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| Trowbridge's, Florence, Alabama |
| Whitt's Barbecue, Athens, Alabama |
| Toomer's Drugs, Auburn, Alabama |
| Dreamland, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Brick Pit BBQ, Mobile, Alabama |
| Dew Drop Inn, Mobile, Alabama |
| Byrd Drugstore Soda Fountain, Troy, AL |
| Pete's Hotdogs, Birmingham, AL |
| Mrs. Story's Dairy Bar, Opelika, Al |
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| Saltlik Steakhouse, Banff, Alberta, Canada |
| Tino's Drive-In, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| Peter's Drive-In, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| The Pancake Shop, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| Feltner's Whatta-Burger, Russellville, Arkansas |
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| Shorty's Bar-B-Q, Miami, Florida |
| Orange Tree Hotdogs, Jacksonville, Florida |
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| Flip Burger, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Charlie Joseph's, La Grange, Georgia |
| Rolling Bones BBQ, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Chapman Drug & Soda Fountain, Hapeville, Georgia |
| McGhin's Southern Pit Bar-B-Que, Griffin, Georgia |
| Gumlog Barbecue & Fish Lodge, Gumlog, Georgia |
| Harold's BBQ Atlanta, Georgia |
| The Varsity, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nu-Way, Macon, Ga. |
| Silver Skillet, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Jomax Bar-B-Que, Metter, Georgia |
| Scoggin's Bar-B-Que, Americus, GA |
| Fresh Air Bar-B-Que, Jackson, GA |
| Speedi-Pig, Fayetteville, Georgia |
| Leopold's Ice Cream, Savannah, GA |
| Dean's BBQ, Jonesboro, GA |
| Sprayberry's Barbecue, Newnan, Georgia |
| Old Clinton Bar-B-Q House, Gray, GA |
| White Diamond Grill, Bonaire, GA |
| Hot Thomas BBQ, Watkinsville, GA |
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| Superdawg Drive-In, Chicago, Illinois |
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| Gene's Root Beer Drive-In, Anderson, Indiana |
| Triple XXX Drive-In, West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Cozy Inn, Salina, Kansas |
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| Parkette Drive-In, Lexington, Kentucky |
| Ferrell's Hamburgers, Madisonville, Kentucky |
| Hurst Drugstore & Soda Fountain, Bardstown, Kentucky |
| Bell's Drugstore & Soda Fountain, Sebree, Kentucky |
| Wagner's Pharmacy, Louisville, Kentucky |
| Moonlite Bar-B-Q, Owensboro, Kentucky |
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| Bridge Drive-In, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Airways-Inn, Frederick, Maryland |
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| Clyde's Drive-In, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan |
| Miller's Bar, Dearborn, Michigan |
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| The Wienery, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Borroum's Drugstore & Soda Fountain, Corinth, Mississippi |
| Shipley's Do-Nuts, Hattiesburg, MS |
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| Crown Candy Kitchen St. Louis, Mo. |
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| Mark's In & Out Burger, Livingston, Montana |
| Ford's Drive-In, Great Falls, Montana |
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| Owego Soft Serve, Owego, New York |
| Tom Wahl's Drive-In, Avon, New York |
| Purity Ice Cream Company, Ithaca, New York |
| Cornell Dairy Bar, Ithaca, New York |
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| The Original Q Shack, Durham, North Carolina |
| Bridges Barbecue Lodge, Shelby, NC |
| Hill's Lexington Barbecue, Winston-Salem, NC |
| Bib's Downtown BBQ, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| The Roast Grill, Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q, Monroe, NC |
| The Original Little Richard's BBQ, Winston-Salem, NC |
| The Dog House, High Point, NC |
| Kermit's Hot Dog House, Winston-Salem, NC |
| Airport Drive-In, Mayodan, North Carolina |
| Pulliam's Hotdogs, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Char-Grill, Raleigh, NC |
| Dick's Hotdog Stand, Wilson, North Carolina |
| Johnson's, Siler City, North Carolina |
| Penguin Drive-In, Charlotte, NC |
| Tarheel Q, Lexington, North Carolina |
| Hap's Grill, Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Mr. Barbecue, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Lexington Barbecue, Lexington, NC |
| Carolina BBQ Statesville, NC |
| South 21 Drive-In, Charlotte, NC |
| Wilber`s BBQ, Goldsboro, NC |
| Clyde Cooper's BBQ, Raleigh, NC |
| Snappy Lunch, Mount Airy, NC |
| King's BBQ, Kinston, North Carolina |
| Yum Yum, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Bill's Hot Dogs, Washington, NC |
| Person Street Pharmacy & Soda Fountain, Raleigh, NC |
| Parkers BBQ, Wilson, NC. |
| Skylight Inn Ayden, NC |
| Nunnery-Freeman Barbecue, Henderson, NC |
| Ralph's BBQ, Weldon, NC |
| Short Sugar's Pit Bar-B-Q, Reidsville, NC |
| Cook`s BBQ, Lexington, NC |
| Sutton's Drug & Soda Fountain, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Bill Ellis BBQ, Wilson, NC |
| Tony's Ice Cream, Gastonia, NC |
| Fuzzy`s Pit-Cooked BBQ, Madison, NC |
| Ashworth Drug & Soda Fountain, Cary, NC |
| Shorty's Hotdogs, Wake Forest, NC |
| Dairy Center Mt. Airy, NC |
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| Scotty's Drive-In, Bismarck, North Dakota |
| The Keg's Drive-In, Grand Forks, North Dakota |
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| Schuler's Bakery, Springfield, Ohio |
| Kewpee Burger, Lima, Ohio |
| Skyline Chili, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Graeter's Ice Cream, Cincinnati,Ohio |
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| Deluxe 17, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
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| Cattleman's Steakhouse, Oklahoma City, OK |
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| Crabb's Tropical Treat, Hanover, Pennsylvania |
| Yocco's Hotdogs, Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Maple Donuts, York, Pennsylvania |
| The Original Hot Dog Shop, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Sweatman's Bar-b-que, Holly Hill, South Carolina |
| Mr. Waffle, Gaffney, SC |
| Sno-Cap Drive-In, North Augusta, SC |
| Piggy Park Drive-In, Columbia, SC |
| Greene's BBQ, Columbia, SC |
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| The Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo,Texas |
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| Jerry's Bar-B-Q, Parsons, Tennessee |
| Pappy John's Bar-B-Que, Selmer,Tennessee |
| Elliston Place Soda Shop, Nashville,TN |
| Rotier`s Nashville,TN |
| Neely`s Bar-B-Que, Memphis, TN. |
| Litton's, Knoxville, TN |
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| Milt`s Stop & Eat, Moab,Utah |
| Maddox Drive-In, Perry, Utah |
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| Uptown Joe's, Roanoke, Virginia |
| The Barbeque Exchange, Gordonsville, Virginia |
| Texas Tavern, Roanoke, Virginia |
| Roanoke Weiner Stand, Roanoke, VA |
| Texas Inn, Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Pitt-Boss BBQ, Roanoke, VA. |
| Blue Collar Joe's Donuts, Daleville, Virginia |
| Goolrick's Pharmacy & Soda Fountain, Fredericksburg, VA |
| Iron City Hotdog Shop, Warrenton, Virginia |
| Short Sugar's Pit BBQ, Danville, VA |
| Cowling's BBQ, Waverly, VA |
| Weenie Stand #1, Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Due South BBQ, Christiansburg, VA |
| S & S Barbecue, South Hill, Virginia |
| Hillbilly Red's BBQ, Sandston, Virginia |
| Fat Daddy's Barbeque, Bedford, Virginia |
| Baby Jim's Snack Bar, Culpeper, VA |
| Timberlake Drug & Soda Fountain, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Do-Nut-Dinette, Norfolk, VA |
| Bowling's Place Hotdogs, Rocky Mount, VA |
| Galax Smokehouse, Galax, VA |
| Doumar's Drive-In, Norfolk, VA |
| Carl`s, Fredericksburg,VA |
| Dudes Drive-In, Christiansburg, Virginia |
| Frost Cafe, Culpeper, VA |
| Wright`s Dairy-Rite, Staunton, Va. |
| 29 Diner, Fairfax, Virginia |
| The White Spot, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| The Dairy Corner, Winchester, Virginia |
| Snow White Grill, Winchester, Virginia |
| Pigs-R-Us, Martinsville, VA |
| Frost Diner, Warrenton, Virginia |
| Allman's Bar-B-Q, Fredericksburg, VA |
| B & P Drive-In, Hillsville, Virginia |
| Jinx's Pit' Stop Barbeque, Charlottesville, VA |
| Chef's Drive-In, Altavista, VA |
| Dairy King, Damascus, VA |
| Little Pig Barbecue, Petersburg, VA |
| Dairy Freeze, Altavista, VA |
| Amherst Diner, Winchester, Virginia |
| Dairy Dell, South Boston, VA |
| Dairy Hart, Danville, Va. |
| Kline's Freeze, Manassas, Virginia |
| Horne's, Port Royal, Virginia |
| Raven's Country Store, Rocky Mount, VA |
| Kenney Burger, Lexington, Virginia |
| Jan's Dutch Boys Drive-In, Collinsville,VA |
| Smokey Pig, Ashland, Virginia |
| Hog Heaven, Ruckersville, Virginia |
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| Shake Shack, Washington, D.C. (Dupont Circle) |
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| Ritzy Lunch, Clarksburg, West Virginia |
| Hillbilly Hotdogs, Lesage, West Virginia |
| Griffith & Feil Soda Fountain, Kenova, WV |
| Frostop Drive-Inn, Huntington, WV |
| Sterling Drive-In, Welch, WV |
| King Tut Drive-In, Beckley, WV |
| Coke & Float, Weston, West Virginia |
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| Leon's Drive-In, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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7701 East I-40 Amarillo, Texas 79118 Main (800) 657-7177 Lat:
N 35°, 11min, 36.40sec Lon: W 101°, 45min, 18.41sec
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| Photo by Philip Lambert/The Big Texan |
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| Photo by Philip Lambert/Inside the Big Texan |
Just seeing the Big Texan Steak Ranch is an experience
in itself. You can add to that experience by getting a limo ride to and from the Big Texan. You can be treated to this service
if you stay at any motel along Interstate 40. These aren’t any ordinary limos either; the Big Texan limos are long white
Cadillac’s with Texas cattle longhorns for the hood ornament. Like the limos, The Big Texan is far from ordinary. As
soon as you enter the main dining hall you will see an array of trophies hanging from the upstairs banisters. From deer heads
(many points) to moose heads to antelope heads to buffalo heads to bear heads to longhorn cattle horns to mountain goat heads
and to the familiar longhorn cattle skull and horns. Basically, the dining hall would give an animal rights activist
a heart attack. The dining room also has five wagon wheel chandeliers. I love this place. All the servers have on western
clothes, boots, and cowboy hats. I think this is a good introduction to the Big Texan, so let’s get to the food. Amarillo
Texas is the beef capitol of the world. You have come to an incredible steakhouse, so don’t order the fish, order the
steak! They have Prime Rib 10oz & 16oz. Top Sirloin 8,12,21oz. The Big Texan Strip, The T-bone, The Ribeye12, 18,24,36oz.
And if you are really hungry, You can get the 72oz Steak for free, yes free. Provided that you finish it in one hour. Along
with a shrimp cocktail, baked potato, salad, and a roll with butter. While you are selecting your steak, you may want an appetizer.
Two of their specialties are Mountain Oysters and Genuine Diamondback fried Rattlesnake. The Diamondbacks come out of hibernation
around March and are in "season" till about June or July. I was there in September and they were out. Its probably
best if you find out about the Mountain Oysters on your own. How you use that culinary knowledge is up to you. I don’t
want to spoil any opportunities you may have for those who don’t know about them. Oh, by the way, the 72oz steak is
$72.00 and you must pay up-front before taking the challenge. I had the Top Sirloin 8oz prime center cut steak. My sides were
mashed potatoes and coleslaw. The slaw and the potatoes were excellent! And the steak was incredible. It was tender and perfectly
cooked. And its own juices made for the perfect sauce. You also get a salad, and it is served on a frying pan. The rolls come
the same way, and there is real butter in the bucket at the table. The salad was also excellent. After you finish every-thing,
you can take a shot at eating the jalapeno pepper with a Texas flag stabbed into it, Unless you ate that first. Every meal
needs a great end, so I went for the strawberry topped cheesecake. It was incredible, Good rich flavor. I just can not say
enough about the Big Texan. I love everything about it. The atmosphere is incredible and the food is incredible. Now its your
turn to be Wowed, and have one of the best meals of your life. Go and enjoy!
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