Quote Originally Posted by Gannon View Post
If you take the route through OK, make sure to go through Elk City, for either breakfast or lunch at a joint just before the Business 40 s-curve at 2nd street. I wish I could remember the name of it, but it is owned by two sisters...and they are SO good they don't have to stay open for dinner. It is the only restarurant in the middle of a string of car dealerships and used car lots, it isn't hard to find.

Also, there is a killer Thai joint in Albuquerque...on Wyoming Street just north off I-40, in a non-distinct strip mall...called Thai Tip. Tip is a nice enough fellow, who'll dote on you along with sharing some story of his time overseas...while his WIFE whips up some of the best Thai food you'll ever eat. Look this one up...he's worth the stop.

Cheers!

Gannon, I agree with you about the Thai Tip - but for someone driving through NM for the first time [[and second and third, etc.) they must eat green chile. There are plenty of places to get some, but my favorite is the green chile cheeseburger at the Owl Cafe [[east side of Eubank, immediately north of I-40). Can't miss it because the front facade is a giant owl. If one is here in the a.m., then a breakfast burrito, also loaded with green chile, is in order. The Frontier, the quintessential NM restaurant, on Central at Cornell across from UNM, has good ones.

For those interested in road history, the OK Route 66 museum is in Elk City and the National Route 66 museum is in Clinton OK, both easily accessible off I-40.

BTW, we've driven across TX and OK dozens of times at 3-5 mph over the limit and never been stopped. I think you have a higher chance of getting a ticket in IL and IN.