Sep 30th 2026
Starting September 30, 2026, you can add a personal queso and chips to any entrée for $2.99 at every Cotton Patch Cafe. It’s a personal-size serving of our scratch-made green chile queso with tortilla chips, so nobody at the table has to share theirs.
Key Takeaways
Personal queso and tortilla chips are $2.99 when you order any entrée.
It launched at all Cotton Patch Cafes on September 30, 2026.
It's an add-on, so it comes with an entrée rather than on its own.
Cotton Patch has 46 cafes across Texas and New Mexico (as of September 2026).
PERSONAL QUESO & CHIPS
$2.99
with any entrée
At all Cotton Patch Cafes starting September 30, 2026.
Add-on price applies with the purchase of an entrée. Price as of September 2026. See your cafe for details.
What Is the Personal Queso Deal at Cotton Patch?
The personal queso deal is a $2.99 add-on: order any entrée, and a personal-size queso with tortilla chips joins it for $2.99. Cotton Patch Cafe launched the add-on at all of its cafes on September 30, 2026. It’s built for one person, which means the queso shows up next to your plate instead of in the middle of the table. If the whole table wants in, everyone can add their own.
What’s in Cotton Patch Queso?
Cotton Patch queso is a scratch-made green chile queso: warm, melted cheese with green chiles, served with tortilla chips for scooping. It’s made in our kitchens, the same way our chicken fried steak is hand-breaded and our cream gravy is stirred from scratch, a practice that goes back to our first cafe in Nacogdoches, Texas, in 1989.
What are chips and queso?
Chips and queso is a Tex-Mex appetizer: a warm, melted cheese dip, often made with chiles and called chile con queso, served with fried corn tortilla chips. In Texas it's a standard starter at Tex-Mex restaurants and cafes alike.
Four Ways to Get Queso at Cotton Patch
There are four ways to order queso at Cotton Patch Cafe, and the personal queso is the only one sized for one person. The other three are shareable appetizers on our full menu, where prices are listed for your cafe.
Queso option | What it is | Best for |
|---|---|---|
Personal Queso & Chips | Personal-size green chile queso with tortilla chips. $2.99 with any entrée. | One person who doesn't want to share |
Classic Queso & Chips | Scratch-made green chile queso with tortilla chips, appetizer size. | The whole table |
Brisket Queso | Green chile queso with chopped brisket and chives, with tortilla chips. | A heartier shared starter |
Big Bend Sampler | Country fried pickles, Texas caviar, and classic queso and chips. | Groups who want a little of everything |
See every appetizer and entrée on our full menu.
What Goes Best With Personal Queso?
Personal queso works with any entrée, but it’s best next to the plates that already lean Texan. Three pairings our regulars will recognize:
- Chicken Fried Steak: the green chile in the queso gives the chips a little heat between bites of hand-breaded steak and cream gravy.
- A burger: Dallas Morning News readers voted our burger Silver for Best Burger in the 2026 Best in DFW awards, and queso is a natural dip for the fries.
- Chicken Tenders: hand-battered tenders dip as well in queso as they do in cream gravy.
Several of these plates rotate through our $9.99 Texas Value Meals, where a different scratch-made meal is $9.99 each day for dine-in guests.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is the personal queso at Cotton Patch?
Personal queso and chips is $2.99 when you add it to any entrée at Cotton Patch Cafe. The add-on launched at all cafes on September 30, 2026.
Can I order the personal queso without an entrée?
The $2.99 price is for an add-on, so it comes with the purchase of an entrée. If you just want queso, the Classic Queso & Chips appetizer is on the full menu.
What are chips and queso?
Chips and queso is a Tex-Mex appetizer of warm, melted cheese dip served with tortilla chips. At Cotton Patch, the queso is a scratch-made green chile queso.
What chips do you eat with queso?
Tortilla chips are the classic choice, because salted corn chips are sturdy enough to scoop a thick, warm dip without breaking. Cotton Patch's personal queso comes with tortilla chips. Want to make queso at home instead? Try the Texas Con Queso Soup from our Community Cookbook.
Your queso, your entrée, $2.99.
Personal queso and chips at all 46 Cotton Patch Cafes in Texas and New Mexico.