El Reno is 125 and Jobe's Drive In

A couple of cool things are happening this weekend in my little town of El Reno, OK.

FIRST:
El Reno is turning 125 years old!  At a lunch I went to today I learned that we actually have the oldest of the (only) four remaining Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma.  How cool is that!

You can listen to a recording I made today of the speaker at our lunch, Mrs. Carolyn Barker.  She has been the historical gatekeeper as it were for this area in the county (maybe all of the county) for the last 50 years. Very knowledgeable and full of great factoids!  (PS: I did receive her permission to use the  recording of her talk today.)



SECOND:

Jobes on 6/12/2015

The infamous Jobe's Drive-In in El Reno (on Route 66) is scheduled to be auctioned off (all of it) this Saturday. The good part here is that there'll be (I am told) about 400 classic cars doing a "last cruise"by the old drive thru joint tonight (Friday).  It just might be the classic car lineup for the record books. I wish I was going to be in town to grab a pic or two...

the bad part is that about a year ago the owner and his wife were in a tragic car accident that killed his wife of many, many years.It is just time to sell it.

Another bad part is that another iconic symbol of the past will be removed from Route 66.. Unless of course a really cool person buys it...

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

"You Got This!"...je

Liberace, Elvis and the Green Chile Kitchen Rt66

I overheard this information at a great new restaurant in Yukon last weekend..."This location was originally built by LIBERACE as the 'Chateau' with the motel next door.." Not sure if you're a Liberace fan, but I found that little nugget of history interesting... I did not see a piano or lots of bling nearby so it's not confirmed yet! Who knew??

Oh, and for a special gift you can visit next door and see the local Elvis impersonator at the "Fat Elvis Diner"...he's a real hunk of burning love...

ONTO THE FOOD:
Fresh, spicy and very tasty is my summary.. From the Pasole to the Green Chile Stew and Green Chile Quesadilla and even my (2) free pieces of Green Chile Apple Pie..yum, yum and YUM!. (not sure if you noticed the theme here...GREEN CHILE).

One of the owners has notoriety of some sort as I saw on KFOR news last weekend.  Sounds like a recipe or two got noticed and was written up in a few publications.  FROM THEIR SITE: "Green Chile Kitchen Route 66 was opened in 2012 by the Peters and Logan families. It is the sister restaurant of Green Chile Kitchen, in San Francisco, CA, which was opened in 2006"

Prices were reasonable, the staff accommodating,  and it was busy. The young man that waited on us was informative, kind and helpful with our selections.  We did wait for a table a little longer than I'd like but hey...it was the official grand opening and very busy (a good problem to have). So, let's have a little grace..

This place is right on old Rt66 and is well worth the stop!  I looked up the UrbanSpoon reference and it was lower than expected but only because the location is somewhat new and most of the bad remarks revolve around things that are a "work in progress"

My wife and I totally recommend it and look forward to going back again very soon!

#greenchile