Crazy 8 Cafe & Coffeehouse — Restaurant in Chickasha

My partner and I stopped in for lunch with a Chickasha client, Laurie Elzo. (Laurie had really raved about the place, and, well, she should KNOW, as she works in downtown Chickasha and eats at Crazy 8 all the time.)

On a side note, I grew up shopping in the Levine family's famous Dixie Store (i.e., the department store in whose building both the Grady County Museum AND Crazy 8 are now located), so my lunch was a bit of a walk down Memory Lane for me today. (The old pneumatic tubes are still in place, even!)

I ordered a really terrific Caesar salad with sliced chicken breast atop. The romaine was fresh and crispy and, even though the dressing wasn't a true Caesar complete with raw egg and anchovy paste, it was good.

My partner ordered a salad/soup combo.

His soup was especially good, by the way -- he gave me a couple of bites. )Well, not really. He gave me one bite and I stole another when he wasn't looking. So, uh, yeah.)

I don't remember what our Chickasha client (Laurie) ordered, but I DO know that she thoroughly enjoyed her lunch.

P.S.: The soup I mentioned earlier? The one that my partner had? It was a cabbage roll soup, and was absolutely DELICIOUS -- fresh cabbage, tomatoes, and what I'm pretty certain was ground beef. )

Yummmmmers. (Now I want to look up a recipe to make a batch of this particular soup at home!)

I had freshly made iced coffee to drink -- a hazelnut-flavored variety that couldn't have been better it if had to be.

Let me tell you -- this was a darned good lunch treat for around ten bucks a person! (And yes, that included sales tax.)

The service was friendly, too -- very much so. Cozy, small town friendliness -- something I grew up with and often miss in nearby Oklahoma City.

I have a large contract coming up in Grady County later this year, and I certainly intend to return to Crazy 8 to fill my belly with good, home...

I have been to Chickasha once in like 20 years. I came for a job and decided I wanted to take some dessert home. This place came up in a quick google search. I was hoping for the Almond Joy cake but it wasn’t available. I got a gooey red velvet bar and a pineapple upside down cake slice for me and my daughter to share. The pineapple upside down cake was good. I don’t think there is a way to mess it up so it tasted like any other. Good for sure. However, the gooey red velvet was awful. It was very dry and hard. I’ve made ooegy gooey cake bars before and they’re one of my favorite desserts as well as regular red velvet cake. The two combined was a disaster in this scenario. Very dry, not good flavor, not ooey or gooey. We threw it in the trash after tasting it. I would try this place again because every place has an off day and it has good reviews. Hoping for better selections...

A hidden gem in downtown Chickasha. The museum is worth a look. More importantly the food & drink is homey & delicious. The menu is a small affair but there's plenty to like. Everything has a homemade appeal and the dining room is charming. Pricing & consistency are a small issue. Sometimes plates don't feel like a good value. I also think that the dishes and sandwiches aren't always 100% consistent. That said I still thoroughly enjoy the place. Keep in mind they keep odd hours i.e. you have to come at lunch as they don't stay open late. Come check out this place if you...