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Mary’s Cafe in Strawn Still Cooks the Chicken Fried Steak People Drive Hours For

Mary’s Cafe sits on Highway 16 on the south side of Strawn, a Palo Pinto County town of about 600 people. Most days the parking lot is full of pickups and motorcycles, and the extra cars park across the road. People drive in from Fort Worth, Abilene and well beyond for one dish, the chicken fried steak.

With Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day coming up on Oct. 26, this is a good week to make the trip.

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