June 16-June 17
OKPEX Stamp
Collector Show
Reed Conference
Center
Midwest City, OK
June 16-June 18
Iowa Tribal Pow-Wow
Bah-Kho-Je
Pow-wow Grounds
Perkins, OK
FOOD BUZZ
Heavener’s dining surprises held at
Southern Belle
By Amy Addams
ate half of our meal and
wrapped up half to take
home.
June 16-June 17
Farming Heritage
Festival
Shawnee Feed Center
Shawnee, OK
Even though we didn’t
finish our meals, we ordered
dessert to take home for
later, and their desserts
didn’t disappoint. Their pies
are homemade in-house.
They make everything
fresh daily. and they are
competitively priced at
about $4 per person.
June 16-June 17
Oklahoma City
Burlesque Festival
Lyric Theatre
OKC, OK
June 16-June 17
Vintage CountrE
Market
Lazy E Arena
Guthrie, OK
June 16-June 19
Twister Fest
Muscle Car Ranch
Chickasha, OK
June 17
Juneteenth Celebration
Patterson Center
Lawton, OK
June 17
Tuttle Ice Cream
Festival
221 W. Main St.
Tuttle, OK
June 17
Cattleman’s Convention
Osage County
Fairgrounds
Pawhuska, OK
June 17
Ghosts of Fort Reno Tour
Historic Fort Reno
Fort Reno, OK
June 17
Juneteenth Rodeo
Owasso Roundup
Club Arena
Owasso, OK
June 17
Vinita Route 66 Festival
Downtown Vinita, OK
June 17
Coweta Patriotic
Festival
West of Coweta High
School Stadium on
Hwy 51
Coweta, OK
HEAVENER, Okla. – Sitting
right on the main drag at
821 US HWY 59, Southern
Belle is iconic for how it
looks and their fare. Made
from a real train dining car,
this little restaurant (not a
lotta wiggle room if you are
claustrophobic) has all the
bells and whistles. They’ve
done as much as possible
to keep the look and feel of
a 1940s train car and it gets
better from there.
We went to Heavener for the
Viking Festival at Runestone
Park and we wanted to
check out Southern Belle
for a while. It made for
a nice day trip with a lot
of unexpected pleasant
surprises.
I didn’t have a lot of
expectations for SB’s food;
some places that have a
theme tend to ignore food
quality, but Southern Belle
checks off all the boxes. My
husband got fried chicken
and mashed potatoes with
gravy and I tried the chicken
fried steak. Both of our meals
were homemade (including
the mash) and they got
everything done tasty. Both
of our meals came with
gravy that was spot-on (and
we weren’t stuck with white
gravy as the only choice). I
was a little worried that my
steak would be tough or
chewy, but each bite was
tender and could easily be
cut with a fork.
SB’s prices were quite
reasonable; each entree
was around $10, and most
dinners were in that range.
They have a lunch menu
consisting of salad, soups,
burgers and sandwiches
ranging from about $6-$8.
SB is handicap-accessible,
and they appeared to be
quite accommodating. The
service was quick, the wait
staff was nice and efficient
yet we didn’t feel rushed.
Worth the drive and the
calories, I would make the
trek back to Southern Belle
for another meal. I just need
to find another reason to
return to Heavener. And I’m
workin’ on it.
What really got us was
the portion sizes. We each
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