Luby’s going by the wayside

[hbelkins]

Now, even fairly small towns have decent Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, and other once "exotic" options that most people would have found too unusual to eat.

I'm amazed at the number of small towns that have Chinese/Asian and Mexican places, sometimes multiples of each, but you can't get a good steak or a diner-type short-order homecooking-style meal.

Locally, our main downtown restaurant that was known for years for its burgers and daily specials (their roast beef was awesome) is now a Mexican restaurant that still offers a few Anglo items.

I'm not a fan of that "exotic" stuff and am not really much of a fan of Mexican food, but I'm a sucker for something like chicken and dumplings, or turkey and dressing, or pork roast. Give me that with mashed potatoes, real green beans (not the shoestring type, but what you'd get fresh out of the garden), mac & cheese, and corn, and I'm happy.

[golden eagle]

I'm surprised Luby's didn't disappear right after the shooting.

The shooting in Killeen?

[Bruce]

I'm pretty sure we've had exotic "Chinese" food since the 1950s.

Now trying to find authentic Central Asian cuisine, that's a challenge in some areas.

[Brandon]

I'm surprised Luby's didn't disappear right after the shooting.

The shooting in Killeen?

Yes (for reference): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_shooting

[In_Correct]

Now, even fairly small towns have decent Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, and other once "exotic" options that most people would have found too unusual to eat.

I'm amazed at the number of small towns that have Chinese/Asian and Mexican places, sometimes multiples of each, but you can't get a good steak or a diner-type short-order homecooking-style meal.

Locally, our main downtown restaurant that was known for years for its burgers and daily specials (their roast beef was awesome) is now a Mexican restaurant that still offers a few Anglo items.

I'm not a fan of that "exotic" stuff and am not really much of a fan of Mexican food, but I'm a sucker for something like chicken and dumplings, or turkey and dressing, or pork roast. Give me that with mashed potatoes, real green beans (not the shoestring type, but what you'd get fresh out of the garden), mac & cheese, and corn, and I'm happy.

Oklahoma is headquarters to numerous examples:

Braum's
Boom-A-Rang
Sonic

And those are three of many.

Classic Food is not going any where.

[Scott5114]

Try ordering a pork roast from one of those places and see how it goes.

[SEWIGuy]

Now, even fairly small towns have decent Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Mexican, and other once "exotic" options that most people would have found too unusual to eat.

I'm amazed at the number of small towns that have Chinese/Asian and Mexican places, sometimes multiples of each, but you can't get a good steak or a diner-type short-order homecooking-style meal.

Locally, our main downtown restaurant that was known for years for its burgers and daily specials (their roast beef was awesome) is now a Mexican restaurant that still offers a few Anglo items.

I'm not a fan of that "exotic" stuff and am not really much of a fan of Mexican food, but I'm a sucker for something like chicken and dumplings, or turkey and dressing, or pork roast. Give me that with mashed potatoes, real green beans (not the shoestring type, but what you'd get fresh out of the garden), mac & cheese, and corn, and I'm happy.

Chinese and Mexican food is cheap as hell.  That's why they are all over the place.

[hbelkins]

Try ordering a pork roast from one of those places and see how it goes.

Yeah. I never heard of Boom-A-Rang, but I definitely know the other two are more or less burger places.

Now, you can get a pot roast sandwich at Culver's, but I've never had it.

[Scott5114]

It's a small chain of sit-down restaurants in Oklahoma (many of their locations in smaller towns, but there's one in Norman too) that mimics a 1950s diner aesthetic. Primarily classic American food. It's good enough that it's probably the best restaurant in a lot of the towns it's located in. But they don't serve pork roast.