This is a story about chicken fried steak.
Just the mention of the food can trigger a Pavlovian response — a tightening of the stomach muscles, a flaring of the nostrils. Maybe you even reached for a napkin to wipe away phantom grease and gravy.
Or maybe you’ve never eaten the battered and deep-fried slab of meat. Chris Simoes, who has lived in Austin since the early ’90s, thinks there are fewer people these days who have…