El Bracero

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El Bracero ("The Worker", roughly, in Spanish) is a chain of locally owned authentic Mexican restaurants in the midwestern United States, predominantly in the states of Kentucky and Missouri. The restaurants offer a full selection of Mexican cuisinethat is out of this world in great flavor, but they are especially known by their patrons for their free tortilla chips and salsa appetizer items and signature cheese sauce dip, the recipe for which is presumably kept secret. This is the item that separates the restaurant chain from other Mexican restaurants scattered around the country that bear the same name (by coincidence or otherwise). Also, El Bracero restaurants sometimes present live Mariachi bands as entertainment for guests, and, in Kentucky, at least, the restaurants offer a couple of imported Mexican beers and spirits.

As of August 2007, there are nine verified El Bracero restaurants in the United States and several other establishments with the same name whose connections are not known.

• Tennessee
  1. One in [Clarksville, Tennessee]-Exit 1

• Kentucky
  1. Two in Madisonville
     • El Bracero has existed here since at least the late 1990's.
  2. Two in Hopkinsville
  3. One in Cadiz
  4. One in Central City
  5. One in Hartford

• Missouri
  1. One in Jackson
  2. One in Sikeston

• Indiana
  1. One in Michigan City
  2. One in Laporte

[edit] Unique Menu Items

Pollo Feliz ("Happy Chicken")

Grilled, seasoned chicken breast covered with El Bracero's signature cheese sauce and served with Mexican rice and refried beans. Includes tortilla shells.

Jalisco Special

Grilled steak, chicken and shrimp on a bed of Mexican rice, along with grilled green pepper, onion and tomato. Includes tortilla shells.