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…
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Celebrations Gift Guide
Shop local and snag the best gifts in Northwest Oklahoma this spring for your mother and/or your graduate! — Kidd Drug and Gift, 104 N. Main (U.S. 60), Fairview; 580-227-4685…
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…
Brake for steak: Gas station turned restaurant thriving
DRUMMOND—Ernie Slater was looking for a new line of work when he heard a convenience store in Drummond for sale. Located along State Highway 132, the property came with a…
Smoked to perfection: Meno café offers BBQ and more
MENO—What started out as a cookout for friends and family transformed into the idea of feeding hungry travelers along U.S. Highway 412. Joseph Hladik Jr., known to his customers as…
At the crossroads: Smrcka’s serving Medford since 1958
MEDFORD—On the corner of Highways 81 and 11 is an unassuming blue building with a sign that says EAT. What started out as a hamburger and hotdog stand has grown…