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In the Stockyards, deep-fried eggs, green-chile grits and itty-bitty biscuits

Deep-fried eggs with enchiladas, green chile grits and mini-biscuits at Horseshoe Hill Cafe. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com
Deep-fried eggs with enchiladas, green chile grits and mini-biscuits at Horseshoe Hill Cafe. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com bud@star-telegram.com

The Saturday breakfast crowd has discovered Horseshoe Hill Cafe.

The hilltop cafe in the Fort Worth Stockyards has always been known for chicken-fried steaks, cowboy cooking and ranch house style.

The breakfast menu got off to a slow start, But any restaurant with Horseshoe Hill’s biscuits will draw a crowd

Now, the Saturday morning selections include a ribeye and eggs, tenderloin tacos, migas, chicken-fried steak-and-eggs or red-chile enchiladas.

The side dishes include peppered bacon or green-chile cheese grits. And the biscuits are tasty mini-biscuits now, served by the half-dozen with butter, marmalade and first-rate cream gravy.

The classic menu also offers chicken-fried steak a choice of five ways, or either ribeye or tenderloin steaks. There’s also a steak salad.

On weekdays, Horseshoe Hill serves $12 lunch specials: a tenderloin sandwich Wednesdays, meatloaf Thursdays or beef stew Fridays.

It’s open for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Friday, breakfast through dinner Saturday and lunch Sunday; 204 W. Exchange Ave., 817-882-6405, 204 W. Exchange Ave., horseshoehillcafe.com.

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