Wow!! That was a Hugh steak. Yes, sometimes the small towns have the best food because they get their meat and veggies from the local farmers. Have a wonderful day. ❤😊
Thank you Chef Jeffrey. Truly enjoyed this road trip and video. I would love to go there because I think it was well worth the money and the trip. I’ve never seen chicken fried steak that big in my life. And I know it’s on the flat top grill, but you’re absolutely correct. That would last a good three meals, thank you so much as I really enjoyed it and you take care and stay blessed as always!
That is one GENEROUS platter of food. Looks delicious and what a comfort meal that is. it's nice when the steak is tender inside. I have tried to make chicken fried steak and although it is tasty, it usually turns out a little tough.
Chef Jeffrey, thank you for the road trip to Mary's Cafe. The chicken fried steak, mash potatoes, green beans, and gravy look so delicious. I will definitely visit when traveling in that area. Stay safe.
Good morning Chef. I have missed these road trips.Thank you for taking us along. I love these country places.Everything looks delicious. I love those nostalgic places.Have a blessed and wonderful Thursday Chef.❤
I live near Fort Worth and had to go to Strawn a few years back for a funeral. My mom and I decided one would order the CFS and one would order the fried oysters. Then we’d split up both, so we could try both. We both said the oysters were better than the CFS. I’d drive back for those. Best ones I’ve ever had.
Good Morning Chef that is so generous could feed a small family wow, I make my country gravy thick like that ,I like it clings to food yummy! Have a Blessed Day!!
Hi Chef, that was a huge steak, looked tasty. Thank you for sharing your adventures. I lived in TX 30 yrs, but was born and raised in Atlanta GA I was so busy raising my children when in Texas that I'm realizing just how many places I could have visited there. I'm retired now and watching your videos is inspiring me to enjoy my life more. Thank you
Great video Chef, Mary’s is a staple! Great small town of Strawn, Texas also Strawn is legendary in small town football as well! Miss Mary and Coach Lee are the greatest thing to ever happen to Strawn! I have nothing but respect for that town!
My family is from Strawn, so I've eaten at Mary's many times over the decades. My brother lives within a couple hundred yards of it. She started out slow, and was in a slug-out with "Flosssie's" across the street for a few years in the late 1980's. Mary's won out; and largely due to the CFS. I'm not positive it's the best in Texas, but it's very good and quite large. Actually, I think the mashed potatoes and the gravy are the best in Texas ! As an aside, their Mexican food and other items are pretty solid hitters as well.
@@tpack670 Yes, I never really knew here since I'm not from Strawn. My Aunt and a bunch of cousins stayed there. Mom and my brother moved there back in the 1970's. Brother and I are the same age as Mary, and my brother always spoke highly of her. I recall chatting with her back in the late-80's when she was starting out and she seemed really nice. Definitely a hard worker, back then I think she only had one employee, so she worked 70 hours a week.
Yessir, you have found a gem and it certainly seems worth the drive to get a meal you know will move than satisfy you. I love the nostalgic theme; also seems like a clean dining area. Thanks for taking us along, Chef Jeffrey --Virginia V.
Hey Chef Jeffery! I enjoyed the video.😊 Thanks for taking us along on your road trip to Mary's Cafe. The food looks amazing.😋 I would love that healthy tender Chicken Fried Steak.👋 Thanks for the good review. You were really enjoying that food.😂 Blessings 🙏💘
Thanks for the road trip once again. The portion of the chicken fried steak is unblievealbe. That is a large alright. I could eat off that for about 2 or 3 days, even the potatoes and green beans. I glad you enjoyed your meal. How was the lemon pie? I'm sure if the meal was good the dessert was also. TYFS. Be blessed. #stopwishingstartdoing...
Good evening Chef I'm so glad you got back to the road trips I really enjoy them.Stay blessed and continue to take use along because it also helps me out because when I go through Texas it could be places that I could try as well.
Good morning 🌅 Jeffrey my friend the 🥩 steak looks delicious 😋🤤 thanks for showing and 🤗 hello Olds School Soul Foods Family 💕 I hoped everyone's is doing well and God's blessings.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Old school soul food haven't had country fried steak in a long time it looked too good and you're right it was big thanks for sharing always blessings to you
When you started this "best chicken fried steak..." venture, I was wondering if you'd go to Mary's. I've never been but have heard about it for many many years. Thanks for taking us there. I may have to take the trip, also from the DFW metroplex.
Good Morning Chef. I know it's about chicken fried steak but those green beans looked so good. They just need two hot water cornbread patties and more sweet tea😃😃 I mean 9.1 works also
Chef Jeffrey, Glad you made it out there to try. Hands down my favorite chicken fry steak around. Back when I was 18 I could.polish that entire plate off. Preo tip when you go again get some fries to dip in the gravy. Peace Luke T
Food looks fabulous and fresh. I could taste it with you and my mouth was watering. Perfect road trip ❤❤❤❤Thank you Chef Jeffery. You have done it again!!!❤❤❤
Chef, I think you did good getting the largest meal, having enough for 3 meals let's you freeze the other two, maybe. That was a lot of food and I like that.😊 Enjoyed the show, Chef Jeff.
Good morning ☀️ and Happy thankful blessed Thursday to you Chef Jeffrey and everyone. Another chicken fried steak 🥩 road trip #21. # Mary’s Cafe. Enjoy., Rated at 9.0 🙏🏽♥️
You need to take a nap after eating a delicious dish like that i like seeing the black pepper in the dish lets me know it’s definitely the way my mom would cook it 🔥🔥🔥
Exactly Chief Jeffrey, I was having the same conversation about some people Don't want to work. Here in North Carolina just as other places, the homeless rate is just to high. I understand people fall on hard times. I do I understand that.but when you have people hanging out in certain public places all day, doing nothing, because if you have time to hangout, you could be working and earning money so that they Don't have to stand on the corner and ask for money. That goes back to what you was saying, and the jobs are plentiful, and if they have no experience that's where the Goodwill and other resource centers steps in and help them to get experience along with second chance resources for people with criminal records. I'm sorry yall that this post is so long, but I try to those who are less fortunate and motivate people that we make bad choices in life, but they Don't have to define you..sorry yall..but thank you Chief for taking us alone to share in your restaurant experience. Yall have a blessed day🙏🙏🙏
Hi Chef Jeffery, have you tried Goodson Cafe in Tomball TX, the best chicken fried steak and down home/old school veggies. The prices are unbelievably affordable.
Good afternoon Chef Jeffrey! It was so cool that you mentioned Abilene. Which is where i reside 😊. A lot of people from here travel there and vise versa. Mary's has been featured on a show from Texas. So, i know their food is very delicious. Great job in your travel there Chef!👏👏👏.
It's a good thing you didn't bring Tyrone with you,,, he would be fighting with you over who got to mop up the leftover gravy with that bread,,, 😉😛😂 And I could just imagine if you had brought BoxCake & CurlyQ,,, the church bus would be overloaded on your way home with all those full bellies,,, 🤣🤣🤣
Good afternoon Jeffrey. The food looked really good. It's slightly difficult to understand you talking in the car with the background noise and when you where speaking in the restuarant. Have you ever thought about those mics to wear on your shirt to make it more audible? I enjoy your channel!
That looked delicious I love chicken fried steak I moved back to Indianapolis so now I cook my own, but when I was living in Texas the best chicken fried steak I had was expensive but delicious was from saltgrass in longview
Hey, Jeff! You're paying for it, but you sure can't complain about portion sizes! If it tastes as good as it looks, that's magnificent! Only question, are they REAL mashed taters, or instant? That's always been a sore point, with restaurant mashed...
We took a road trip out there years ago before my mom passed. She had a list of chicken fried steak places to try and I think we hit them all. Their food was delicious!! I am a new sub so not sure if you have found this little gem yet but if not, you MUST check out Jake and Dorothy's Cafe in Stephenville. Try the chicken fried steak and the waffle fries are a must. This is where waffle fries originated. You won't regret it
I know you slept good after that meal. You said that spot is right off 20, you go through Ft Worth? I may have to find that spot. How was the lemon pie? 😂 I'm so greedy
It looked absolutely delicious..wish I could have joined you. Thank you for the shout out to the servers, I feel the same way they bust their buts for very little money..always tip ❤
@@OLDSCHOOLSOULFOOD if you have seen the movie life with Eddie murphy and Martin Lawrence you would know restaurant scene that I'm reference to with the pie. Then I saw your video until the end and was like awe dang he did order pie. I commented before watching the whole video. But yea the pie joke is from Life movie.
I ate there a few months back and my chicken fry was not cooked like it was fried in burnt oil and the gravy was made with the same oil and tasted burnt also was disappointed I won't be back was a waste of 28 dollars And watch out for the cat outside he follows everyone that walks out with a bag trying to get scraps
Wow!! That was a Hugh steak. Yes, sometimes the small towns have the best food because they get their meat and veggies from the local farmers. Have a wonderful day. ❤😊
The amount of mashed potatoes to the portions of both the green beans and steak slices is not enough. Thank you and blessings to you, Chef Jeffrey.
Good morning Chef and everyone!
Good morning 🍃🌷☔☔🤗🌺🍃🌺
Good Morning❤
Good Morning💚
Thank you Chef Jeffrey. Truly enjoyed this road trip and video. I would love to go there because I think it was well worth the money and the trip. I’ve never seen chicken fried steak that big in my life. And I know it’s on the flat top grill, but you’re absolutely correct. That would last a good three meals, thank you so much as I really enjoyed it and you take care and stay blessed as always!
Wow. It's great you found a good restaurant. The food looks good. 👌🏽 ❤😊Thanks for the road trip.😊
That is one GENEROUS platter of food. Looks delicious and what a comfort meal that is. it's nice when the steak is tender inside. I have tried to make chicken fried steak and although it is tasty, it usually turns out a little tough.
Chef, you are making me hungry!!!
Chef Jeffrey, thank you for the road trip to Mary's Cafe. The chicken fried steak, mash potatoes, green beans, and gravy look so delicious. I will definitely visit when traveling in that area. Stay safe.
Good morning Chef. I have missed these road trips.Thank you for taking us along. I love these country places.Everything looks delicious. I love those nostalgic places.Have a blessed and wonderful Thursday Chef.❤
You’re welcome
I live near Fort Worth and had to go to Strawn a few years back for a funeral. My mom and I decided one would order the CFS and one would order the fried oysters. Then we’d split up both, so we could try both. We both said the oysters were better than the CFS. I’d drive back for those. Best ones I’ve ever had.
The best CFS I had was in Oak Cliff, at a place called Jonathan's. Try them out! 😅
That gravy definitely looked delicious! I laughed when you kept saying “wow”.
Good Morning Chef that is so generous could feed a small family wow, I make my country gravy thick like that ,I like it clings to food yummy! Have a Blessed Day!!
Wow Chef Jeffery! The food looked really good and seasoned. I bet the pie is going to be good as well.
I like that they put gravy on the side. They can cut costs by making it a cup of gravy.
Hi Chef, that was a huge steak, looked tasty. Thank you for sharing your adventures. I lived in TX 30 yrs, but was born and raised in Atlanta GA
I was so busy raising my children when in Texas that I'm realizing just how many places I could have visited there. I'm retired now and watching your videos is inspiring me to enjoy my life more. Thank you
Great video Chef, Mary’s is a staple! Great small town of Strawn, Texas also Strawn is legendary in small town football as well! Miss Mary and Coach Lee are the greatest thing to ever happen to Strawn! I have nothing but respect for that town!
Hello everyone, oh wow 👨🏾🍳 that looks delicious 😋
Excellent video. Mary's rocks.
🙏🏽❤️Good morning, OSSF Fam. Chef, you got my mouth watering!! I would’ve packed up every drop I didn’t eat to take home!😂
Ikr!!! I would too😋👍
My family is from Strawn, so I've eaten at Mary's many times over the decades. My brother lives within a couple hundred yards of it. She started out slow, and was in a slug-out with "Flosssie's" across the street for a few years in the late 1980's. Mary's won out; and largely due to the CFS. I'm not positive it's the best in Texas, but it's very good and quite large. Actually, I think the mashed potatoes and the gravy are the best in Texas ! As an aside, their Mexican food and other items are pretty solid hitters as well.
I ate at Flossy`s back in the day several times. Been eating at Mary`s for over 30 years. She`s a hard worker and good person.
@@tpack670 Yes, I never really knew here since I'm not from Strawn. My Aunt and a bunch of cousins stayed there. Mom and my brother moved there back in the 1970's. Brother and I are the same age as Mary, and my brother always spoke highly of her. I recall chatting with her back in the late-80's when she was starting out and she seemed really nice. Definitely a hard worker, back then I think she only had one employee, so she worked 70 hours a week.
Good morning Chef Jeffery. Thank you for taking us along❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, i was going to suggest that you visit us here in Abilene. There are some great places to enjoy a great meal. We'd love to have you visit chef!
I’ll definitely do that
Good☔ morning ✨💛✨☔🌺🍃🌷🤗Chef Jeffrey and everyone here! Those chicken fried steak dinners always look so delicious at the restaurants you go to!👍😋
Thank you so much
Salute to all the professional Cooks and Servers !! ❤ Thanks for sharing Chef!👍🏼
Good morning Jeffrey, your breakfast looks amazing. Happy eating 😊
Yessir, you have found a gem and it certainly seems worth the drive to get a meal you know will move than satisfy you. I love the nostalgic theme; also seems like a clean dining area. Thanks for taking us along, Chef Jeffrey --Virginia V.
Hey Chef Jeffery! I enjoyed the video.😊 Thanks for taking us along on your road trip to Mary's Cafe. The food looks amazing.😋 I would love that healthy tender Chicken Fried Steak.👋 Thanks for the good review. You were really enjoying that food.😂 Blessings 🙏💘
I enjoyed watching this video, and the food looks delicious. 👌 Thanks for sharing 👨🍳.
I just love small town ❤
You could feed a family of 4 with this meal. Dang it looks tasty.
The food really does look delicious 😋 and it’s a lot of it. Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy. 🙏🏽♥️
Thanks for the road trip once again. The portion of the chicken fried steak is unblievealbe. That is a large alright. I could eat off that for about 2 or 3 days, even the potatoes and green beans. I glad you enjoyed your meal. How was the lemon pie? I'm sure if the meal was good the dessert was also. TYFS. Be blessed. #stopwishingstartdoing...
A definite road trip!❤
Good morning, Chef, I could eat that for days, looks delicious, 9.0 is a very high score. Thanks for sharing have a blessed day, Chef 🙏🏽 ❤😊
Good evening Chef I'm so glad you got back to the road trips I really enjoy them.Stay blessed and continue to take use along because it also helps me out because when I go through Texas it could be places that I could try as well.
Good morning 🌅 Jeffrey my friend the 🥩 steak looks delicious 😋🤤 thanks for showing and 🤗 hello Olds School Soul Foods Family 💕 I hoped everyone's is doing well and God's blessings.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good Morning Chef Jeffery how are you doing this morning love you 🥰 ❤drive safe
That was a LOT OF FOOD!!?!……..& it looked really delicious 🎯😎✌🏾👍🏾
Old school soul food haven't had country fried steak in a long time it looked too good and you're right it was big thanks for sharing always blessings to you
It made all this trips worth it for you! 🙌🙏💕👍
Wow that meal looks amazing
When you started this "best chicken fried steak..." venture, I was wondering if you'd go to Mary's. I've never been but have heard about it for many many years. Thanks for taking us there. I may have to take the trip, also from the DFW metroplex.
I bet they have good peach cobbler!
Mmmmmmm..I've been craving peach cobbler lately 👍😋
Thanks Chef Jeff for the video❤I love these type of videos from you! Keep ‘em coming
Good Morning Chef. That food looks delightful😮😊
"Good Morning. Chef J.❤ U be Rolling on the highway❤ "Have a bless day😊. Blessings.
Good Morning Chef. I know it's about chicken fried steak but those green beans looked so good.
They just need two hot water cornbread patties and more sweet tea😃😃 I mean 9.1 works also
Those pretty green beans caught my eyes as well!!!😋
They were awesome
Chef Jeffrey,
Glad you made it out there to try. Hands down my favorite chicken fry steak around. Back when I was 18 I could.polish that entire plate off. Preo tip when you go again get some fries to dip in the gravy.
Peace Luke T
That food looks so good chef Thanks for sharing.❤
Good Morning 🌅 Chef Jeffery Have a bless Day, chicken fried steak 🥩 looks Delicious 😋😋.✌🏾✌🏾
That food looked so good. My mom would really enjoy that place.
Food looks fabulous and fresh. I could taste it with you and my mouth was watering. Perfect road trip ❤❤❤❤Thank you Chef Jeffery. You have done it again!!!❤❤❤
Chef, I think you did good getting the largest meal, having enough for 3 meals let's you freeze the other two, maybe. That was a lot of food and I like that.😊 Enjoyed the show, Chef Jeff.
Good morning Chef Jeffrey.
It's raining here in Michigan also. Have a bless safe day❤
Good morning ☀️ and Happy thankful blessed Thursday to you Chef Jeffrey and everyone. Another chicken fried steak 🥩 road trip #21. # Mary’s Cafe. Enjoy., Rated at 9.0 🙏🏽♥️
That's was a huge flat top steak!? looked very delicious chef!! 😋
It was a huge cut!
Good
Moring❤
You need to take a nap after eating a delicious dish like that i like seeing the black pepper in the dish lets me know it’s definitely the way my mom would cook it 🔥🔥🔥
Hi Chef, glad to see you this morning. I live in Dallas and I've never tried chicken fried steak but I can eat green beans everyday. 💞
Good afternoon Chef Jeffrey, I'm waiting to see the food ❤❤❤❤❤, wow that looks so delicious Chef Jeffrey
Oh that steak looked AMAZING.. I want to go try one so bad now.. lol. Think I need a Texas roadtrip.. several in fact lol.
That looks incredible!!
It's very good. Not sure if Mary's CFS is the best in all of Texas. However...... It's GOT to be in the Top 5, no doubt.
Exactly Chief Jeffrey, I was having the same conversation about some people Don't want to work. Here in North Carolina just as other places, the homeless rate is just to high. I understand people fall on hard times. I do I understand that.but when you have people hanging out in certain public places all day, doing nothing, because if you have time to hangout, you could be working and earning money so that they Don't have to stand on the corner and ask for money. That goes back to what you was saying, and the jobs are plentiful, and if they have no experience that's where the Goodwill and other resource centers steps in and help them to get experience along with second chance resources for people with criminal records. I'm sorry yall that this post is so long, but I try to those who are less fortunate and motivate people that we make bad choices in life, but they Don't have to define you..sorry yall..but thank you Chief for taking us alone to share in your restaurant experience. Yall have a blessed day🙏🙏🙏
I agree
Thanks for sharing!💜🙏🏼
Hi Chef Jeffery, have you tried Goodson Cafe in Tomball TX, the best chicken fried steak and down home/old school veggies. The prices are unbelievably affordable.
Yes I have a video on it as well
You are right about the servers they are few and far between in some restaurants .
Wow that looks delicious
Good afternoon Chef Jeffrey! It was so cool that you mentioned Abilene. Which is where i reside 😊. A lot of people from here travel there and vise versa. Mary's has been featured on a show from Texas. So, i know their food is very delicious. Great job in your travel there Chef!👏👏👏.
looks awesome !
"😮That a lot of chkn fried steak. Chef J. look so Yummy.😊
What about George's in Waco, Chef? What is uts ranting?
It's a good thing you didn't bring Tyrone with you,,, he would be fighting with you over who got to mop up the leftover gravy with that bread,,, 😉😛😂
And I could just imagine if you had brought BoxCake & CurlyQ,,, the church bus would be overloaded on your way home with all those full bellies,,, 🤣🤣🤣
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Lol 😆
Best & biggest chicken fried steak I ever had was at Cartwrights on the town square in Denton, Texas.
Oh I'm so hungry now Chef!! And I'm in Florida!😮
Good afternoon Jeffrey. The food looked really good. It's slightly difficult to understand you talking in the car with the background noise and when you where speaking in the restuarant. Have you ever thought about those mics to wear on your shirt to make it more audible? I enjoy your channel!
I do have a mic 🎤 on
Stay safe going to these small towns in the middle of nowhere
Good morning chef u go on all these trips alone?b safe😊😊😊
The majority of them yes
That's a lot of food, Chef! Great price for that amount of money. God bless 😊
That looked delicious I love chicken fried steak I moved back to Indianapolis so now I cook my own, but when I was living in Texas the best chicken fried steak I had was expensive but delicious was from saltgrass in longview
Hello Chef look good
🤗 GOOD MAWNING CHEF JEFFREY 🤗😋😋😋
Hey, Jeff! You're paying for it, but you sure can't complain about portion sizes! If it tastes as good as it looks, that's magnificent! Only question, are they REAL mashed taters, or instant? That's always been a sore point, with restaurant mashed...
They are definitely homemade potatoes
Love it!! but can you do review on Cheddars- Chicken Fried Chicken, mash potato's white gravy and corn. Trust me you will not be disappointed! :)
I have to take a road trip soon!
We took a road trip out there years ago before my mom passed. She had a list of chicken fried steak places to try and I think we hit them all. Their food was delicious!!
I am a new sub so not sure if you have found this little gem yet but if not, you MUST check out Jake and Dorothy's Cafe in Stephenville. Try the chicken fried steak and the waffle fries are a must. This is where waffle fries originated. You won't regret it
Welcome to the family
@@OLDSCHOOLSOULFOOD Thank you! 😊
Tx boyz we the best
I know you slept good after that meal. You said that spot is right off 20, you go through Ft Worth? I may have to find that spot. How was the lemon pie? 😂 I'm so greedy
Slept "Good" ???? Do you mean slept well ?
2024 I Love TEXAS Chicken Fried Steak. (smile)
Good morning
Yummy
I definitely could have eaten two.😂😂
Lol 😆
Hello chef
It looked absolutely delicious..wish I could have joined you. Thank you for the shout out to the servers, I feel the same way they bust their buts for very little money..always tip ❤
I wish I had a pilots license. Charlotte, NC.
Oh I'm Janet
You drove right by my house.
I thought I was watching the movie Life at first
I thought the same thing. I was saying to my screen that you better not ask for pie. They gone turn you into n- pie.
Huh
@@OLDSCHOOLSOULFOOD if you have seen the movie life with Eddie murphy and Martin Lawrence you would know restaurant scene that I'm reference to with the pie. Then I saw your video until the end and was like awe dang he did order pie. I commented before watching the whole video. But yea the pie joke is from Life movie.
Time to eat. You didn't want fries with that ?
No
I ate there a few months back and my chicken fry was not cooked like it was fried in burnt oil and the gravy was made with the same oil and tasted burnt also was disappointed I won't be back was a waste of 28 dollars
And watch out for the cat outside he follows everyone that walks out with a bag trying to get scraps
Gm