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 Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas

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Sfreader

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Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 11:29 AM (permalink)
I visited a new place (to me) near Salina, Kansas this weekend.

The Hickory Tree Restaurant in the tiny community of Smolan is a unique restaurant that offers a BBQ buffet in the former Smolan High School which operated from 1926-1950. Open only Friday & Saturday evenings, and Sunday for lunch.

The gymnasium is the main dining room, with theme private dining in the former class rooms.

My write up, with photos: http://www.kansastravel.org/hickorytreerestaurant.htm

Keith
 
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    buffetbuster

    RE: Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 11:45 AM (permalink)
    Sfreader-
    Nice write up! You really do a great job of finding these interesting, unique places. My girlfriend is a school teacher and she would love eating here.

    How do you find these places? Is it mostly word of mouth?
     
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      mayor al

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      RE: Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 11:54 AM (permalink)

      Outstanding!! Thank You. We have added your recommendation to our Kansas list.

      AL
       
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        Sfreader

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        RE: Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 2:48 PM (permalink)
        Thank you for the kind words.

        In this particular case, the owner's teenage son emailed me about 3 weeks ago asking to be reviewed. I looked them up on the web and saw that it looked interesting enough to include in last weekend's exploring.

        Keith
         
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          buffetbuster

          RE: Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 4:22 PM (permalink)
          Sfreader-
          You know you made it when they come to you!
           
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            1bbqboy

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            RE: Hickory Tree Restaurant in Kansas Fri, 07/20/07 6:14 PM (permalink)
            The great thing about Kansas is there are little pods of eccentricity all over the state.
            Pretty nice work week at the school too.
             
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