Leakey, TX
Leakey, TX

Cheese Enchiladas


Mama Chole’s

Cheese Enchiladas

Mama Chole’s
Highway 83 N.
Leakey, Texas, 78873
(830) 232-6111

Wander a couple of hours up the scenic winding roads of Hill Country northwest of San Antonio and after miles of scrub wilderness you will roll into the one-horse town of Leakey, Texas. Stop at Mama Chole’s. It’s lunchtime! I went simple with the cheese enchiladas. Beans, cheese, and raw onions rolled in corn tortillas and melted to perfection in a crazy flavorful sauce. Every last bite is a celebration of flavor. And those raw onions? Pure joy. It’s a small cafe, no fuss or muss. One table was filled with construction workers chowing down, another with women of seeming leisure that might have been a book club. Mama Chole’s is 100 miles from anywhere! Go.

DISHED UP BY...

Ken Carlton

Ken Carlton, founder and editor-in-chief of Beyondish, is the author of six books, including "Food for Marriage." He was co-writer of "The Hunger" with Chef John DeLucie, a memoir about New York’s Waverly Inn. "The Hunger" was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Ken writes the Man in the Kitchen column for Inspirelle Paris.

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