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Remembering Panchos Mexican Buffet

Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:17 pm
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
30880 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:17 pm
The Lubys thread got me thinking about Panchos and the good ole days

Growing up in Lake Charles we’d drive to Orange,TX to eat at Panchos a few times a month. I even had my birthday party there one year as a kid because you got a piñata

Last time I went was after college during a horrible hangover. I just remember not being to shite right for a month.
Posted by raceboy
Member since Feb 2011
2193 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:18 pm to
Panchos on Vets
Posted by tonydtigr
Beautiful Downtown Glenn Springs,Tx
Member since Nov 2011
5782 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:18 pm to
The sure cure for constipation.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
65459 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:19 pm to
RAISE THE FLAG!
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
30466 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:20 pm to
I forgot about them. I remember the had little flags but don’t remember what they did, more salsa?
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
46680 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:20 pm to
Guys my digestive system is so weak I can’t eat cheap Mexican food occasionally lol hahaha

Would crush some flautas and sour cream enchiladas right now
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:21 pm
Posted by caliegeaux
Booo Cheeeen
Member since Aug 2004
11461 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:21 pm to
Every time i ate there I felt like it Pancho’d my stomach. And I kept going back.
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:23 pm
Posted by The People
LSU Alumni
Member since Aug 2008
4353 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:25 pm to
Parents took me there for many birthdays as a kid. Wish I still had the piñatas they gave you on your birthday.

Simpler times. Good times.
Posted by Snow
Member since Nov 2016
97 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:25 pm to
I was part of a make shift eating contest at the one on Florida blvd. We devised a point system and I lost by a half a point. We were in the 20s and I wanna say the highest point value was a 2. I would die if I tried that today...
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
52751 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

RAISE THE FLAG!


Wasn't there one in the early 2000s on Siegen in the Twin Peaks shopping center?
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:31 pm
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
30880 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:26 pm to
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:28 pm
Posted by Ole War Skule
North Shore
Member since Sep 2003
3409 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:26 pm to
Panchos on Nicholson in BR. 1980. Pledge work week. 30 or so of us go to panchos for lunch with intent of eating everything they have. We raise the flag and raise the flag and raise the flag until the manager comes out and says” enough, no more food for you”. We, being smart college student point out the sign says “all you can eat”!

Manager says “correct, and that’s all you can eat, out!”

Our young , inexperienced minds had clearly been outwitted. We acknowledged we had been bested, Thanked pancho for lunch and left
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:29 pm
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
21920 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:26 pm to
Panchos at Broadmoor was our go-to after church lunch place.
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 8:28 pm
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
45644 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:26 pm to
I used to eat my body weight in flautas and queso
Posted by dandan
Member since Nov 2007
4628 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:27 pm to
We would hit the one on Florida in BR in the early 90s.

One of the guys with us puked walking back to the car bc he ate like a dog.
Posted by iheartchimichangas
Member since Jul 2016
748 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:27 pm to
quote:

Remembering Panchos Mexican Buffet


I'd rather not
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51451 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:27 pm to
quote:

Panchos at Broadmoor was the go-to after church lunch place.

That's the one I remember.
Posted by lagallifrey
Member since Dec 2013
2010 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:29 pm to
LINK

This is now run by old Pancho’s managers and is still basically Pancho’s.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
46680 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:29 pm to
My heart broke when it closed in 2005
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
40564 posts
Posted on 9/8/20 at 8:30 pm to
I used to love raising that flag when I was little. Me and my sis would take turns raising it after fighting about who could raise it first.
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