we went all out with appetizer, entrée and dessert.
We each ordered a tomato lollipop– and yes, theyre as good as they sound. Especially at just $ 1 a pop. They’re served standing up on skewers with a side of ranch dressing. What a delicious, subtle warmup to our main courses.
My date ordered the mashed tater parfait, and I ordered the cowboy grilled cheese. When I tried his parfait I jizzed at the amount of flavor! black beans, cheese, taters, brisket, corn, oh my! Again, delicious.
My grilled cheese was huge and full of melty cheese and Cowboy Chows awesome brisket. It was served with homemade fries that my date couldn’t get enough of.
While all was extremely filling, we couldnt pass up the idea of the «Berry Crumble». Warm berry cobbler with cookie crumble crust. O.M.G. It was slightly too sweet, but it was nice to offset our heavy, greasy meals.
Throughout our meal various super-​chill waitstaff greeted us to see how we were doing. I was super impressed with this place, and will go back very soon! :)

You know when you read the reviews of a place and then go there expecting one thing and leave saying, «Yeah…I’m pretty sure we didn’t go to the same place.»
That’s Cowboy Chow for me. I was expecting something wildly mediocre, what I found was definitely NOT.
So I’m addicted to my Kindle, and a lot of times I’ll escape for lunch on my own and get a couple of chapters in. (NERD ALERT! Yeah, yeah, I know.) So I planned on going to Monica’s, and when I got there realized it was closed on Mondays. Doh.
I wandered for a bit, tossed around the idea of Twisted Root or Angry Dog and then realized I was standing in front of Cowboy Chow and had never been. What the hell. I’ll give it a shot.
I’m trying to eat fairly healthy, and I’ll be honest they didn’t have a whole hell of a lot in the health department. So I basically said screw it, I’ll just get what looks good. Beer is reasonable, but no great deal $ 4 for Shiner and I think $ 3.50−4 for most domestics. They didn’t have a lunch menu, otherwise I probably would have gotten some version of the brisket tacos (I think there were 3 kinds), but I was convinced I couldn’t eat that much food. Then I looked at the little specials menu that was on my table and they said they had a Chicken Grilled Cheese. I asked the waiter, «Hey is this like the Brisket Grilled Cheese you have on the menu but just with chicken?» His response was something like, «Yeah, except it’s got onions and avocados…»
Yeah, stop right there. Sold.
It came out pretty quickly and I ate the side salad first, which, as far as side salads go was pretty freaking fantastic. Chipotle Ranch=yum. Kitchy large croûton shaped like a mushroom=awesome. Gorgonzola and sunflower seeds?≠be still my beating heart. Mmmmm.
So finally I got to this glorious, heavenly sandwich. This thing was
PACKED with shredded chicken, cheese, avocados and all sorts of delicious goodness. The chicken was seasoned sort of like brisket so it still had that really tasty BBQ-​cooked-​outdoors feel, the onions were sweet and caramelized, and the whole thing was just amazing. Like, I literally took one bite, then another, stopped, then stared at it for a minute, wondering how they got so much awesomeness in between two pieces of bread. Dipped in a little of their nom-​nom-​nom hot sauce or some of the leftover Chipotle Ranch. As if it could get any better.
As far as service goes, my waiter was great (and adorable, as a sidenote for all you single ladies out there) and the manager walked by a couple times to check and make sure everything was okay — but not in an obtrusive way, actually he seemed pretty cool and very genuine.
The only reason I’m saving the 5^th star is until I try one of their regular menu items, to see if it lives to the deliciousness. And, I’ll tell you something, I can’t freaking wait.

Cowboy Chow. Wow. How?
How can I describe you and do you justice?
Let’s start with first impressions. The minute you walk in, you’re whisked away to another world of country music and old fashioned atmosphere, where the buffalo roam and…
Wait, what’s that you say? Oh yeah, we’re in Texas so this is pretty normal décor, I guess. The country IS dialed way up though. Lots of young country tunes getting piped in. You know the kind — the stuff that sounds like a Backstreet Boys song from 1999 but sung with a twang. I went with my boss and coworker and we had a grand old time substituting our own awful cliché country lyrics for the equally awful cliché lyrics already being sung.
Strummin’ on my 6 string
Munchin’ on a chicken wing
Thinkin’ bout my high school beau!
Just a drinkin’ my beer
When a lady come near and said
«Take me to the rodeo!!»
**
Of course, by the end of lunch it had devolved into just vulgar hillbilly themed lyrics:
It was my senior year back in 89
In granny’s closet just a-​rubbin one out!
Wore her panties on my head
Just to say I did
Man, I’ll tell ya that’s what life’s all about!
**
I sure do love country music.
On to the food!
The only way I can think to properly describe the culinary experience is:
upscale chuck wagon cuisine.
They’ve got your chicken fried steak, your brisket tacos, your chicken pot pie, your mashed potatoes, your grilled cheese — and a DELICIOUS home made hot sauce.
The food was very high quality, very tasty and it all had a charming southwestern theme. My boss’s chicken fried steak was enormous and came topped with a buttermilk fried okra gravy of some sort (I know, WTF?!). Everything had a nice (un)healthy layer cheese on top, including the delicious, buttery mashed potatoes that came on the side. WARNING: This is not a place for the diet-​concious; no, this is a place where the fat go to get fatter. And if you aren’t on the chubby choo-​choo already, this place will get you a non-​stop ticket to tubby town in no time.
TOOT TOOT!!!
I had their brisket tacos with a side salad, which were advertised on a side of the menu entitled «healthier fare.» Mmm… I dunno, I’m not buying it. The minute those delicious, cheesy brisket tacos entered my mouth, I could hear the train in the distance!
tooooot… tooooot…
My coworker had a delicious-​looking chicken pot pie with a crispy, flaky, pastry crust. The inside of the chicken pot pie more closely resembled a cheese dip as far as consistency goes, but my God, it tasted incredible.
We were all cutting off little bites of each other’s food because everything was just outstanding! The downside… and it’s a big one… is that I just can’t eat here regularly because the best stuff on the menu is so gratuitously high in calories and fat.
I’m thrilled that I visited and I loved it – and I will be back to try their dry-​aged rib eye dinner, priced at $ 26 (the most expensive thing on the menu — by far), but I don’t know if I can make this a regular lunch destination, even though it’s so close to my office.
I will be coming back to try their bar out for happy hour for sure, too. Also worth mentioning, friendly service from a guy who looks like he rides a lot of ATVs in his spare time. Authentic!
Give this place a shot! You will be impressed. You will also be fat.

I really, really want to like this place. But, as most mention in other reviews, a great concept is failing due to bad execution.
Let’s start with the centerpiece of so many dishes here: brisket. CC uses oven-​roasted brisket. This is the less attractive but still doable sister of the hot girl in the room, smoked brisket. Want a good smoked brisket taco? Don’t come here. Go to Love & War in Texas.
On this visit I had the chicken fried steak. I’m a huge fan of CFS, and this one had potential. The breading is freaking awesome. Light and crisp. The steak was too thick – if you go too big on a CFS, you lose tenderness. Quit trying to be so «over the top hard ass trail boss» or whatever. Also, gravy should be a compliment (I always get mine on the side). The jalapeño gravy is super thick (actually chunky, yuck) and distracts from the dish.
Now on to the real issue: their give-​a-​shit meter is at exactly zero. Service is both confusing and inattentive. Who the hell is my waiter? I’ve seen the guy who ran my food more than the one that took my order, and my order taker is too busy running food for everyone else to come back to my table and check on us. There were problems with the order, but it’s hard to address that when I don’t see you until you bring the check. I don’t like the «we’ll take that off the bill for you» solution. I want to pay for my food, but I also want you to pay friggin attention to the order.
So, with a little lighter hand in the kitchen (seriously, smoke the damn brisket) and some real server training/​organization, Cowboy Chow could be the most awesome place in Deep Ellum. But until then, I’ll pass.

So this review was in my «unfinished reviews» section. I didn’t really want to publish a negative review of anything in Deep Ellum, since it’d be fantastic if it came back. But I don’t want to be polly-​anna in all my reviews either. This is from a visit back in December of 2009:
Service was fairly aloof. I tried the ribs, which were the fattiest ribs ever made. My main was the pork chops and remember they had a pretty bad sauce — seemed like it was just hot sauce. The thing that stood out was when we were ordering drinks from the drink menu and they either didn’t have the stuff to make them or the bartender couldn’t remember how to make them.
I have a note that the parfait was good — so uh, there’s that. The atmosophere was kind of cool as well.

I had developed a profound craving for this restaurant from word of mouth. My friend raved about this place, saying «First off, Cowboy Chow is HEAVEN!»
If you call something heaven, then I will want a peace of heaven.
I really like the décor of this place. It takes be back to my Oregon Trail days, when I sat in front of a computer in elementary computer lab and shot buffalo with my rifle because you could get oodle poundage of meat!!!
I tried the Navajo bread as an appetizer. Fried bread that comes with black bean dip and honey dip. I wanted to keep them separated, or you might think it is black bean and honey dip being black bean honey dip. I liked the bread. Very simple. Fried bread with some salt seasoning. The honey definitely taste local, does not have that refined flavor, which I like. My companions thought the honey wad disgusting.
I had the Jalapeño Briskets as my entrée. It came with two tacos, a modest amount of black beans, and a nice heap of rice. Served in a small dish like you would if you were on the trails, it was a nice touch. The rice was dry and bleh. The beans were seasonless and bleh. The brisket taco was… MOST EXCELLENT! I really liked the brisket. Nice seasoning, nice fattiness, all the ingredients in the tacos came together very well. Nice texture too boot.
My gripe is the price. For $ 10, I wish I got more taco for my money. They were delicious, don’t get me wrong. But… I was left wanting.
I also played the bet your appetizer and lost. This is where you can play double or nothing on the price for your appetizer. I got doubled. On the receipt, the item on the ticket is «YOU LOSE -$ 4.00» Nice touch.
I don’t know if I would frequent here a lot, but they really do have a good décor, and a damned good jalapeño brisket taco. Try this place at least once fo sho.

This review is way over due. I didn’t realize I started it 11 months ago. I don’t know why this review has been so hard for me. I guess because I really want to like this place and it just misses the mark on some things.
I’ve had weird service each time I’ve been there. The first time we sat at the bar, which had just been stocked and opened, so the waitress was a little slow in taking our order and refilling our drinks. Don’t want to fault her too mcuh, though, since she was waiting tables as well.
The second time I was there they were closed. My friend and I were standing outside trying to decide where to go when one of the people working here told us to come on in anyway. There were still a few people finishing up lunch. The waitress could not have been more put off that she had to wait on us. She brought our tab out almost as soon as she brought our meals. I also had to hunt her down to get another beer. We weren’t taking our time to eat, but we weren’t trying to rush ourselves either. The waitress eventually turned off the lights and then the radio, so we knew it was our time to leave. There was still another couple there too.
The third time I went with another couple of Unilocalers. Our waiter was nice and all just kind of odd, but he did get the job done. So I can’t really complain.
Now for the food. The brisket grilled cheese has so much potential, but didn’t win me over. It was dry and maybe had been sitting out for a little while before it reached the table. I didn’t really care for the Indian fry bread. It’s neat to look at, but was really salty and dipping it honey and/​or black beans did nothing for me.
The French toast with blueberry sauce was pretty good. I’d order it again. And I did like the fried green tomato lollipop. The one or two bites of the brisket tacos I’ve had were pretty good as well. I sampled some of the watermelon tea and that shizz was good too.
I’m sticking with three stars for now. I’m sure I’ll go to Cowboy Chow again, but I’m in no rush.

Nice place to get some fixin’s. But I do agree with Stacy, in that it’s a bit heavy for lunch.
Love the theme– from the glass jugs of water and iced tea to the mason jars with utensils. Many of the food items came out in skillets and pots.
To start with the nachos area unique twist on the classic– using kettle chips and a ranch-​something cheese sauce. We had them plain, but you can elaborate on the nachos with chicken or brisket.
I opted for the Mac n Cheese skillet. Texas toast breadcrumbs on top give it a great visual presentation. However, I found them to be very buttery, and in the end it was too much for the dish. Inside the dish is the mac, cheese, pico, and black beans. It was a great idea, but overall it was just a bit too rich for me. Perhaps omitting the breadcrumb crust would put this back into the mild heart attack arena, verses the full on cardiac arrest.
Others at my table had the macaroni and cheese and the ranch cigars. The ranch cigars had a beautiful flaky crust, I might have to try them next time.
Also, be forewarned, if you are going to order dessert, the fresh from the oven cookies need 20 minutes. So order dessert right away!

Popped my Cowboy Chow cherry at lunch today, I was in the neighborhood. First of all, that place really does look like an old west saloon. Tons of space, tall ceilings, all Westerned out, the set up is great.
I ordered water for my beverage, and I was surprised when they brought out this ice cold bottle, full of water, with an old timey top on it. Then menu is great, they have THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BRISKET TACOS! And the brisket items do not end there, they put brisket in or on everything, I thought I was going to find some rolled up in my cloth napkin. I had the Jalapeño Brisket tacos, and the were great. The flour tortilla had a slumber party tickle fight going on inside between the brisket, pico, cheddar cheese, and grilled jalopenos… evereybody won. Also, I saw the Fried Green Tomato Lollipops, for a buck a pop, so I just had to include one in my ding dang of a hoedown lunch. It was juicy, crispy and fresh out the garden. I highly recommend investing in a lollipop.
I will be back soon, that menu is laced with things that make my pants dance.

I can understand the other reviews, but I have to ask. Are you guys crazy? I know i’m taking my review down 1 star, but that is for the service. The food is… ABSOLUTELY…ABSURD. Each time I go in here, its dead. What’s wrong with this? I believe there is nothing like this food in Dallas… I mean yes, other places have chicken fried steak and ribs and blah blah blah, but the way Cowboy Chow serves it is amazing. Just be warned, its a heavy meat place. Lots of ribs, brisket, beef… etc. It’s a COWBOY place… ranger food and portions are PLENTY. There’s a reason they call it «Chow».
We took some friends here over the weekend and they were dying about this place… my friend from Houston was absolutely obsessed. I got the mashed tater parfait (see picture). I thought my dish looked a little on the light side, but I couldn’t finish it, it was enormous (eyes bigger than my stomach)! My friend got the Mexican cigars (which are like taquitos), his wife had the grilled cheese… um, with brisket. I MEAN COME ON!!! BF had the chicken fried steak, which had the most amazing gravy I’ve ever tasted in my whole life! LIFE!
Our waitress was nice and very friendly, she wasn’t rushing us, but she was kind of a creeper. One minute she was no where to be found and the next minute, she was at our table. The Sidler if you will… When she came over to get our drink orders, my BF was on the phone helping our friends with directions. So instead of coming back, she just stood there waiting. That was a little irritating.
In all seriousness… service aside, the food here is so great. I would suggest sticking to the entrees part of the menu. Oh and don’t forget the Navajo bread… mmmm. Also, the drinks. I had the vanilla coke which is coke and their own infused bourbon. Yes, they also do that too…
Please try this place… It’s home-​cooked food, served with flair. Fo realz…

After some serious internal monologue where I debated the merits and demerits of Cowboy Chow, I’ve settled on a 3 star rating.
To be fair, I wasn’t exactly starving when I walked through the door because I split a corn dog and a BBQ beef sandwich at the Deep Ellum Art Festival. So maybe that had something to with it. But, I really wasn’t all that impressed with the brisket tacos. We ordered the Lonestar brisket taco and the Red Pepper brisket taco. Presentation is unique. They arrive in small round metal bowls with handles on a bed of rice and a side of BBQ baked beans. Brisket was tough and flavorless. Cheese looked like a standard Kraft Mexican medley blend you’d get from Kroger. Honestly not impressed.
The service was very friendly, however. The interior is great and one of the selling features of the restaurant. It has a Western saloon feel to it; the picnic table seats at the front of the restaurant would be great for parties. Another plus is that the prices are very reasonable. Several entrees clock in around $ 10 and beers even start at $ 2. It’s worth a visit if you’ve got a group of friends looking for a fun, casual dinner atmosphere at reasonable prices.

In making my list of best places to have Chicken Pot Pie in Dallas, I noted I had not yet reviewed this place, which serves up the chicken pot pie that wins the award for «best presentation.»
Although the Libertine wins the award for best all around, you can’t beat Cowboy Chow’s pot pie appearance. It’s served in a mini iron pot, like the ones the cowboys used to cook beans over an open flame. (Or at least the criminal in the Dennis The Menace movie did, I think!)
It’s darn tasty, too… but even if it wasnt I have to admit I’d still order it just to be served in the cute little iron pot. That’s not the only thing served up all cute and skillet-y…be sure to get yourself the cookie dessert. They bring it out piping hot and gooey from the oven, in an iron skillet (big enough for 2 to share!) topped with melting vanilla ice cream.
If you think that’s cool, wait until you taste the watermelon Iced tea. No way I’d have ordered that, thinking it was going to taste like KoolAid or something. Luckily I was in the bathroom* when drinks were ordered, and I came back to the table just in time to take a big gulp and then ask, OMG what IS that? It’s AMAZING! Seriously, try it… it’s just enough watermelon flavor to be refreshing, but not like someone snuck your tea with a jolly rancher.
This place is definitely worth checking out, and gets extra points from me for opening in Deep Ellum. I love to see a place try and bring life back into my old haunt!
*note: even the bathroom offers up a wild experience, you’ll have to check it out for yourself, but remember I warned you!
2 wild west thumbs up for Cowboy Chow!

This is a real update of information not just on how super terrific my red pepper brisket tacos were!
Cowboy Chow is now open on Saturdays! Yes, you can load up the family and go. Soon they will be adding a Sunday Brunch. And if that’s not enough Texas goodness for ya, they’ve applied for their liquor license and by Christmas they will be open nights with a full bar… cuz c’mon, John Wayne would want a shot of whiskey with his cowboy vittles.
And my taco was amazing. Juicy brisket with a spicy red pepper sauce, goat cheese, cowboy caviar and avocado lime cream sauce. All served on a bed of homemade potato chips (which I asked for instead of the usual wild rice). Service was amazing! Our waiter is one of the best I’ve had. I recognized him from Twisted Root… which is opening a second location in Plano.