New Menu for Magic Kingdom’s Infamously Subpar Counter Provider Eating place

After years of stagnation, Magic Kingdom’s maximum mediocre meal spot has a brand-new menu! This submit lists all the new menu additions and meals pictures from Pecos Invoice Tall Story Inn and Cafe, which used to be prior to now lifeless to us. Plus, observation about why that is most likely going down and what it approach for Tiana’s Palace Eating place or Nation Undergo BBQ.

One way or the other, Pecos Invoice is/used to be now not the worst counter provider eating place in all of Magic Kingdom, which is in reality announcing one thing (and now not a just right factor). Somewhat, it used to be the only with probably the most squandered doable. A place that would’ve been just right and, at one time, used to be.

It’s been unexpected and disappointing that on the similar time Chipotle Mexican Grill has risen in reputation, Walt Disney Global has long past in the complete opposite course with Pecos Invoice. Fortunately, they appear to be undoing that injury with the Fall 2024 menu overhaul, which seems to be the most efficient menu at this location in nearly a decade.

The timing of that is opportune. I used to be simply running on a submit about delightful eating surprises I’ve just lately encountered at Magic Kingdom eating places. It sort of feels like this continues that pattern in a large means. It’s as though any individual dared to dream: what if meals on the international’s hottest theme park had been in truth safe to eat?

In equity, we’ve got but to take a look at this new menu at Pecos Invoice Tall Story Inn and Cafe. So whilst apparently to be a dramatic growth, appears to be like can also be deceiving. If we went by means of the carefully-plated promotional pictures for the outdated menu, we would possibly’ve assumed that used to be additionally just right. And but, the true delicacies high quality used to be one step above pet food.

Every so often Walt Disney Global’s meals stylists and photographers are miracle staff, proper up there with the group that makes the Giant Mac glance extremely appetizing in pictures…in spite of my actual burgers by no means having a look remotely the similar (or just about as huge). However I digress.

Right here’s the total menu Pecos Invoice Tall Story Inn and Cafe (to be had as of September 18, 2024), adopted by means of ideas…

Construct Your Personal

With any of those construct your individual bowls and dishes, the next customization choices additionally to be had.

Protein:

• Citrus-Chipotle Rooster
• Inexperienced Chili Beef
• Coca-Cola Cherry Braised Pork ($.50)

2d Protein: 

• Citrus-Chipotle Rooster ($1.50)
• Inexperienced Chili Beef ($1.50)
• Coca-Cola Cherry Braised Pork ($2)

Upload a Facet:

• Queso Chipotle ($1)
• Guacamole ($2.50)
• Queso & Guacamole ($3.50)

Turning to observation, I’m in truth having a look ahead to making an attempt this! Even if I strongly suspect the picture vs. truth distinction shall be slightly pronounced, the item is, it’s gotta be higher than what’s there now. I wouldn’t be expecting this to be on par with the standard of the meals court docket at Coronado Springs, but it surely’ll nearly no doubt be higher than what it changed.

Best to backside menu overhauls like this are nearly all the time an growth. Disney’s culinary groups get the golf green mild to make important adjustments and, as you’ll most definitely consider, no person running in an artistic culinary place needs to paintings on an unambitious replace. The cooks don’t in truth need to serve slop to visitors–that’s in most cases the byproduct of managers coming in and simplifying or streamlining menus to cause them to extra environment friendly or inexpensive.

I do know that sounds harsh, but it surely’s simply the sensible truth of items. Within the final a number of years, when new menus have debuted at Walt Disney Global or Disneyland, they’ve nearly all the time been dramatic upgrades. The one explanation why I’m even announcing “nearly” all the time is as a result of I feel there used to be one instance of a downgrade, however I in truth can’t take into account the place. No less than 9 occasions out of 10, they’re primary enhancements. That’s very true at a spot like Pecos Invoice, which has nowhere to move however up.

There’s additionally a corollary to this: brand-new menus are steadily higher than 6-month outdated menus. The culinary group targets excessive, however a few of their possible choices aren’t all the time sensible for high-capacity places or consistent with visitor personal tastes. That is the principle explanation why that menus are dumbed down through the years, in all places will get a burger added, and so forth. It’s additionally steadily important to scale back preparation steps, as dishes develop into too hard work extensive or time-consuming to organize. I don’t suppose there’s a threat of any of that right here–this appears to be like beautiful crowd-pleasing from the get-go!

Now, if Walt Disney Global is in reality eager about sealing the deal at the new Pecos Invoice menu being a house run, they’ll carry again the toppings bar. It’s lengthy past due, each right here and at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. That used to be the item that either one of those huge counter provider spots had going for them pre-closure!

After all, there are the prospective implications for the way forward for this venue. As we just lately mentioned in Eating place Thriller at Magic Kingdom, it’s been radio silence from Disney about Tiana’s Palace in Magic Kingdom or any place else at Walt Disney Global for the reason that final D23 Expo. At one level, it gave the impression of a foregone conclusion that it would occur–and most definitely changing Pecos Invoice Tall Story Inn & Cafe since Imagineers had been noticed poking round there on more than one events.

I gained’t rehash all the dialogue from that submit, however something I did counsel used to be this: “With all of that mentioned, I do suppose one thing will occur with Pecos Invoice. The underlying IP is nearly no doubt seen as “old-fashioned” in Disney’s eyes, and ripe for substitute. Then again, I feel if a metamorphosis is made, it’ll be very superficial–most definitely simply the identify, signage, and slightly of placemaking. (Sorta very similar to San Fransokyo Sq. at DCA, however now not at the same time as bold as that.) If that is at the desk, I’d humbly counsel “Sammy’s Raccoon Saloon” or “Giant Al’s BBQ Barn.” And even simply revive the Mile Lengthy Bar moniker. Give us Nation Undergo lovers a win.”

As soon as Nation Undergo BBQ Jamboree used to be introduced for Disneyland, I figured an East Coast outpost of the similar used to be an inevitability. Particularly for the reason that the reimagining of Nation Undergo Jamboree proper subsequent door has already breathed new lifestyles into this space of the park and the Nation Bears “IP.”

Then got here the D23 Expo, and the announcement of two all-new Vehicles points of interest in a reimagined space of Frontierland at Magic Kingdom in addition to Villains Land enlargement at Magic Kingdom. Next to D23, Walt Disney Global published that the Vehicles space will in truth substitute the Rivers of The usa, that means that Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat will completely shut.

In mild of this information, I now suppose it’s slightly transparent what’s going down. Pecos Invoice isn’t going to develop into Tiana’s Palace Eating place or Nation Undergo BBQ. It wouldn’t wonder me if each had been severely regarded as at one level, however I strongly suspect the send has sailed on those ideas.

As an alternative, I’d be expecting this eating place to be transformed to one thing Vehicles-themed throughout the subsequent 5 years. That’s in reality the best choice at this level, and person who makes extra sense than Tiana’s Palace Eating place. For something, Princess and the Frog is handiest so common, and overdoing it on that franchise will not be a financially-savvy transfer–particularly on the planet’s hottest theme park. (I may just nonetheless see Tiana’s Palace coming to a lodge–most likely nonetheless the revived Reflections undertaking?)

For every other factor, Vehicles is insanely common and no quantity of theme park presence can be an excessive amount of. Since area is proscribed within the space it’s being constructed on, I will be able to handiest think that Vehicles eating places and retail will in the end take over this thoroughfare in Frontierland. It simply is smart, as one in all Disney’s vending powerhouses isn’t going to get neglected at the monetization entrance. (I’d now not be expecting Flo’s V8 Cafe, for the reason that theme of this Vehicles land shall be other than Vehicles Land at DCA.)

This could additionally provide an explanation for why Pecos Invoice Tall Story Inn and Cafe is getting a brand new menu now. The former model used to be terrible. Pecos Invoice used to be loss of life a sluggish loss of life, however who cared? In any case, it used to be slated for drawing close substitute and it’s higher to switch a foul factor that no person likes anymore than a fan-favorite. This is, till it wasn’t.

Issues have modified, and Walt Disney Global goes a special course, that means that Pecos Invoice is in a retaining development for the following couple of years. That’s a very long time for the horrible earlier menu to limp alongside on lifestyles make stronger. Therefore this new menu, which breathes new lifestyles into the positioning and buys it a brief rent on lifestyles–and this location.

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