CANTON—Turns out you can fish and eat it too at The Overlook. Literally located on the south side of the dam of Canton Lake, this catfish café first opened for…
Category: Restaurant
On the corner: Café serves more than comfort food in Medford
MEDFORD—The corner café that Megan Kirby once waitressed for in high school she now runs and cooks her own daily specials. The Medford native purchased the building from her former…
Sweet spot: Covington diner set to reopen for the season
COVINGTON—The Covington Dairy Sweet along Oklahoma 74 is set to reopen next week, according to owners Nick and Jorden Martin. The old Valentine diner has been a sweet spot for…
Fly in with an appetite to Barnstormers
ENID—Seeking a restaurant with a view in Northwest Oklahoma? Barnstormers is the place for you. People from across Oklahoma along with out-of-staters fly in or drive in to have breakfast…
Steak your claim at Kat’s in downtown Lamont
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…
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…