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The Cafe

4.2 (54 reviews)
InexpensiveAmerican
Open • 6:00 am - 9:00 pm
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Patty melt on rye.

We read reviews and decided to give it a try while RVing at the lake. The food was delicious! We ordered the XXL onion rings which was more than two people could eat. I had a patty melt. The bread was crispy and the cheese was melty. I definitely recommend it if you like patty melts. My husband got the Southwest Burger. It was huge!

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Hayli C.

Always love The Graford Cafe! Service is always good and food is even more amazing. Lots of sitting and cool atmosphere. The desserts are killer. Give them a chance, they're worth the drive too!

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Dave G.

The best patty melt sandwich I've ever had! Perfectly toasted rye bread, cheesy, with a good amount of grilled onions. Sorry, no pic as I must have been too excited to eat it that I forgot to snap a pic! The onion rings are HUGE and came out extremely hot. The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is the place has a strong oil or tar odor to it, and has for years. Otherwise, the food quality is always excellent!

Country friendly and good food!

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Great place to eat! Friendly staff, clean, and their chicken salad sandwich is scrumptious!!

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Mary's Cafe

3.5(524 reviews)
30.4 mi
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Great chicken fried steak at Mary' Café. We watch the show The Daytripper with Chet Garner on TV…read more He did a segment on Mary's Cafe. So, we drove about 2 hours west of Fort Worth. The place is just an old diner in the town of Strawn. We showed up at 1130. They had nice crowd no wait. Sit down and order. We got a small and a medium chicken fried steak. For the sides fries and mash potatoes with a small salad each. The small steak is prefect size for me. But if you are hungry go for medium or the large. The chicken fried steak is made a little different than most. Not the usual type of breading. We really enjoyed the meal all was very good. The steak was tender and great flavor. Fries cook perfect and great for dipping into my gravy. Mary came around and took the order and she also went to each table and made sure you like the food. Very good service from all the staff. We will be back and you should give them a try.

This restaurant has been awarded the best CFS in Texas by tv reporters and multiple publications…read more We headed here to check out all the uproar about this place. Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed. It was over promised and under delivered. Some of my opinions may be due to us trying at an off hour (2:00 PM lunch). But it was during regular hours. We were waited on by Mary (who this place is named after). I don't know if she regularly works as a waitress or if she had people not show up for work. Anyway, she seemed extremely busy with no time to chat. We came here to try the best CFS in the state, so we didn't really need a menu. However, the menu did surprise us with the CFS coming in 3 sizes - small, medium, or large. We ordered 1 small and 1 medium. The sides included baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, or French fries and also a small salad. The food came relatively quickly and was just as ordered. Unfortunately, our food was somewhere between cold and lukewarm. Additionally, my baked potato had been under a warmer so long that the potato was turning brown. The CFS was tasty and large. It just was not great. I prefer the CFS from Antlers in Spring Branch. The ambiance is as small town diner. They did that perfectly. They had a lot of pictures from high school sports. They also had some pictures from the folks from the TV series Landman that shot some scenes here. Will I return? Probably not. The food was good, but not near as good as I expected.

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