Mac 'N Cheese Dishes

Awarm blend of cheese folded into a luscious cream sauce paired with al dente noodles … mac ’n cheese is comfort food at its finest. In its purest form, it’s a side dish – but it can also serve as a blank slate for a number of flavor combinations. Here are a few of our favorite mac ’n cheese dishes around.

Fullsend BBQ

724 N Mesquite St.

The Brisket Mac Bowl is what happens when partners Andrew Pena and Desirae Hill put their talents together. Hill’s mac ’n cheese combines three kinds of cheese in a housemade sauce blend that perfectly coats the jumbo macaroni shells. It’s then topped with buttery panko and smoked prime brisket sans sauce, plus homemade pickles, pickled red onion and jalapeño.

The Republic of Texas Bar and Grill

900 N Shoreline Blvd

Sure, locals frequent this establishment for its steak and seafood, but the sides have entered the conversation. Specifically, the Hatch Pepper Mac ’n Cheese. With a smooth, creamy sauce and flecks of green Hatch chile, the final product is everything you expect from mac ’n cheese with a surprising kick. It’s served piping hot in a cast iron skillet and is large enough to share.

The Post at Lamar Park

411 Doddridge St. #102

There’s mac ’n cheese as a side and mac ’n cheese as an entree, and this Lobster Truffle Mac ’n Cheese is the latter. Between pops of juicy lobster and the combo of American, smoked gouda, aged cheddar and parmesan folded into creamy sauce laced with truffle, the decadence of this dish knows no bounds.

Surfside Sandwich Shoppe

15113 S Padre Island Dr.

Surfside Sandwich Shoppe on Padre Island is known for its variety of sandwiches, but the Bacon Mac ’n Cheese serves as a hidden gem side item, if you will. The elbow macaroni coated in a luscious cheese sauce and baked to perfection is the nostalgic dish you know and love, with the addition of crispy bacon bits for flavor and texture.

Z - Counter

1220 Airline Rd.

Mac ’n cheese might be an unexpected menu item at this local favorite Asian fusion establishment, but the Chicken Miso Mac presents fusion at its finest. An umami play on baked mac ’n cheese, with miso and garlic additions to the sauce and chicken, broccoli and mushrooms mixed in, this side dish is a comfort food flavor explosion.