I am sitting at a bar and saw the chicken fried steak that a patron ordered. It looked way too thin and criminally over-breaded.

Then I realized I haven't had a chicken fried steak in maybe fifteen years.

Surely this can't only be my revisionist history brain not remembering correctly and only attributing this delicious meal to the juvenile brain of my past.

I mean, I was a kid but, I remember places like Sodolak's being really good.

So where should I go in the DFW area for a proper chicken fried steak?

I get a decent one at celebration near Love. Unlimited fried okra.

Grandy's of course.

Drive an hour west of DFW and go to Mary's in Strawn.

You can thank me later.

Babe's

Babe's Chicken House is a good one

LupinusTexensis said:

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I get a decent one at celebration near Love. Unlimited fried okra.

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Can't believe Celebration is still there. Ate there with my family as a small child, and I'm 50 years old. Later after I moved to Ft Worth we used to eat at the Camp Bowie location which was *awsome* but it closed several years ago.

Do they still offer second helpings if you ask? Seems like when I was a kid (like 6 years old) they had a handmade leather shop attached but I may be slurring together different memories.

My favorite Celebration dish is the fried catfish.

What he said

Or Babe's.

Ag with kids said:

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Drive an hour west of DFW and go to Mary's in Strawn.

You can thank me later.

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That's too far for me, but when we head west for a trip I'll definitely fit it in to the route.

LupinusTexensis said:

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I get a decent one at celebration near Love. Unlimited fried okra.

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I looked up Celebration and can easily get to that.

Thanks.

Forgive me because it has been a long time, but the steakhouse I'm thinking of is on the northside of 21. For you city-folk it was north on 6 to 21, take a right (east), and then it was a big red building on your left.

Unless we were coming from work, we were coming in westbound on 21, so it was on our right.

I remember my dad telling me some of the cows we sold ended up there.

Babe's is a large piece of cardboard with gravy. The gravy isnt bad.

Jay Jay Cafe is my vote

tehmackdaddy said:

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Forgive me because it has been a long time, but the steakhouse I'm thinking of is on the northside of 21. For you city-folk it was north on 6 to 21, take a right (east), and then it was a big red building on your left.

Unless we were coming from work, we were coming in westbound on 21, so it was on our right.

I remember my dad telling me some of the cows we sold ended up there.

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Sodolak's is still there. Had their chicken fried steak a couple of weeks ago

He is talking about longhorn not sodalaks. Longhorn moved to the cokeacola bottling plant.
Old longhorn is inside the HEB complex

Geralt of Rivia said:

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tehmackdaddy said:

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Forgive me because it has been a long time, but the steakhouse I'm thinking of is on the northside of 21. For you city-folk it was north on 6 to 21, take a right (east), and then it was a big red building on your left.

Unless we were coming from work, we were coming in westbound on 21, so it was on our right.

I remember my dad telling me some of the cows we sold ended up there.

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Sodolak's is still there. Had their chicken fried steak a couple of weeks ago

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And?

Longhorn was good yesterday. $9.50 lunch special with greens, blackeye peas, chocolate cake and drink

I used the thumbs up emote

Depending on where in the homoplex you are, Ozona had a pretty good one last time I was there.

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I used the thumbs up emote

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UmustBKidding said:

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Longhorn was good yesterday

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You *******.

Drive 3 hours to Austin. Go back 3 months in time. Eat at Threadgills.

UmustBKidding said:

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He is talking about longhorn not sodalaks. Longhorn moved to the cokeacola bottling plant.
Old longhorn is inside the HEB complex

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Cokeacola is a new one

UmustBKidding said:

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He is talking about longhorn not sodalaks. Longhorn moved to the cokeacola bottling plant.
Old longhorn is inside the HEB complex

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Yeah I just saw "hwy 6 and 21"...read over the rest of it

BlueDeviledAg said:

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Drive 3 hours to Austin. Go back 3 months in time. Eat at Threadgills.

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Threadgills is goooooood. Did something happen to it 3 mos ago?

Jack Cheese said:

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BlueDeviledAg said:

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Drive 3 hours to Austin. Go back 3 months in time. Eat at Threadgills.

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Threadgills is goooooood. Did something happen to it 3 mos ago?

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the one downtown closed. I didn't know there was one on lamar. It's still open I guess.

BlueDeviledAg said:

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Drive 3 hours to Austin. Go back 3 months in time. Eat at Threadgills.

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Been there and Mary's. Mary's is way better. Mary's might be the best in Texas.

Wall Street in Midland, smoke stack in Strawn, and Longhorn in Bryan are the best I've ever had. I had CFS at Lounge Here and it was damn good. I know Ozona is pretty good too.

All Good Cafe - Deep Ellum
Mockinbird diner
Celebration
Tillmans

Here is list
https://foursquare.com/top-places/dallas/best-places-chicken-fried-steak?fbLoginFailed=true

Bo Darville said:

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BlueDeviledAg said:

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Drive 3 hours to Austin. Go back 3 months in time. Eat at Threadgills.

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Been there and Mary's. Mary's is way better. Mary's might be the best in Texas.

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This. Mary's is most likely best in Texas.

In D/FW area, Norma's Cafe in Oak Cliff is my go to.

Been to Mary's in Strawn twice. By far the best CFS I've had.

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LupinusTexensis said:

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I get a decent one at celebration near Love. Unlimited fried okra.

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Can't believe Celebration is still there. Ate there with my family as a small child, and I'm 50 years old. Later after I moved to Ft Worth we used to eat at the Camp Bowie location which was *awsome* but it closed several years ago.

Do they still offer second helpings if you ask? Seems like when I was a kid (like 6 years old) they had a handmade leather shop attached but I may be slurring together different memories.

My favorite Celebration dish is the fried catfish.

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They give you as many servings as you ask for which for me is dangerous with fried okra.

Rose Marie's off of Zang Blvd.

Oh wait

Matt's Rancho Martinez has the best CFS in Dallas

Yep Matt's Rancho Martinez has best CFS. Can get in other various ways as well besides the classic.

Other great places are Norma's Cafe, Place at Perry's, Tillman's Roadhouse, and AllGood Cafe