 The Curtis Cafe in Stafford, Kansas has been operated by Jack and Musetta Curtis since 1982. The interesting old building has housed a restaurant since 1946. The restaurant still has the original counter and is best known for its homemade pies and for the completed jigsaw puzzles which line the walls. I thought the hand written menu was charming. I visited the Curtis Cafe on a Sunday morning and discovered that on Sundays there are only 5 menu choices. But so many small town Kansas restaurants aren't even open on Sunday, that I will not complain about the limited selection. The choices were fried chicken, Swiss steak, roast beef, pork loin with cherry sauce, or a vegetable plate. All were $6.50 - except for all white meat chicken which is $6.95. Each meal comes with mashed potatoes & gravy, choice of vegetable of the day, salad, homemade yeast roll, and coffee or tea. The salad this day was Jell-O with fruit. It came out right away, but before I even took a bite, the rest of the meal came out. The chicken had good flavor, but tasted like it had been a half hour or so since it was cooked. I bet it is great when it is fresh. Near the end of the meal, my waitress brought a small styrofoam cup with a small scoop of raspberry swirl ice cream. When she returned with the check, I said she was too quick, that I wanted to try the raisin cream pie. She apologized and said that I was supposed to have had my choice of ice cream or a sliver of pie. She brought out a small serving of the pie at no charge. The pie was good, but not as fresh as I would have liked. I will definitely eat at the Curtis Cafe again someday, but probably not on a Sunday.
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