 Few restaurant openings were as anxiously awaited as the April 2008 opening of Stroud's Restaurant in Fairway, Kansas. The Stroud's restaurant tradition dates back to 1933, when Helen Stroud opened a barbecue restaurant in a shack at 85th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. On a 4th of July, a few years later, skillet fried chicken was offered. Stroud's sold out of chicken that first night and it has been on the menu ever since. In time, Stroud's Restaurants were added in Manhattan & Wichita, Kansas, and a second Kansas City location opened nort of the Missouri River. The Manhattan, Kansas location closed in 2003, and the original Troost location closed in 2005. Although the menu and food are still the same, today the Wichita and Kansas City locations have different ownership. But lets get back to this new location in Fairway, Kansas. While Stroud's Restaurant in Fairway lacks the rustic charm of the other two locations, the food is just as good and it has the advantage of being open for lunch on weekdays. Stroud's is famous for famous for skillet fried chicken, chicken fried steak, pork chops, and fried catfish, served family style along with very popular cinnamon rolls. I am particularly fond of their chicken soup, fried gizzards and cottage fried potatoes. Complete meals run from $10 - 27, with most chicken dinners around $16-18. When Stroud's Restaurant first opened at this Fairway location, they were so busy that they wouldn't take phone in takeout orders. They do take phone in orders now. The wait for a table for diner is still about a an hour, but there is no wait at Saturday lunch. Stroud's has the same menu for lunch and diner and that can be a lot of food, partcularly for a week day lunch when I recomend sharing a meal. I've never had enough appetite left at the end of a meal to try Stroud's deserts.
Stroud's Restaurant website
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