{"id":49284,"date":"2018-08-19T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T16:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?page_id=49284"},"modified":"2021-06-20T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T14:43:24","slug":"sr-platas-chicken-fried-steak-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?page_id=49284","title":{"rendered":"Sr. Plata&#8217;s Chicken Fried Steak Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_49081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49081\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49081 size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/667;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CentralGrill10.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CentralGrill10.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 500w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CentralGrill10-225x300.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 225w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CentralGrill10.jpg?size=128x171&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CentralGrill10.jpg?size=384x512&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce &#8220;Sr Plata&#8221; Silver Enjoys Chicken Fried Steak at the Central Grill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Author Larry McMurty said it best, \u201c<em>Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak<\/em>.\u201d \u00a0 For Texans, chicken fried steak is a religion, one they preach with great enthusiasm.\u00a0 You might think my friend Bruce &#8220;Sr. Plata&#8221; Silver is as Texan as they come, but he&#8217;s a proud born-and-bred Californian.\u00a0 He loves chicken fried steak more than anyone I&#8217;ve ever met.\u00a0 Over the past few years, he and I have journeyed across the metropolitan area in search of the best chicken fried steak we can find.\u00a0 Below, we share his impressions of the some of his favorites.\u00a0 Click on the restaurant name to launch a thrilling review.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 614px;\" border=\"4\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 26px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #ece812; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000; height: 10px; width: 268.333px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">RESTAURANT<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ece812; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000; height: 10px; width: 553.667px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>SR. PLATA&#8217;S ASSESSMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; height: 10px; width: 268.333px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K &amp; I Diner<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; height: 10px; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">I have to say this was one of the best chicken fried steaks I have had in New Mexico. It was large, thick (not flattened as some other places do it), and delicious. The country gravy had no meat so it met the Sephardic requirement. Eggs were surprisingly cooked perfect and the hash browns were tasty (I forgot to order extra well done which I normally do for extra crispness).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; height: 41px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lindy&#8217;s Diner<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; height: 41px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">My chicken fried steak 1\/2 with vegetarian gravy and with chile mixed with eggs and extra crispy hash browns brought comfort food to the next level. We came at an off hour so it was quiet and I could take in all the history. I thought I was back for a moment at The Pantry downtown L.A.\u00a0 One of the best breakfasts I have had in a long time!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; height: 10px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=38825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Millie&#8217;s Restaurant<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; height: 10px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The chicken fried steak (1\/2 gravy, 1\/2 green chile) was good but the portion was way too small on Lo carb ( no toast, no hash browns, no good stuff, etc) thus why I had to add a burger.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=34288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vick&#8217;s Vittles Country Restaurant<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Had great Chicken Fried Steak and Mash Potatoes that had awesome green chile gravy! Very good and no pork!! Had food Cauliflower as an additional side. A lot if meat, not a lot of breading, just the way it should be.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 90px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; height: 295px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">66 Diner<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; height: 295px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Pancakes and Chicken Fried Steak are 2 of my favorite foods that bring great comfort to me. I would tell my Dad back when how much I loved it and he would laugh and say how chicken fried steak was a people for those that couldn\u2019t afford steak during the Depression (Beef Ribs as well\u2026). Interesting segway to what I ordered, you can see that above as well. 1st, it was one of the best Chicken Fried Steaks I have had in this State (of course I say that each time I try it with my Friend Gil. But this, not an abundant amount of flour, a great amount of steak (in fact a very large piece) cooked to a golden brown, absolutely beautiful, just simply melted in my mouth ( hmmm, instead of Chicken and Waffles, how about Chicken Fried Steak and Pancakes, now that would be a Treat!). And of course, I can never make up my mind on toppings so I had to have the brown gravy (vegetarian) and the the quest with Chile (just reread Gil\u2019s description of my meal and realize what I just wrote doesn\u2019t do justice (yes, I slathered!). I must admit combining both is the only way to go (okay, its one of many ways, you could also get the white gravy).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 77px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; height: 77px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Western View Diner &amp; Steakhouse<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; height: 77px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Joined Sensei on the Chicken Fried Steak trail in the Land of Enchantment and found this CFS quite good! Actually, since I don\u2019t eat pork, I had to change the topping to both green and red chile. The Chile was good but it overpowered the CFS so had to assume how it would be with gravy. Feedback to the owner is to have white or brown gravy with no meat.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 125px;\">\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; height: 125px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spinn&#8217;s Burgers &amp; Beer<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; height: 125px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Celebrated with Spinn&#8217;s Chicken Fried Steak, it was excellent! A lot of good meat that was different than other places those claimed big were squashed like a massive pancake, oh no, this was nicely seasoned, floured correctly, enough food for Sr Plata to be full and something I want to have again. It came with very good mashed potatoes, not sure if they had the skins but were loaded with gravy that had no meat and yes, brought joy to my stomach.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=37011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Grill and Coffee House<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0As Gil alluded to, I am on a search for the ultimate Chicken Fried Steak in the Land of Enchantment! I have to say the CFS at the Cenral Grill was great tasting! It was the most tasting like fried chicken that I had. Yes, gravy had no pork bringing a smile to my face, a little more pepper added would be great. I do wish it was bigger, it\u2019s really hard to find restaurants meeting all metrics for: Quality, Taste, Size, Gravy \/ Chile and Extras ( crispy well done hash browns, eggs cooked beautifully over-medium<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Vic&#8217;s Daily Cafe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Made it to Vic\u2019s on Sensei\u2019s recommendation since he knows how much I love chicken fried steak, well, it was great! I was borderline on \u2018low carb\u2019 so I had the flour-based gravy on the side but I had to cheat. The bummer was that I learned when I paid that I should have had the green chile gravy that would have made it totally awesome.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=49348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copper Canyon Cafe<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"> This was one of the best Chicken Fried Steaks in the Land of Enchantment, it was close to a 1 in the Quality\/Quantity Plata ratio and that is pretty darn Good! As Gil explain, it was very large, many restaurants I have been to have kept me hungry when I left but not at Copper Canyon! And sooooo Crispy, hmmmmmm! A white gravy, no pork, very Happy so it passed that test. I ordered the green chile on the side but as you see in the Pics above, Sensei had it right on his Steak, I first wanted to taste it first with Gravy [GREAT] then I added some green chile (which had a delicious bite, a bit hot without burning my tongue but was one of the best green chiles found at a restaurant) [GREATER].<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=34770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac&#8217;s La Sierra Coffee Shop<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Continued and getting close to finalizing the chicken fried steak trail and I must say the gravy here when you mix with the requested green chile is quite good. The steak, I enjoyed but alas, still not big enough for Sr Plata to walk away fulfilled. I had the usual 2 fried eggs and hash browns, mixed together with a little green chile, which was nice. Gil and I shared an order of the steak fingers, unfortunately I am thinking of Mac\u2019s Steak in the Rough and this was no Mac\u2019s. Anyways, I would like to come back, Gil said the pancakes were really good. This place was hopping with just regular people on Central and I felt part of the community\u2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=9948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cocina Azul<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">I have been pondering many weeks what to say about my brunch with Sensei. Well 1st its always Awesome to have the opportunity to break almost Challah with my dear friend and 2nd, the Chicken Fried Steak was marvelous and extremely delicious! Did someone say \u2018Geen Chile\u2019, this gravy was perfectly smothered all over my beast, yesterday beast! My eggs over medium were perfectly cooked ( addeded that to my CFS and the hash browns made a great accompaniment to the entire meal. I thoroughly agree with Gil regarding the vanilla, the vanilla in the Pancakes made no sesnse, such a distraction, I really craved good pancakes and was sad instead. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=51477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacon Jam<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Joined Sensei on this trip to Candelaria and being the Sephardic I am, I chose no bacon (sorry you pork lovers out there). But, we met one of the owners, and he said it would have been very easy to make me white gravy without the Bacon. Oh well, next time. The food was quite good and at an extremely reasonable price, a taste of a true diner. The chile had a bite to it, so if I was to have chicken fried steak without the gravy, the chile makes it a 2nd best. It was funny, our server looked at my CFS and said it looked empty without something covering it (ok, there goes an LOL even though I don\u2019t like doing LOLs). The 2 baby pancakes were quite cute. As Sensei said, having larger ones would have been awesome, but it did give us a chance to try as much as possible at the same low price. The papas were so-so. Making them roasted with caramelized onions would give them some much needed pizazz. And sorry to say, some of our food was not as hot as other food was. I think they are still trying to get their process perfected as Bacon Jam has only been open for 8 weeks or so. They want to open a diner on the West Side which I hope they do (Breakfast\/Lunch) close to the Corrales\/Rio Rancho area, if anyone has ideas where they could go, please comment in this blog. And, I want bloggers to come try this diner as my palette is limited to the non-pork dishes. Oh, if new cousin Jessie from Washington reads this, please check out if Gil has been to any restaurants you may have gone to (see his U.S.A. Restaurant Index) and let us know your M.O \u2026. Sr Plata out.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=5976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick &amp; Jimmy&#8217;s<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">It\u2019s kind of hard to add much more to what Gil already said, but in totality if what you get, this was a Great Chicken Fried Steak dinner! Yes, it was priced a bit high but did you see the pic of the plate and add one delicious salad to it? Unbelievable! I love Panko and on the steak, exquisite! Sampling the potatoes was great to do, as gratin was best. The small amount of cinnamon added to the coffee was excellent. One suggestion, they need more wait people. Our server took our order and brought our food then the check. Not once did she check up on us and between Gil and I, we need at least 3 cups of coffee each. Except for the lack of attentiveness, a great place to eat. It was my 1st time there\u2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; text-align: left; width: 268.333px; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Owl Cafe<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; width: 553.667px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">There had been comments by those I do not know to try Chicken Fried Steak from the Owl, so Sensei and I made it there not too long ago. I would rank this as mid-range as I found it had just too much breading to my liking, I am spoiled on lightly breaded Panko. I unfortunately struggled when the waitress, who was extremely nice to us, said it was delicious but frozen. Yes, most meat will be frozen but I make believe the cow is in the parking lot. Mashed potatoes were nice and buttery. The coffee was just ok. A hint of cinnamon would spice it up. My depression started when we asked for a side of pancakes after hearing they were great. Unfortunately, they stop making pancakes at lunch time, big mistake. Love the style inside and the malts were tempting but since I\u2019m watching what I ingest, CFS pushes the limit\u2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Larry McMurty said it best, \u201cOnly a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.\u201d \u00a0 For Texans, chicken fried steak is a religion, one they preach with great enthusiasm.\u00a0 You might think my friend Bruce &#8220;Sr. Plata&#8221; Silver is as Texan as they come, but he&#8217;s a proud born-and-bred Californian.\u00a0 He loves chicken fried steak more than anyone I&#8217;ve ever met.\u00a0 Over the past few years, he and I have journeyed across the metropolitan area in search of the best chicken fried steak we can find.\u00a0 Below, we share his impressions of the some of his favorites.\u00a0 Click on the restaurant name to launch a thrilling review. RESTAURANT SR. 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