Sondra Hernandez Staff writer June 20, 2024

Downtown Conroe’s military-and-veteran-themed restaurant Honor Cafe has launched a new menu leading up to the fourth anniversary of the restaurant’s opening in July. 

New menu items were introduced with the spread containing restaurant favorites from the last four years along with some new selections. 

Here’s what to know about Honor Cafe’s new menu:

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About the restaurant 

The eatery just off the downtown Conroe square is owned by Chris and Mandi Sadler. Chris is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former law enforcement officer in the Houston area. 

Honor Café opened in July 2020 as a place for veterans to share camaraderie and the restaurant’s walls are filled with a variety of unique military memorabilia donated by the public and patrons of the restaurant.

The space also has two meeting and party rooms. On Sundays, the Little Flock church has been meeting there as well. In November 2022, the restaurant was featured on “The Texas Bucket List” television show. 

Chef Dylan Evelyn has been with them for roughly a year. 

Appetizer refresh 

Among the featured appetizers, Mandi’s favorite Fried Mac and Cheese that was previously on the menu remained. The dish features garlic aioli topped with truffle oil and pickled onions. 

Chris’ favorite appetizer is the new Texas Charcuterie Board with honey habanero smoked brisket, smoked chicken, cheesy jalapeno sausage and cheese curds all paired with barbecue sauce, queso and the legendary Big Dilly Sauce also Chris’ favorite. The Big Dilly Sauce started out with their house-made tartar sauce and they took it a notch up with more capers, dill and lemon. 

“It’s a real look at what Texas is made of,” he said of the Texas Charcuterie Board. Another new menu item is five cheesy raviolis drizzled in a creamy salsa verde sauce topped with Parmesan cheese.

Also new is the jalapeno and Cheddar cheese sausages on a stick. There’s four on an appetizer plate. 

Beef upgrade 

Along with the new menu launch, the restaurant is now serving Winch Beef Company products. Chris said the Winch meat is locally sourced from ranch to table from a Montgomery ranch. 

The Winch ribeye steak is a featured ingredient in the breakfast bowl under breakfast items. The bowl had been a special but it’s now a regular menu item. 

New breakfast additions are sausage gravy and a custom omelette option. 

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New entrees 

A customer favorite on the new menu has been the Hatch Green Chili Burger. It has two four-ounce grilled prime beef patties with garlic aioli, Hatch chile bacon jam, caramelized onions and Pepper Jack cheese.

Their Welcome Home Burger is a piled-high eye catcher with two four-ounce grilled prime beef patties topped with eight fried jalapeños, five hand breaded onion rings, slices of American cheese and bacon drizzled with honey habanero barbecue sauce.

Also new is the Officer’s Club Braised Beef featuring braised beef with caramelized carrots, onions and celery served over garlic mashed potatoes with butter gravy.

They also have a new build-your-own burger option, a chicken-fried steak sandwich and two “Po boy” sandwiches. 

New desserts are the strawberry shortcake and banana pudding topped with a toasted marshmallow meringue. 

Lighter options 

Based on customer feedback, three new salads were added including a Classic Chef Salad, Walnut Cranberry Salad and Southwest Salad. 

Mandi said their two new wraps — a Chicken Caesar Wrap and a Chicken Chipotle Wrap have been customer favorites. 

Coffee launch 

The Sadlers are also making their foray into the coffee market. Their new coffee is called Honor Cafe Globe and Anchor Coffee. Chris said people ask all the time for the coffee they serve at the restaurant so they wanted to make it available for purchase.  

The first blend is called Officer Country a Columbian and Guatemalan blend. 

“The tag line for that is it is bold and smooth and better than any enlisted deserves,” Chris said. “Officer Country is where the officers live when you’re on a ship or on land it is the Officers Club. Only officers belong there.” 

He said there’s bold flavor in the front followed by a smooth aftertaste. The coffee will be packaged and sold in the restaurant soon. 

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