Cotton Exchange Cafe - Hillsboro

Serious about serving their own organically grown, ranch grown beef, chicken, egg products in serious Downhome Central Texas fashion with slightly crispy crust hand made fried cakes and homemade ice cream. If I lie, tell Grandma to get the switch!

Stopped for a quick rest from the road and a small bite to eat. The staff was ridiculously friendly! The owner came out and talked with us for a while about the history of the building and gave us information about the town! Will be back.

We stopped here on the way back from Waco to Dallas and were so impressed. Clean restaurant, great food, with a friendly small Texas town feel. This place is both historic and modern and has something on the menu for everyone. This is our new stopping place whenever we go down. Some Roswell, NM friends and I met for a get together at this restaurant today for lunch. The service staff are very friendly and attentive. Restaurant was very clean and attractive. The food was very fresh and very well cooked. Everything is straight from the farm and well cooked. They serve home cooked pies with home made ice cream. You can’t go wrong with this restaurant

We drove down from Dallas today to meet family in Hillsboro, and we chose the Cotton Exchange. It was a good choice. They have renovated the space to perfectly reflect the history of its location on the town square. The staff was excellent, accommodating, and just nice folks. And the food was perfect for a Sunday lunch. I had a (huge) serving of homemade meat loaf with tomato sauce. Excellent! The mashed potatoes and green beans were perfect sides. The kids ordered hamburgers (they loved them) and the hamburger steak smothered with onions. A hit! For dessert I (hesitantly) ordered the buttermilk fried pie. And it was the perfect ending to a great meal. Will definitely go back again!

The Cotton Exchange Café is the best restaurant we've tried in Hillsboro. We enjoyed a variety of items from their menu, especially the Jalapeño Burger and Shannon's chicken salad. Breakfast is served all day, and their pancakes are gigantic! Everything is served farm-to-table fresh. The staff genuinely cares about the quality of the dishes they provide. The interior is charming and very clean. If you’re in the area, it’s definitely worth a visit! Owners Jason and Shannon Smith are present every day and run a small farm in China Spring, Texas, where they raise their products in a humane, grass-fed environment. You can taste the difference in their meat and eggs!