Big Texan Steak Ranch

7701 E H 40 East, Amarillo, TX - (806) 372-5000

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Posted By Anne Ritchings on 4/28/2009 9:19:00 PM

As many times as we have passed through Amarillo we have never stopped at The Big Texan, although we have poked fun at it over the years. This place is noted for being the home of the 72-ounce steak, which is yours free if you can eat it in one hour. On this trip, we were approaching The Big Texan just about lunch time and decided to give it a try. The dining room is huge and has a place reserved, front and center, for those attempting the 72-ounce steak challenge. No one was giving it a go while we there.

Kay ordered the chicken fried steak, which is good. The meat is tender and the gravy flavorful and light. Our salads were good, with fresh ingredients and a decent dressing. Whenever I get near the South, I am always tempted by catfish if it is on the menu. This is a time when I should have resisted that siren call. I ordered the catfish fillets and thought them almost as good as Mrs. Paul's fish sticks. It was undoubtedly a mistake not to order what the place is known for--steak.

Even so, this place is a kick and very hospitable to those traveling with children. Little buckaroos get straw cowboy hats. It's a bit like the boardwalk--shooting gallery and candy counter--all under one roof.

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Chicken Fried Steak	Catfish Platter

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"This is what it's all about. An 18 oz piece of meat, that is so good, it makes you forget all of the hype, and glitz."
Neal Pritchett

"The Big Texan menu is so large that only two-thirds of it fits on our flatbed scanner!"
Michael Stern

"Texans do like their icons to be larger than life."
Anne Ritchings

"This mobile bovine generally is parked in the lot outside the Big Texan Steak Ranch."
Michael Stern

"The Big Texan glows like a whole city at night."
Michael Stern

"The yellow exterior is as bright as a neon sign."
Anne Ritchings

"Everything is big about the Big Texan, including its signs by the side of the road."
Michael Stern

"Big Texan billboards decorate I-40 (formerly Route 66) for miles to the east and west."
Michael Stern