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I finally got by the Smokestack Resturant a couple of weeks ago on I-20 between Abilene and Ft Worth to try the Fire recommended famous Chicken Fry on the 9 hour drive to E Texas to camp and hunt squirrels, deer and wood ducks.

I was sorely disappointed to say the least. It was a little thin piece of, i guess, what some call chicken fry for about $13.50 with a tiny saucer of nondescript "salad". Small and thin crust and had a slight flavor of meat on the edge of sour.

A year ago i also tried the same meal at the great chicken fry place in Brady while headed to Buchanan to fish a werk. It was ok but I've been by the place several times since and never got the feeling i needed to go in though the meal had been pretty Ok but nothing more.

I finally realized i had been spoiled and woefully unappreciative of the chicken frys i was used to at the Shrimp Boat Restaurant in the Elegante Hotel just north of I - 20 on the east end of Odessa.

Im used to good food because I can and do cook, however, after the 2 incidents related above i realized i had often been scarfing down what most would consider a heavenly chickenfry meal.

The place has an unreal salad AND soup bar that comes with the meal. After stuffing myself on the unlimited salad with too many accutriments to list and freash baked rolls, i managed to get two bites of the tender, delicious steak before calling for the tab and to go comtainer.

I will post a oic of the plate below and recommend that if any are passing through on I 20 and like the things or great hamburgers or Chicken Monterrey with a big pile of brown rice and veggies and a big salad salad bar you can revist as much as yiu wish, you owe yourself a stop at this wayside.

Now, im fixing to go stuff myself again on the left overs.

Crinkle cut fries?


Looks like he is prone to ordering the Mac n Cheese bites too.

Blue bonnet cafe is suppose to have good CFS, I haven’t tried it..

Jag- didn't figure you for a white oakley man.

Jag, the restaurant on the hill across the Interstate from Smokestack
there at Thurber\Mingus has good T-bones and Buffalo. Mary's at Strawn
Has plate size CFS and big beer mugs.

The smoke stack was a darn good place 20 years or so ago but it has gone down some over the years.

Mary's in Strawn will leave you wanting a room to sleep it off,it's that good.

They also have other good eats like calf fries and steaks.

Jag, the restaurant on the hill across the Interstate from Smokestack
there at Thurber\Mingus has good T-bones and Buffalo. Mary's at Strawn
Has plate size CFS and big beer mugs.

Mary's the best I've ever had! We have a place in Cisco and hit Mary's every chance we get.