The Ranchero

The Ranchero is iconic. There aren't many restaurants that you can go to that your parents went to when they were kids, and this is one of them. Their recipes stand the test of time, and the photos on the wall just give you a small taste of their historical importance. When I was a kid, on Friday nights, sometimes we would get to order food from the Ranchero, and it was always a treat. My dad always ordered a Jumbo Fry Burger (that's a chili cheese burger if you don't know) with onion rings, and I always got the same thing. Their chili cheese burger hasn't been bested by any one that I've ever tried, and their onion rings are the best on the planet. Other places just can't hold a candle to it. Over the years, it seems like we ended up there for every special life event... Birthdays, graduations, weddings, after football games, and funerals, and we have always been treated with the utmost respect and been given top notch service. I'm so glad that they are still there serving Clarksdale their fantastic food, and I'm glad that I am able to share some of my fondest food memories with my children. Thank you so much for the love and hospitality, Chris and Bonnie! I can't wait to see you again!

When I walked in today no one greeted me. They all just starred as I walked to the salad bar and seated myself. The waitress was pleasant, however she checked on her other customers but passed by me. I ordered a plain blackened chicken breast which took about 20 minutes. The host was nice noticed I had been sitting long did tell me the chicken was on the way. As I ate my small meal other customers walked in with their families and was greeted pleasantly and also was told to sit where they wanted. I find that oddly strange, even now no waitress has checked on me. It’s not busy, but me being the only African American woman in the restaurant shows the other customers are more important. All customers should be treated the same. When I finally checked out the host and waitress finally greeted me as I paid my check.

A group of us visited here, based on the reviews. There was a party of five of us. I ordered a sirloin steak sandwich. The steak looked like it had been sliced on a 1 using a deli-slicer, that came with 2 big slices of Texas Toast, lettuce tomato and pickle. I wasn't expecting a lot for $9 and change. But for as thin as that meat was, I could've used saltine crackers. And theeeeen my husband orders a buttery shrimp pasta. Indeed it had so much butter that we were able to pour plenty on the rolls (given to us by waitress after we were nearly done with our food). When the waitress came back to remove some of the items from the table, one of our guest stated "That pasta is full of cholesterol with all of that butter in the pasta." The waitress stated "Yea! I know it is."