After (Fake) Pancho’s: Los Compadres Mexican Food Takes On the Mexican Mantle

On the road trip back from Fort Worth—still nursing the kind of stomachache only Pancho’s Mexican Buffet can give—I started thinking about Oklahoma City’s own ill-fated, imposter version of the chain.

The SW 29th Street (fake) Pancho’s never quite made it, though around Christmastime last year, it did save my holiday tamale hunt with a merciful drive-thru dozen.

Not long after, the lights went out for good.