Restaurants in Oklahoma

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.

Oklahoma’s Most Famous Dishes

Burger with onions fused into it is sided by pickle chips

Onion Fried Burger

Two bunned hot dogs covered with chili and shredded cheddar cheese

Coney Island

Gravy-smothered chicken fried steak with eggs and hash browns

Chicken Fried Steak

Burger on a tender bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo ... car hop service

Grilled Hamburger

Oklahoma’s Best Restaurants

Wilson’s BBQ

TULSA, OK

Cancun

TULSA, OK

Queenie’s

TULSA, OK

Smok-Shak

INGERSOLL, OK

Four quarter-pound beef patties with cheese & condiments piled into a bun
Hank’s Hamburgers

TULSA, OK

Clanton’s

VINITA, OK

Plate of little dumplings is dressed like deluxe hash browns, with melted cheese and veggies
Rock Cafe

STROUD, OK

Freddie’s Hamburgers

TULSA, OK

Dink’s Pit Bar-B-Que

BARTLESVILLE, OK

Packard's New American Kitchen - Fried Chicken Biscuit
Packard’s New American Kitchen

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

Dilly Diner

TULSA, OK

Elemental Coffee Roasters

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

Hodges Bend

TULSA, OK

Van’s Pig Stand

SHAWNEE, OK

Ike’s Chili House

TULSA, OK

Kumback Cafe | Legendary Oklahoma Town Cafe

PERRY, OKLAHOMA

Hamburger King | Best Oklahoma Town Cafe Hamburgers

SHAWNEE, OK

Coney I-Lander

TULSA, OK

Cattlemen’s - Mural
Cattlemen’s

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

In addition to its tortilla chips, this migas contains veggies and is topped with melted cheese
Classen Grill

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

Jiggs Smoke House

CLINTON, OK

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Granola is loaded with nuts, berries, raisins, coconut, etc., etc.

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