Chopped steak

Big Vern's Steakhouse in Shamrock, TX (I-40 xt 163) has an especially good chopped steak.

 

Where was this?

 

They do their own blending of meat cuts. Maybe an 85-90% lean? Nothing in the patty you don't want. Preparation, gravy, etc is all top-notch.

 

There is a tiny tiny tiny (Emphasis on tiny that fits maybe 5 tables) in a small hitch rail town a few miles south of there. Tumbleweeds out number humans.

I don't go out of my way to order chopped steak but it is a number two fall back in case there isnt anything attractive in the top of menu.

This little eating place has some of the finest food, finest service, the easiest roll as far as not kicking you out asap even though your reefer is 5 feet from the glass doors howling... and wipe the little dust clouds from your table. Constantly working over eveyrthing before you realize that there is a need of it.

I gave the waitress a hundred tip. Told her to share it with everyone if there is enough to go around.

I aint been back due to the way things get scheduled sometimes in trucking. But if they are STILL in business, I will revisit there at least once before the end of my life. It's not much to look at, but it's something everyone should set and eat a while there.