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Cattlemen's Steakhouse

1309 S Agnew Ave, Oklahoma City, OK

A Stockyards City cafe that changed hands in a craps game on Christmas Eve 1945 and has looked much the same ever since.

📅 1910–present🏛️ RestaurantStill here
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The story

Cattlemen's started in 1910 as Cattlemen's Cafe, feeding cowboys and ranchers in Stockyards City. H.V. Homer Paul took over in 1926 and Henry Hank Frey in 1929. During Prohibition it served home-brewed drinks.

On Christmas Eve 1945, Gene Wade won the place from Frey in a craps game at the Biltmore Hotel. Wade and his father renovated it and briefly kept it open 24 hours. By the early to mid 1950s it was Cattleman's Drive-In, and by 1957 it was Cattlemen's Steakhouse. The diner-style front section still has two counters and red vinyl booths, and the interior has looked much the same since 1945. Dick Stubbs bought it from the Wade family in 1990. The menu still carries calf brain and eggs for breakfast and lamb fries as a best-selling appetizer.

What's There Now

It is still a working steakhouse in Stockyards City, with the original diner counters and two dining rooms called the Hereford and the Angus.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

Gene Wade won the restaurant from Henry Frey in a craps game on Christmas Eve 1945 at the Biltmore Hotel.
It was called Cattleman's Drive-In in the early to mid 1950s.
As of 2023 it bought 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of lamb fries a year.

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