SIDS DINER- EL RENO, OKLAHOMA

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sid's Diner

El Reno, Oklahoma

on Route 66

Just a small town, with good people, and a love of the Onion Fried Burger.

Come enjoy the flavor of the world known Sid's Diner.

Where the burgers are cooked to order, right in front of you. Smashed with the goodness of shredded onions on a flat top grill.

The Food. Burgers, Coney, Fries, and Shakes

The burgers are prepared by starting with a ball of ground beef. This is covered with a mound of sliced onions that's twice the mass of the meat. With several whacks of the spatula, the paper-thin onion slices are infused into the meat patties and meld into a gooey whole. Buns are placed atop the patty while grilling to absorb any juices that get away. The coneys are slender pink hot dogs covered with chili sauce and a local trademark slaw that has a sweet/sour interplay, incorporating notes of mustard, vinegar and sugar. Fries are freshly cut from skin-on spuds and are served hot, heeping out of the basket. Milk shakes start out as real ice cream, served up anyway you want, from peanut butter to good ole vanilla.

A Little about the building...

Sid’s proprietor Marty Hall learned the business of hamburger making working at Johnnie’s, just a few blocks away. Since he opened Sid’s (named for his late father) in October, 1990, his restaurant has become one of El Reno’s premier burger places.The onion-fried burgers are mouth-watering, cooked so the onions mashed into the patty of meat are charred from their time on the grill, giving the sandwich a sweet and smoky zest. Non burger eaters get two or three Coney Islands, which are bright red weenies topped with chili and a superfine slaw with a mustard punch. Milk shakes are so thick that they are served with a spoon as well as a straw.Other than the exemplary burger-shop menu, Sid’s is noteworthy for its amazing interior décor. Because he is a history buff, Mr. Hall has filled the place with photographs of life in and around El Reno going back more than a century. Using eleven gallons of clear epoxy to seal some 450 pictures onto the top of the counter and the tops of tables, he arranged his visual gallery in chronological order starting at the far left of the restaurant. Here are pictures of the Oklahoma land lotteries and cowboys on horseback, as well as nostalgic ephemera from the early days of car culture, when El Reno was a major stop along Route 66. No matter where you sit at Sid’s, images of olden days in Oklahoma will surround you.

SIDS DINER- EL RENO, OKLAHOMA

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sid's Diner

About Marty Hall

FRIENDS

Blog Archive

If only you were here...Mmm! Smells great

The Food. Burgers, Coney, Fries, and Shakes

A Little about the building...

SIDS DINER- EL RENO, OKLAHOMA

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sid's Diner

About Marty Hall

FRIENDS

Blog Archive

If only you were here...Mmm! Smells great

The Food. Burgers, Coney, Fries, and Shakes

A Little about the building...

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