One of the places I eat at on occasion is Ann’s Chicken Fry House. It is on Route 66 and is decorated with 60’s style paraphernalia. They have a great lunch special that is the perfect definition of Oklahoma food. My lunch today was a small salad with ranch dressing, chicken fried steak & mashed potatoes covered in white gravy, fried okra, black eyed peas & a dinner roll. All for less than seven bucks.
They have some of the bricks on the wall signed from customers from all over the world. Today I sat at the lunch counter next to a guy that was just a little smaller than Shaquille O’Neal. He was from Fargo ND and sounded like one of the actors from the movie. He was in town for some business deal and was told he really needed to eat at Ann’s. He had never had a chicken fried steak and that is what he wanted for lunch. He told the waitress he was real hungry and she said they could fix that. He ordered the chicken fry dinner with a side of okra & green beans. That dinner size steak hangs out over the edges of the plate and has a second plate of mashed potatoes. It was like watching Jethro Bodine from the Beverly Hillbillies eat. He congratulated them on filling him up.
I only eat there when I need something from the local tool store that is three blocks away. It is like a small Harbor Freight with cheap Chinese tools but they also have the next tier of much better name brand tools.
Anyway Ann’s is an interesting place. If you are ever in Oklahoma City, stop in for a great meal. It’s just a few miles from I-40.
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