Cowboy Breakfast

01/18/2024

It’s Happy Trails for “The Cowboy Breakfast”

(January 17, 2024) – San Antonio, TX – The Board of Directors of The Cowboy Breakfast Foundation is announcing today that It’s Happy Trails for “The Cowboy Breakfast”. Established in 1976, “Thank you San Antonio, we are honored to have been a part of your history. The friends and partners we have created over the years have been fantastic and we couldn't have done this without them. With their help we have been able to serve hundreds of thousands a free breakfast (over a million tacos prepared) while getting the SA rodeo season kicked off and at the same time raising over $250,000 for scholarships for students at the School of Culinary Arts at St. Philip’s College.”

“We regret not being able to serve our community any further, but the costs of putting on this FREE breakfast has skyrocketed, and we are unable to continue. It has been one of the most unique events that was 100% free to the public and 100% volunteer driven.”

“This event could not have gone on without the great support from our wonderful volunteers, partners and sponsors. We want to give a great big THANK YOU to each and every one of them for all that they have done throughout the years, braving the early hours and, at times questionable weather conditions, to make The Cowboy Breakfast a huge success. We will always hold the good times and relationships this event created in our hearts.

The Cowboy Breakfast by the numbers:

Tacos Served: Over a Million
Biscuits & Gravy: Over 300,000
Sweet Rolls: Over 300,000
Milk/Juice: Over 200,000
Coffee: Over 10,000 Gallons!
Scholarship donations: Over $250,000
Students Beneficiaries: Over 159

Cowboy Breakfast spin-offs in our community – Numerous!

Happy Trails from the Board of “The Cowboy Breakfast.”

01/26/2023

Happy Rodeo Season San Antonio! Even without having an event this year, we were proud to give St. Philip’s College a donation of $10,000 for their Culinary Arts program! Thank you KSAT 12 News for the coverage.

The Cowboy Breakfast Foundation on Wednesday presented a $10K scholarship check to St. Philip's College.

12/20/2022

https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/cowboy-breakfast-canceled-san-antonio-17666561.php

No free tacos in 2023.

12/20/2022

https://www.kens5.com/amp/article/news/local/45th-annual-cowboy-breakfast-canceled-livestock-show-rodeo-san-antonio-texas/273-7a948926-0e6a-4a28-8c46-2703df234aff

The organization has given out over $250,000 in scholarship money to at least 159 students over the years.

12/20/2022

https://www.tpr.org/san-antonio/2022-12-20/cowboy-breakfast-canceled-this-year-sets-return-in-2024?_amp=true

Organizers say the 45th Annual Cowboy Breakfast traditionally kicks off the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

12/20/2022

The Cowboy Breakfast Foundation would like to welcome WellMed Medical Management, Inc. to our family and thank the San Antonio community for their support thru the years! We will see you all in Jan 2024! Merry Christmas 🎄! Stay tuned for updates 🙂. Donations to the GoFundMe will be donated to directly to St. Phillip’s, thank you!

12/20/2022

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/12/20/cowboy-breakfast-canceled-for-2023-will-return-in-2024/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=ksat12&fbclid=IwAR3Bz8Ft860zbt3wCEzMdvm471BB481YSHIsHdgi_6fAlTggQ2UXBbbHvZk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

The 45th annual Cowboy Breakfast tentatively scheduled for Jan. 27, 2023, has been officially canceled, the Cowboy Breakfast Foundation said Tuesday.

11/26/2022

Cowboy Breakfast fans, https://gofund.me/de372f5e please consider a donation to keep the 2023 event happening, if we don’t meet the goal, donations will go to St. Phillip’s College Culinary scholarships.

The 2023 Cowboy Breakfast needs your help. If you or your family and frie… Susan Cochran needs your support for Cowboy Breakfast 2023 - San Antonio Challenge

11/18/2022

https://gofund.me/de372f5e

For immediate release - 45th Annual Cowboy Breakfast Announcement

(November 17, 2022) – San Antonio, TX – The 45th Annual Cowboy Breakfast tentatively scheduled for January 27th, 2023, may not be happening.

Due to the current state of the economy, The Cowboy Breakfast Foundation is announcing today that the 45th Annual Cowboy Breakfast is in jeopardy of being canceled. Unfortunately, we have not been able to meet our fundraising goal. Due to increased expenses, and less donations, this beloved San Antonio tradition, that has been enjoyed by thousands, is at risk.

The Cowboy Breakfast has for the last 44 years been a FREE event for the City of San Antonio providing a family friendly early morning way to kick off the Rodeo season. Costs and logistics to produce the event have increased significantly. Without our donor sponsors we cannot continue for 2023. The Cowboy Breakfast is a non-profit organization that produces the event and net proceeds have been donated to the St. Phillips College – Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts Programs. In the last 20 years, we have donated over $250,000 to the scholarship fund.

How you can help - call for Sponsors: If you or your organization is interested in pulling together with us to make the 2023 event happen, please reach out to Board President, Brad Dietrich at (210) 416-4787 or Vice-Chair, Chuck Christian at (210) 316-0588.

Additionally, we are announcing a GoFundMe https://gofund.me/de372f5e for this event. San Antonio Cowboy Breakfast Challenge – if you or your family have ever enjoyed a free breakfast taco from one of our events over the last 44 years, please consider donating to the GoFundMe we’ve set up to try and keep the 2023 event alive. If we do not meet our fundraising goal, net proceeds will be donated directly to the St. Phillip College programs.

The Cowboy Breakfast was initially started to feed the multiple trail ride groups, leaving with a bit of appreciation from our breakfast to their various points to begin their trail rides to promote the San Antonio Stockshow & Rodeo. They saddled up to ride out with a full belly, knowing we cared about their trek horseback across Texas. It developed over the years to a family tradition of early morning breakfast with family and friends at various locations around San Antonio. Many San Antonians view the Cowboy Breakfast as “the” event that gets them ready for Rodeo.

The Cowboy Breakfast is 100% Free and 100% driven by sponsors & volunteers. The Cowboy Breakfast is the only FREE event during Rodeo season and can only happen thru the generous donations from our sponsors and gracious volunteers from the community, Cowboy Breakfast and St. Phillip’s College Culinary program that are willing to get up very early to make the World’s Largest Breakfast for as many as 30,000! (Recognized by Guinness World Records)

The 2023 Cowboy Breakfast needs your help. If you or your family and frie… Susan Cochran needs your support for Cowboy Breakfast 2023 - San Antonio Challenge

01/31/2022

Thank you St. Philip's College for hosting us this year! :)

01/30/2022

Thank you to all the media that continue to support our event. We’re all looking forward to a (fingers crossed) big community event in 2023! Kiolbassa Smoked MeatsCricket Wireless Jordan Ford Pioneer: Biscuits, Gravies, Pancakes & More Tastykake St. Philip's College

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