The Cow Calf-Hay

Anywhere else in the country this restaurant would be called The Cow Cafe, but not here good ole Oklahoma.  We like to spell everything exactly how we pronounce it and yes, Cafe here sounds much more like Calf-Hay.

We go to this restaurant because I am a sucker for greasy cheeseburgers and yes...ding, ding, ding...we have a WINNER! 

We'll start with the ambiance and then move onto the food.  We walk in and the first thing I see is the door to the woman's restroom.  It looks just like an old, rustic barn door!  We turn and begin to find a table, it's seat yourself which is another bonus in my opinion because yes...I like to be in control.  We are immediately greeted by a worker and they ask if our children would like to sit in a saddle to eat.  I must have had a completely puzzled look on my face because the man gestured toward a saddle on what looked like a miniature saw horse and said, "the little guy can sit on that to eat if he wants."  I was in hog heaven and I hadn't even tasted the food yet.  There were 3-D cows coming out of the walls, and you couldn't miss the picture of the cow with it's tongue up it's nose.  (Hey, at least it was it's own nose and not some other cow's nose.)  Another nice aspect of tonight was that they had a guy singing with his guitar.  The guy was called, the Goat Whisperer, and while I'm not a big fan of his name or the way he scrunched his eyes up when he sang, his voice was decent and he made great song choices.  The music definitely made the experience more fun.

The menu is simple, just a few varieties of burgers coming in 1/3 and 1/2 pound sizes, curly fries, onion rings, and for you non-red meat eaters, I think they had a few items with chicken.  My favorite part of The Cow Calf-Hay is that you can substitute ground turkey or a veggie burger for NO EXTRA COST!  I love not being penalized monetarily for trying to make healthier choices.

I did choose tonight however to go with 100% pure beef.  The food came out quickly and was piping hot.  The burger bun had been grilled with butter which allowed the juices from to beef to soak into the bread without making the bun a soggy mess.  The burger was lightly seasoned to perfection which allowed for the beef flavor to shine.  The curly fries tasted as if they had been freshly cut and were actually curly, not just little fake, half curls.  But the most exquisite item we ordered was by far the Cow Patty Cake...pronounced either Cow Patty-(pause)-Cake OR Cow-(pause)-Patty Cake.  My husband, ever the chocoholic, was talking with the waiter and said he assumed by the name Cow Patty Cake that the cake was something chocolate.  Much to my interest the waiter said it was a yellow cake with whipped cream, bananas, and strawberry sauce.  The Cow Patty Cake turned out to be wonderful.  The yellow cake was moist and fresh.  While I can't imagine that they whipped their own cream it certainly did taste and have the texture of newly whipped cream, and the strawberry sauce was just the right amount of sweet.  The bananas didn't seem freshly cut, or maybe overripe for my liking but the taste of the mixture was perfect.  it would come in a close second to the strawberry banana cake at Leo's Bar-B-Que for those of you in the Oklahoma City area.

Overall, this restaurant wins my approval in all areas and I can't wait to go back.  Next time you're looking for a good burger, support The Cow Calf-Hay!