If you’ve ever wondered what George Strait likes to grub on while hanging out near his Boerne-area residence, look no further than Compadres Hill Country Cocina, a veteran-owned Tex-Mex spot off Main Street in the buzzy Hill Country town. 

You may already know the story: three years ago, Strait walked into the restaurant and ordered something that wasn’t on the menu: two pulled pork tacos with barbecue sauce and pico de gallo. 

Now, obviously, if a taco order is good enough for the King of Country, it’s probably pretty good. But we decided to find out for sure. 

MySA visited Compadres Hill Country Cocina at 209 Lohmann Street in Boerne and tried the pulled pork tacos for ourselves. Here’s the final verdict on whether you should “Check Yes or No.” 

The George Strait tacos are priced at $13.99 before taxes. You get two smoked pulled-pork tacos, topped with just the right amount of barbecue sauce and fresh pico de gallo, served on pillowy-soft flour tortillas. Then, of course, you get Mexican-style rice and warm, ranch-style charro beans. 

The pulled pork is smoked out back, behind the cozy indoor restaurant. It’s tender and deeply savory, with a perfect balance. The barbecue sauce is thick but not overpowering. You almost forget it’s there until you taste its unmistakable flavor blending into the texture of the generous helping of pulled pork and the crunch of the pico de gallo’s peppers and onions. The pico really shines on this dish, though it’s not the star of the show. It’s vibrant, zesty, and perfectly balances out the wealth of flavors in this meal. 

Overall, tacos are full of flavor and incredibly rich, but they can definitely be hard to finish if you’re not eating on an empty stomach. I still felt like the King of Country while enjoying every bite. 

The restaurant’s menu is full of exciting, smoky Tex-Mex comfort foods — including the foot-long enchilada, raspberry chipotle pulled-pork tacos and birria quesadillas. They even have Hill Country-style Botana platters. 

You can eat indoors or outside on the patio during a nice day.