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    Blue Ribbon Diner

    3.8 (56 reviews)
    InexpensiveSouthern, American, Diners
    Open 6:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    $10.55!  Pancakes Eggs and Bacon
    Daniel W.

    Like stepping into a movie set for anywhere USA! The decor and atmosphere is very '88. "How are you doing sweet pea!?". "Would you like some more coffee Hunny?". This place is personal and welcoming. The food is very good. This is my second visit in 3 year's traveling across the country because the pancakes really wowed me! How do they do it!? I don't know, but I will be back again. Sadly, the Blue Jay Inn & Suites stopped offering a breakfast here with a room rental, but the business, the retiree fan club with their heater-year banter, make this a real Gem right along the highway. Cheers!

    Chicken fried steak was tasty, as were the beans and roll.  The gravy was also good, but the mashed potato's seemed like instant.
    Casey L.

    Just off I40 in Sallisaw, worth the little detour. Very clean and friendly little country diner. Good service. Both our dishes were really good.

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    mon k.

    A really nice and welcoming lady helped us with our meal!!! She is awesome and set up the tone for this very good breakfast experience! It is worth the detour from I40 to eat at this gem in eastern Oklahoma!!! Chicken fried steak is super good!!!

    2 eggs, hash browns and chicken fried steak with white country gravy.
    Laura C.

    The place is just a small dinner off the highway, but don't be fooled by the outside appearance! The service was fast and friendly! They serve breakfast all day. They also have down home daily specials, such as beans, corn bread and fried potatoes. My other half ordered 2 eggs over medium with chicken fried steak with white country gravy, hash browns and biscuit and gravy. I ordered a single biscuit with sausage gravy and a side of sausage. Both meals were very good. The sausage was cooked just right as well as the eggs. The biscuits were light and not too big. The chicken fried steak was fork tender, but not the best one we've had in our travels. This was the best breakfast value we have found on our travels, less than $20 including tip for the 2 of us. We would stop again if we needed to get fueled up again.

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    Great food and service. We really enjoyed our food and drinks. The staff was amazing very friendly people

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    Nice, homey restaurant. Good basic food, cream pies for dessert. Friendly waitresses. Definitely would return if I am in the area.

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    The service was bad, the food was barely edible but the worst was the flies. They were swarming everything and everyone inside. Disgusting.

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    First let me say this what a awesome group of people. i drove from Maryland. i was hit by lightning…read morein the Ozarks. the lighting hit my windsheild and cracked it. i kept pushing forward. I needed a place to stay and i only got to stay one night in a hotel because they sold the room form under me to a company. I had no were to go and i was really hurting. I didnt know anyone around and needed something to eat and coffee to calm my nerves. I felt like a huge failure with everything around me going on. Yah i could have gone anywhere to grab something to eat but i wanted something that made me feel at home. I came into the dinner mad and scared feeling like a straight failure. I order a omelet and coffee. when i walked in it was like walking into home felt like i was suppose to be there. small town and good people. My heart began to be calm. Alyssa " mom" or " big Sister" you can definitely tell she calls the shots. She runs the roost. she was so calm and talking to me. i told her why i was there and the reasons why i am driving to OK. she just listened and gave me advice and made me laugh. she really reminded me of my sister that passed away. Alyssa being so down to earth and funny made me want to come back each time. So as i slept in my jeep from the 4-10th at Ross park had no were else to go i went there to Boomarang dinner "my dinner". Yes it started as a place to eat but it turned into a place of calmness and happiness. i got to know everyone of the staff and there amazing i kept going back to eat there. I love the food and the ambiance. chicken fried stake and black coffee. the staff dose tremendous great work and if i could make the wages different i would at least pay them $19.00 hr. i looked up the minimum wage in Tahlequah, Ok $7.10hr that is absurd. these wonderful people do way more then just help run a dinner. they are family, therapist, counselors, jokesters and good quality people. The staff works hard to keep the place running in tip top shape. I was there when the small front fridge broke and NO on sat in the fridge the door just fell off because of all the usage. No staff broke the door. Please who ever is reading this and own this great establishment let the staff sit down and rest there feet for a momnet i see them up and running around all the time. let them have a moment and be a human being and have a cup of coffee in the dinner. these wonderful people are not robots. they are people to. I love the staff. As i look up minimum at $7.10hr + tips need to do better then that. People can not survive on minimum wage like that there are families to support and that is one way to loose staff. when the staff cant afford to feed there families and start to feel the financial burden they will think about finding another job to support there family. seeing that the minimum wage is THAT LOW and knowing that it can be increased to help the staff in there future to do whatever the dream career is at least increase it to 16.00 + tips as a start. Your staff is awesome and they are worth it. All in a nut shell i wish i could make a movie or a sitcom about this place and call it " Big Hair" because as i think of this dinner it would be a epic movie or sitcom. I am coming back to eat there everytime. As i sit here writing this review in maryland i want to just drive back to " Boomarang dinner" to eat there again. To the staff you guys made this whole experience the best trip ever and I will never forget you guys. Small town dinner with the greatest people you can ever meet. My email is : CaliRican92@gmail.com. thank you for everything you made my trip

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