LAMONT—Driving through Lamont, a town of less than 300 residents, one might be surprised to discover there is a fine dining steakhouse. Owner Katherine “Kat” Muegge, who graduated from Deer…
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From home ec to homecooking: Cindy’s Catering feeds Ames
AMES—A retired schoolteacher, Cindy Detrick wanted to cook for the people, so she opened Cindy’s Catering in downtown Ames in 2013. Some days the café is hopping while other days…
‘Location not a vocation’: Hooker keeps visitors coming back for more
HOOKER—What’s in a name? The rural town of Hooker in the heart of the Panhandle between Liberal, Kan., and Guymon thrives on its name to bring in tourism. Thousands of…
Home of the garbage omelet: WeeToo serving up breakfast since 1972
ENID—On what used to be the main throughfare through downtown Enid is a little breakfast nook called WeeToo. This truck stop café first opened in 1963 on U.S. 64 (once…
Medford café serving up more than food
MEDFORD—Margie Stocksen Cink has been cooking all her life. The Medford native lost her mom when she was 5 years old. “It was just me and my dad. I had…
Blast into the past: 818 Diner is flashback of Alva’s history
ALVA—A nostalgic diner on the west side of Alva is feeding more than stomachs, it’s feeding hearts and souls too. Not far from the main campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State…
Café Bahnhof brings Bavarian flavors, biergarten to Waynoka
WAYNOKA—Dieter Dorner landed in Middle America nearly 30 years ago armed with an idea: to bring a decent restaurant to duners. A tourism expert based out of his native Germany,…
Garber café brings community together
GARBER—For Toni Kroll, it’s all about community. The hometown baker who grew up in Covington, lived in Billings, and now resides in Garber running the downtown café Wick’s, she wanted…
Be blown away by Wakita’s Old Settlers’ Celebration
WAKITA—Long before Wakita blew onto the international map thanks to “Twister,” the small rural town in Grant County almost on the Kansas border was a bustling community. Founded in 1893…
Hometown flavor: Lola’s is local couple’s dream come true
CHEROKEE—For Alex Garcia and Malissa Jordan, running a restaurant in a small town is dream come true. The couple owns and operates Lola’s—with a tag line of “homemade Mexican cuisine”—in…