Jake's Rib - Chickasha, OK

Go here. Just do it.

I'll wait.

A seriously amazing little rib joint that serves it all - smoked
chicken, turkey, bologna, sliced beef, chopped beef..... everything.

Oh, and get an order of fries. As you can see, you get your money's
worth.

I was quite impressed with my cousin John, who ate his whole plate
(minus the corn cob). That's a growing 16 year old guy for ya.

I've been going here since I was a kiddo, and the service is great, the
staff is friendly, and the people are fantastic.

Just don't try to go during Chickasha's Festival of Lights (from
Thanksgiving to New Year's) - it's packed and you will wait forever.

Make sure you get a to go cup..... they're huge and have their cute
Armadillo logo on them.

Go. Definitely worth the drive.
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Taco Grande - Hays, KS

The best thing to come from Western Kansas. Besides my husband.

Their cheese blasts are to die for. Flour tortillas rolled around
scrumptious cheeses. I know what you're thinking - "so? Taco bell has
cheese rollups...." but no. The blasts are much bigger, much cheesier,
and better.

Get the meat nachos, too.

It's not worth moving to a desolate wasteland for, but I'm glad I get to
drive through Kansas once in a great while to partake of such
awesomeness.
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Meers

Okay, it's a good experience, but it wasn't everything I thought it
would be.

After arriving at 3:30 (what is considered a slow time) we still waited
1.5 hours in a line and at the table waiting to be served. My poor
diabetic mom had to raid the candy machine for Hot Tamales to keep her
blood sugar in check. The promise of meat kept us going.

But anyway! The place is really home-y, and the drinks come in Mason
jars. If you're a true southerner, you know that is THE way to drink
your sweet tea, lemonade, soft drink, etc. Momma taught me this. I love me some that.

As for the food, the burgers are monstrous! I had the basic
cheeseburger and didn't finish it. Carl and my dad both had the pounder:

The dueling plates say it all:

Dad on left, Carl on right

Not one to be outdone by a father in law, Carl caught up:

Now, in all honesty, the taste of the burgers is..... odd. Maybe I'm
just not used to free range longhorn cow meat (it's got almost 0% fat on
it, so the patties tend to crumble). Maybe I shouldn't eat the McD's
happy meal burgers and think that's what a real burger tastes like.
Whatever the reason, it just had a funny taste to me!

I wouldn't wait that long in line for a Meers burger again. But it was
an experience, one that I'd been quite curious of. So now I can mark it
off my list.

Sid's Diner

Eat here. Now.

Seriously. This is what you're eating tonight. GO.

We ate here back in March, and I'm just now posting about it.... yeah.
I know. I'm slow.

This place is so cute! It's Elvis themed, packed with interesting
decor, and one of THE Route 66 stops.

Because I'm brilliant, I just now deleted all the pictures I took with
my phone to post on here. This is why I married a guy who doesn't do
such stupid things with technology. We balance each other out. (Yeah,
he's really smart.)

So I stole this one from the Internet machine. The messy burger pic I
took myself, though.

But seriously. Just eat here. Their fries are fantastic, and if I
wasn't feeling so guilty about the calories, I would have had an old
fashioned milkshake as well.
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Midpoint 66 Cafe

If you're ever in Adrian, Texas, this place is a must-stop.

I say that. It's basically the only place in Adrian (pop. about 300ish)
to stop at all.

Just off I-40 about 30 miles West of Amarillo is Adrian. The cutest
little cafe is there as well. The name is true - it lies exactly in the
middle of the route - 1139 miles from Chicago and 1139 miles from Santa
Monica. The Character Flo from Disney's Cars movie is based off of the
owner....

But I digress.

The food! It's good. The menu is tiny, but what Carl and I had read on
the Internet about the cafe is that you have to try the homemade "ugly
crust" pie. As you can see, it ain't ugly. We split a piece of the
chocolate chip pie ala mode.

Holy cow. I don't know how they do it, but it's like eating a heavenly
rainbow or something.

That makes no sense. But it's really really good and I hope you'll look
for this tiny town whenever you are out the Texas panhandle next. :)
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HD's Onion burger

This is a late post back from April. The day fires ravaged Midwest
City, Carl and I were looking for a place to eat, and HD's on 122nd and
Rockwell seemed like a good idea.

And it was!

It's a cute lil' route 66 themed place (ironically NOT on Rt. 66, haha!)
that specializes in...... obviously, onion burgers. I had a gyro.
Because I'm different like that. I had to take about half of it
home.... it was massive! I love their fries. They are true "diner
fries" and are thick cut. Delicious!

I've heard people say there are no original places to eat in NW OKC.
They are dead wrong. You just have to have a brain, a set of eyes, and
an open mind. Try HD's and sit at the counter. You won't regret it.
:)
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Perri's Pizza & Cafe

Pic 1: a meat calzone
Pics 2 & 3: the saturday special - stuffed meat pizza and garlic stick
Pic 4: friday's special: Baked Ziti. Mmmmmm....

I've been meaning to blog about this place for quite some time. I
actually intended it to be the first real post about cool places to go.
Look up the article about Perri's on the Gazette's website. They say it
better then I ever could. But I'm gonna try anyway. :)
All I know is, whenever we come into Perri's, they really do treat you
like family. The first time Carl and I tried it out Perri herself came
and sat and talked with us. She's a warm friendly person who makes some
irresistible food.
She doesn't rival the Italian food gang over on May. She blows 'em
outta the stinkin' water.
Before we left, she packed up a loaf of fresh baked bread and a sweet
canoli for us to take home - free of charge. If that doesn't say
family.... then I dunno what would!
Perri's got specials every day of the week. The two we have tried so
far (wednesday special - chicken parmigiana with spaghetti. And
saturday's special - the stuffed meat pizza) are unbelievably
delightful. And for $6 for your entree, drink, and a garlic stick (by
the way, her garlic breadsticks are unlike anything you've ever had
before. They are so amazing. And Perri warns you about them, too - 'I
sell them, but I won't pay for rehab'), it's a price that can't be
beat!
You've gotta check out this laid back local cafe. 2 big screen tvs and
a radio (and you get the remote to watch whatever you want!) are waiting
to greet you. The intersection of Penn and Britton will never be the
same. :)
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