Your Guide to Authentic Regional Eats
Porubsky’s wood-paneled, Formica-tabled eating area is a room to the side of Porubsky’s Grocery store. For a half a century, customers have been coming to eat cold cut sandwiches and Charlie Porubsky’s chili (the latter during chili season only – October to March), alongside sodas or beer. Curiously, no coffee is served for the simple reason that this is an eat-it-and-beat-it type of establishment where few midday customers have long lunch hours to wile away sipping coffee. Regulars include a large blue-collar crowd as well as Kansas politicians and other public figures whose autographed pictures, inscribed with praises of the place and its proprietor, line the walls.
