Kelly's Cafe - Review #12

This week took us on our longest journey yet in search of a good breakfast, to the town of Crescent, approximately 45 minutes southwest of Stillwater.  The main problem we have been having is that at this point we have been to all the nearby restaurants and each week we are having to travel farther and farther.  Granted, I have two blogs from more local restaurants that I haven't written yet (Jalopy's in Perkins, and Katie's Diner in Guthrie) even though we've been there. Luckily both of those places were top notch so I personally don't have a problem going back to either restaurant again.

The one blinking stoplight in town.  Old bank building on the distant right that is now an antique shop.

Crescent is a tiny town in central Oklahoma on highway (or more like road) 74.  It is about 5 blocks long and 3 blocks wide, with highway 74 acting as Main St.  Once a prominent wheat and cattle town with a skyline of tall silos, but like so many other towns we've visited it is dying.  The majority of the shops on main st are boarded up with only a single restaurant, antique store, post office, gas station and the VFW still in operation.

The restaurant we went to was Kelly's cafe that was about a third to half full by the time we left, filled with locals.  BJ made the comment that it must have been a requirement for men to have beards in order to eat there as not a single guy had a smooth shaven face.  It was definitely where the locals came for breakfast, as multiple large groups seemed to be meeting for their weekly meal. 

The menu was small, but more than adequate with excellent prices.  Although the eggs, hashbrowns, biscuit and gravy with ribeye steak for $8.50 was tempting, I stuck to my usual and had sausage patties, eggs overeasy, hashbrowns with a biscuit and gravy, and BJ had the same. The sausage was excellent, flavorful and spicy.  The hashbrowns were good, but definitely would have been better if they were crispier.  In an effort to be more detailed with the egg quality, these were very good, but probably more on the less rather than well-cooked side for eggs overeasy.  The biscuit was good, definitely better than what we had a Red Rock last week, but the gravy lacked any sort of zestiness.  If they had put minced pieces of the sausage patties into the gravy then I think it could have been excellent. The coffee was very good and refilled consistently as it must be for breakfasts!

And overall.......

Food: 4 of 5 pancakes
Cost: $$ (out of 5 - more dollar signs = more expensive)
Overall: 4 of 5 cups of coffee

Kelly's Cafe was definitely an improvement over Red Rock Bakery last week, and it was good to get back to a more normal breakfast.  While there were definitely areas where the breakfast could be improved, it was very good and only needs one or two minor tweaks to make it great!  One of the best parts about this blog is trying new places each week and the travel that goes with it.  It was a perfect day for a drive and it is always fun to drive down the old farm roads to get our destination that hopefully has a great meal for us upon our arrival.  Until next week, keep on eating breakfast!