My first restaurant review: Tocabe

     

       It is a good thing my father is a bodyman(he fixes cars) because my wife drives by touch. When she touches something with her car she has gone too far!  She dropped her car  off last week to get it fixed and the rental car made it thought without a dent. Car repaired...it was dinner time and he lives by this restaurant we saw on Diners, Drive- ins and Dives. Tocabe an American Indian Eatery, (www.tocabe.com) the first thing that catches your eye when you walk in are three large hands carved out of wood, they represent the three villages of the Osage Nation: Pawhuska, Hominy, and Greyhorse. It has a warm, friendly and open sitting area, it is set up like those two other burrito restaurants that start with a "Q" and "C" minus the chain store feel. The staff was awesome! One guy came around and explained the menu to us, he even had my hungry(and very grumpy) son excited to order. My wife had the vegetarian Indian taco which consisted of Indian fried bread(like a giant sopapia) black beans, veggies, toppings and mild salsa on the side(yes she is a wimp). I had the Indian taco with the shredded bison, chili beans...ok I could keep going on with what else I had on it but the bison was the star of the show. It melted in my mouth and the flavor was out of this world I could of eaten my weight in the bison it was that good.

        We finished eating and were completely satisfied! Then out came the bison ribs someone else ordered and my eyes made me hungry again! They looked amazing it had a slight charred look and came with a homemade berry barbecue sauce and fry bread. I was watching, ok I was drooling over, the lady that ordered them, as she took her first bite it looked like she went to another planet. Her husband even asked if it was really that good and could he have a bite? She said yes it was that good and no he could not have a bite. So now we have to go there again just to have the ribs and see if they are worth getting a divorce over.

       I had some pictures but they where all blurry and did not do the ambinace or food justice. So when we go again I will post some for you guys. If you have not tried Tocabe run don't walk to get there you will not be disappointed http://tocabe.com/locations.php, the staff and the food make it a great night. My eight year old loved it and said "Daddy you need to learn to cook this stuff." I will leave it to them you don't want to mess with perfection.