Babe's Chicken Dinner House

SANGER, Texas — The chicken is mouth-watering. The sides are incredible. Whatever good you've heard about Babe's Chicken Dinner House is true. And so is the two- to three-hour drive.

Hours
Closed on Monday
4:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Friday
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday

Phone
(940) 458-0000

Babe's Sanger Menu —

Main Dishes

Fried Chicken
Chicken Fried Steak
Fried Chicken Tenders Smoked Chicken
Fried Catfish
Pot Roast

Vegetables & Breads
Mashed Potatoes
Cream Gravy
Green Beans
Green Salad
Grandma's Corn
Homemade Biscuits

Desserts
Chocolate Meringue Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie
Coconut Meringue Pie
Banana Pudding
Pineapple Upside-down Cake
Cherry Cobbler

Babe's "Menu Truths"
Menus always sound so perfect. But Babe's keeps it real, and provides a humorous printed key to menu descriptions:
Poultry = chickens or anything that looks a lot like a chicken
Imported = brought to us by a Mack Truck
Succulent Pieces = everything except the neck, feet and back
Marinate = soak
Secret Spices = salt water
Tenderness = it can be chewed
Healthier for you = at least that is what they say this year
Perfection = it's done!

Babe's is a small chain of restaurants in north Texas. However, many Oklahomans, with a hankering for really good fried chicken and who aren't too fussy about driving to get it, will head south on Interstate 35 to Sanger, just over the Texas border.

But be forewarned. If you're passing through Sanger during the day, Babe's isn't open for lunch. Just dinner. There is a sister restaurant in Frisco, north of Dallas. The décor and menus change slightly by restaurant, but the quality and taste is the same.

At the Frisco Babe's, you pass through a country courtyard into a large, dark and open barn-style room. It feels like a big old honky tonk hall, with country music, and a real singing waitress crooning "At Last."

You can choose from six meats, and just a few sides, but of course, we got the chicken and the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and cream gravy.

A small salad with a sweet vinaigrette comes standard.

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