No state has more varieties of good hamburger than Oklahoma, from the onion-fried burgers that perfume the town of El Reno to the chopped-up “hot hamburger” of Bartlesville. Old Route 66, which ran down towns’ main streets from the Missouri border through Tulsa and Oklahoma City, has been pretty much replaced by I-40, which bypasses everything; but there are plenty of patches of the old Mother Road to explore, and more than a few surviving restaurants that sing of the old days. Oklahoma City’s “Stockyard City” has everything from cowboy hat shops to a rattlesnake museum; and of its places to eat, the shining star is Cattlemen’s Steakhouse. It is the oldest restaurant in the state and still a gathering place for people in the beef business. For the rest of us, it is an opportunity to eat great cowboy steak preceded by an appetizer of Rocky Mountain oysters. All along the old highway are cafes that serve chicken fried steak (some of it darn good), as well as barbecue parlors and smoke houses that make memorable jerky.
In 1901, there were fewer than 7,000 cars on America’s roads. Just 40 years later, Duncan Hines’s guidebook Adventures in Good Eating was pinpointing hundreds of gems worthy of a detour....
You wouldn’t expect to eat well out by the Tulsa airport in a building surrounded by light industry and warehouses. And nothing about the appearance of White River Fish Market will...
The worst thing you can eat on old Route 66 between the Oklahoma towns of Miami and Texola is chicken fried steak. From the lower Midwest through Texas and...
For two-lane travelers, pulling into a parking lot perfumed by hamburgers and hot onion rings is as satisfying as any four-star dining experience. At a true classic drive-in, you...
An Onion-Fried burger is a beautiful thing—an Oklahoma original, fusing beef and onions to create something that goes beyond the usual patty on a bun. Known and admired throughout...
For all who prize the taste of good red meat, an eating tour of Oklahoma City is an adventure in paradise. First stop: an eighty-five year old café in...
What a yummy trip it is to eat one's way from Chicago to L.A. along old Route 66! This tour of 21 excellent stops along the way includes some...
Unique Regional Dishes After 40 years and 5 million miles spent on the road looking for America's best regional food, we've assembled a list of the quintessential, must-eat food in...
Yes, Tulsa. While not a culinary lodestar on the level of New Orleans or Santa Fe, T-Town is a Roadfood bonanza. Breakfast on elegant pain perdu or house-made granola...
Migas is one of the nation's great regional breakfasts. It is a Tex-Mex scramble of eggs along with broken-up tortillas that range from crunchy to cornbread-soft, and it also...
Chili is like DNA: everybody's is different. Texans claim (rightfully) that history proves theirs to be the first. Or at least they were the first to make a big...
To quench ferocious thirst (non-alcoholically), few beverages are as welcome as horchata. A rice milk that varies from saki-thin to milk shake-thick, served on ice and dusted with cinnamon,...
We Americans love our hamburgers, at home and on the road. From mischievous fried sliders to majestic beef pillows oozing juice over coals, burgers are a birthright coast to...
Oklahoma hamburgers are some of the best in the nation. No state can claim more -- and more interesting -- different styles. El Reno, just west of Oklahoma City,...
Granola first was invented in the 1860s (not the 1960s) and eaten by health nuts of the day. It was a severe dish made from nothing but double-baked sheets...
There's no point getting into a flame war over which American hot dog is best. It's impossible, because the nation's hot dogs are so diverse. However, we will go...
There are good and interesting eats all along Route 66, from Chicago to San Berdoo. Oklahoma is especially well-endowed with restaurants that deliver good southwestern meals along with Mother...
