Chicken Fried Steak, Hot Coffee, and Pie

This past week Texas Monthly focused on "The 40 Best Small Town Cafes"

Our goal for driving home was to stop at one or more of these cafes... we did (only one) and had a blast. We decided to stop at Jake and Dorothy’s in Stephenville, Tx (the cowboy capital of the world). When we walked up to the door a paper sign read, "No cards, no credit... just cash and check." Then, as we opened the door the waitress (63-68 yrs old) asked if we wanted smoking or non-smoking ...which there was no difference... and then said we could sit anywhere we wanted. We picked the booth right behind the cover shot (picture at top). I had hot coffee (it was 5pm) and Jordan and Carson had water. Jordan and I ordered chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy and Carson had chicken strips. It was amazing!!! No lie the "CFS" as we will now refer, melted in my mouth. The gravy was great (maybe that is where they coined the phrase) and the coffee was kept hot! By the register was a tall, thin glass case with five levels of good ole' Texas pie. Jordan had a slice of Cherry Pie w/ ice cream and I had some Pumpkin Pie. Again, the food was amazing... If you haven't had pie with hot coffee and the smell of cigarettes in the air then I would suggest making that happen! When we left I paid in cash and the waitress was pleased to take our picture. We will be back and there are 39 more cafes to try!