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…
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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…
Dive bar appeal: Friends can still meet at the Flamingo
After his discharge from the Army, Bob Parker moved to Enid and opened a restaurant at 514 S. Van Buren called Duffy’s Café in the early 1940s. He then built…
No bull: Ranch House Café rustles up grub for all
NASH—Nashville, the Northwest Oklahoma rural community not the Tennessee country music capital, has been pickin’ and grinnin’ since the Land Run of 1893. Just east of the Oklahoma 132 and…
Coming back for a Lotta-Burger
In 1951, an Oklahoma staple was born in Tulsa: the Lot-A-Burger. Still widely voted as one of the top 10 old-fashioned burger joints in the state, Lot-A founder Leo Waller…
Keeping nostalgia alive: Lenox Drive In still flipping burgers
ENID—Since 1953, Lenox Drive In has been serving the Enid community freshly made hamburgers and cherry limeades. This Valentine diner (a prefabricated mail order building) at 1110 N. Grand started…
Midway gas station serves as extra in “Twisters”
KREMLIN—Midway between Kremlin and Hillsdale is a station situated on U.S. 81 aptly named Midway. The convenience store and subsequent gas station originally opened in the 1980s to service customers…