Great Dinner....Fun Times!

Tonight, we went with our friends to Sanger, Texas which is about an hour away. We had never been to but had heard about "Babe's Chicken Dinner House" there and were dying to try it!

I'll start by saying not only was it worth the drive....it would almost be worth MOVING there so you could eat there ALL the time! (except you would probably put on at least 30 pounds by doing so! LOL)

We had a blast! It was the coolest place ever! Outside, when you get there, you give the girl your name who is standing outside with a list a mile long! Then, the kids can climb on the huge antique tractor that is sitting outside or sit on the old antique carousel horse that is out of order or take your pictures in front of the HUGE rooster standing in front of the restaurant! It is nice though because they have huge fans and we weren't even hot. Also, they have really old antique tractor seats all out on the porch. It truly feels like you are stepping back in time! The kids LOVED it, too!

When they call your name, you can hardly wait to get inside. Your mouth is already watering because every time someone opens the door you can smell the aroma of country fried goodness and you can hear the good time going on inside! You cannot see inside the restaurant until you go inside! They yelled "Swan...party of 8" and we were in for a true treat!

Once seated, the waitress gets your drink order and asks what you want to eat at the same time. There is no menu. Only meat choices. You pick the meat and they'll bring all the food you can eat and then some shortly after! First, you get a salad. It's basically lettuce and some kind of sweet vinegrette dressing and that's it! Next, they bring out the biscuits....the kind of biscuits that are handpatted out buttermilk dough biscuits like my Nene used to make years and years ago when I was a child...........the kind you make with lard! LOL After you are thinking....."I need to slow down because I know there's more food coming".....the waitresses are walking around singing with a microphone to songs like "Blue" by Patsy Cline & "You Ain't Woman Enough to take My Man" by Loretta Lynn! Then, they break out into the YMCA or the Hokey Pokey and they get all the kids up to line dance with them! Next, they bring your empty plates and put them on the table.

Pretty soon, you see them coming across the restaurant with stacks of fried meat! Yummy! Another waitress carries a tray with bowls of sweet corn carved off the cob! And Mashed Potatoes....homemade.....gravy.....homemade......old fashioned green beans!!!!!!!!!! DELICIOUS! Todd & I both had Chicken Fried Steak & the kids had chicken strips.....we got to taste the fried catfish from our friends' plate and it was great, too!!!!

Then, you eat. And eat......and eat some more until you are pretty sure they're going to have to take you out of there in a wheelbarrow or a stretcher!

It was by far the best restaurant we've been to in a very long time! It deserves to be dined at by anyone and everyone from here to anywhere! If you are EVER near Sanger, Texas.........CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I promise you won't regret it!