[FULL-LENGTH PLAY] Pasadena, Texas, 1973. Down the street from the famous Gilley's country-western night club, an all-night diner has revamped itself into a Honky Tonk that celebrates “Pasadena Pride and Houston Heritage.” This should be great news for Freddy Espinoza, the diner’s oddball fry cook, a third generation Tejano and Pasadenian who jumps at the chance to put his old family recipes on the menu and cement his family story into the history of his hometown. But when he’s told his family’s food is not “on concept,” Freddy bypasses his boss by creating a secret menu that’s too good to stay secret for long. And once one secret comes out, many others follow. With the help of a Brechtian chorus, ghosts, radio hosts, some historical reenactors who can't help breaking character, and Willie Nelson, Secret Menu takes the audience on a tasting tour of some lesser known History.

Recipient of the 2025 Local History Play Commission from San Jacinto College South Theatre & Film.