Butcher Boys has the feel of an old-school East Texas meat market, smokehouse, and neighborhood restaurant all rolled into one.
The longtime Nacogdoches business serves burgers, barbecue, sausage, steaks, sandwiches, and country-style comfort food from the same location.
Start With the Burger
The burgers are a natural first order, especially when paired with the restaurant’s large, golden onion rings.
The menu includes basic hamburgers and cheeseburgers along with larger specialty combinations topped with ingredients such as bacon, jalapeños, mushrooms, Swiss cheese, and grilled onions.
Fries, fried okra, tater tots, sweet potato fries, and other familiar sides are also available.
More Than a Burger Restaurant
The butcher-market side of the business gives the restaurant a stronger connection to the meat it serves.
Customers can stop in for a meal and also browse the market for fresh cuts, smoked sausage, and other products to take home.
That makes Butcher Boys feel different from a standard burger restaurant. It is part diner, part smokehouse, and part old-fashioned neighborhood meat market.
Smokehouse Favorites
The menu also includes brisket, sausage, barbecue plates, and oversized baked potatoes topped with smoked meat.
Visitors who want to try more than one item can choose a combination plate with traditional sides such as beans, potato salad, bread, pickles, onions, and barbecue sauce.
The smoked sausage is one of the restaurant’s longtime specialties and gives travelers another reason to look beyond the burger menu.
Country Cooking
Butcher Boys also serves chicken-fried steak, chicken-fried chicken, hamburger steak, steak fingers, sandwiches, and hand-cut steaks.
Large baked potatoes, patty melts, Reubens, and Philly cheesesteaks add even more variety.
For dessert, slices of chocolate or coconut pie provide an appropriately old-fashioned finish.
A Longtime Nacogdoches Stop
Butcher Boys has been family operated for decades and remains one of the city’s recognizable local food institutions.
Its appeal comes from serving the kind of food East Texans return to again and again: fresh burgers, smoked sausage, barbecue, chicken-fried steak, hearty sides, and homemade-style desserts.
The restaurant makes an easy meal stop while exploring downtown Nacogdoches, visiting Stephen F. Austin State University, or traveling through the Piney Woods.
Before You Go
Butcher Boys is located on North Street in Nacogdoches.
Check current restaurant and market hours before visiting because schedules and menu availability may change.