My Top 5 Favorite Restaurants

Many of my friends ask me from time to time how I know where the best restaurants are. I tell them its from being in every small town in the Midwest for the past 30 years with school activities, meetings and golf outings with Debbie. Someone the other day asked me to list my top 5. Here they are...........




1. Town and Country (Wichita, Kansas)


When Town and Country restaurant opened its doors in 1957, it was one of the best family style diners in the Wichita area. 48 years later in the same location, they are still considered one of the best home style family restaurants serving a variety of home cooked dishes. My grandparents took me here for onion rings and fried chicken when I was only 6 years old. My kids love this place and every time I hit Wichita I take my colleagues here for the best prime rib dinners in town. The chicken fried steaks are pretty good as well. Best prices in town. Where can you get a luncheon prime rib dinner for $7?

2. Chances R (York, Nebraska)


Best Sunday Brunch I have ever eaten. Great food. The fried chicken, masked potatoes, creamed peas, salad bar and carrot cake are worth the four hour drive northward in a snowstorm to eat here. It's a special place where I ate immediately after Brian was born. Many memories made here. Got my first job in education sitting in a booth at 1:00 a.m. talking with the York College Academic Dean in 1985.

3. AQ Chicken (Springdale, Arkansas)

Best fried chicken in the world. Debbie and I ate here on our honeymoon and eat here once a year on our annual golf vacations. I like to buy a 10 piece bucket, a large order of onion rings, homemade rolls and go to the park and get sick trying to eat everything. Great lemon pepper seasoning. If you go through Northwest Arkansas, it is a must stop.


4. Bubba's BBQ (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)


Best BBQ ribs I have ever eaten. Not a fancy place. Seats about 35-40 people, but many presidents and celebrities have eaten Bubba's famous ribs. Great stop after 65 holes of golf. You can split the order of ribs with another person. Large portions of food.


5. Papasitos (Arlington, Texas)

Great Mexican food and the home made tortillas are the best. It's so good that I usually eat there two days in a row when I get to the Dallas area. Several locations in Texas.