There’s a moment when you bite into the perfect chicken fried steak – that magical crunch of golden breading giving way to tender beef, all swimming in peppery cream gravy – when time stands still and everything else fades away.
That moment happens daily at Mary’s Cafe in Strawn, Texas, a tiny dot on the map that’s become a pilgrimage site for comfort food devotees across the Lone Star State.
You might drive right past this unassuming stone building if you weren’t looking for it, but that would be a culinary tragedy of Texas-sized proportions.
The modest exterior of Mary’s Cafe belies the extraordinary food waiting inside – like finding out your quiet neighbor is secretly a superhero…