Once again, I live by the 4 "F"s. That would be Faith, Family, Football, and Food. In light of number four on that list of priorities, where have you found the best grease burger and or chiken fried steak. Some of my personal favorites include......

Crow's burgers in Belton, Tx (burger)
The Old Store in Westphalia, Tx (burger)
The French Quarter in Temple, Tx (burger)

The Ranch in Belton, Tx (Chicken fried)
The Country Inn in Sommerville, Tx (chicken fried)
The Texas Star Cafe in Comesneil, Tx (chicken fried)
The Fort Davis Drugstore in Fort Davis, Tx (chicken fried)

They are all so good I can't pick a favorite.

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Best Chicken Fried Steak..........Mary's, Strawn Texas. Hands down!

Chris Madrid's in San Antonio for the burger... I prefer the Tostada Burger.

Dirty Martin's in Austin. Put me down for a small OT special with a fried egg on top, tots and a limeade.

Good thing I worked out at lunch or I'd feel full just thinking about this.

As for the Chicken Fried, I am no expert, but I like just about any.

I experienced the best taco of my life the other day at Torchy's Tacos, just across from Dirty's. It was the special taco of the month and called The Double Wide. It was a tortilla with chicken fried steak strips, fresh bacon crumbles, cheese, chipotle ranch dressing and who knows what else. One was all I could eat. I wentback a few days later for another....

And if you get the large prepare yourself for some serious eating.

Rancher's steak house in Gatesville has an amazing CFS, just make sure you have room for it!

Never had a burger at Chris Madrid's, but lots of good burger joints in SA. Molly Joe's in New Braunfels used to make pretty good Burgers, wide variety too, but have not been there in a while. Don't even know if it is still open, lol.

Clear Springs Restaurant in New Braunfels has pretty good Onion Rings, and I dont even like Onions.

A great hole-in-the-wall restaurant for Taco's is La Pasidita in Schertz. The best Spanish Rice in San Antonio.

The best Salsa in San Antonio is another hole-in-the-wall place called Bee's, on Lockhill Selma near Blanco. Very reasonable lunch specials :)

Anybody been to Shorty's in Falls City recently. When I coached down there years ago they had great steaks and the fried okra was to die for.

I'll second Chris Madrids for sure. The tostada burger is my favorite too. Think molten cheddar cheese flowing out all sides of the burger. Babe's in SA was my second choice it's just inside 410 across from the Crossroads mall.

Taste can always be debated, but LuLu's in downtown SA is likely the largest chicken fries in the state. And you can get them topped with gravy or queso!

Actually, some of the best burgers I've eaten have been at Mexican food joints. They must use pure beef tallow for the fries.

STORMS Drive inn-Lampasas Tx for a great burger, and THE SHACK in snyder Tx for a chicken fry, better lossen the old belt when you head to the shack cause them things are nearly bigger than the plate there served on.

It must be run by the same folks who ran the Sportsman's cafe on Lake Colorado City for many years.......

Mary's cafe for the best chicken fried steak in the country! Her hamburgers are also pretty dang good! The population of Strawn doubles on the weekends because of out of towners coming to eat.

They're not real greasy but in Granbury or Stephenville I think the burgers at Grump's are the best I evr et. The swiss & mushroom is my fave. The hot, cut fresh daily on site potato chips are great too. Of course the burgers at the stadium in Hico are pretty good, or maybe it's just smellin' em cook for a half while I don't want to miss a play, the ambiance of Super Saturday, the stadium.......

Thanks for reminding me ... I need to make a stop at Lulu's. She used to be across the street from the County Jail on the westside, but moved a couple years ago to Main Ave., just north of IH-35. They got those cinnamon rolls for $3 (probably gone up in price the last year or so) which could feed a family; they were about 6-8" square. Maybe I'll stop by tomorrow and then go visit some pals of mine that work at Baptist Hospital ...