Amarillo, TX

Howdy!  We overnighted in Amarillo the other night and just a few paces down the road was this funky restaurant called "The Big Texan".  It's famous for the 72 ounce steak and fixin's you get free if you can eat it all in a certain amount of time.   If you have ever traveled on I-40 through Amarillo, you have probably seen the signs along the highway and of course the building with the big cow out front. 

When we checked in the RV park, they told us if we wanted a good steak, the restaurant had a limo service that would pick us up right at our RV.  Well, sign us up!

I was expecting bigger horns!  :)

This place is hard to miss!

 

 

 

 

The fleet of limos are ready for service.  They go to local hotels, RV parks, etc. to pick up patrons.  One of the newly acquired limos in the picture below doesn't have it's horns yet. :)

 

 

 

 

 

This is the western style hotel next door that is owned by the same company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that's a Texas size cow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, another photo op!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Everything in the case below is what you have to eat (in one hour or less) in order to get your dinner for free.  That 4.5 pound steak was as big as a large roast!

The timers are located near the back of the restaurant and are set for 6 contestants at a time.  None were participating while we were there.

It was starting to get busy.   By the time we left the place was really filling up. 

While we were wandering around the gift shop, we spotted this case with a real rattlesnake inside!   I guess that's kind of like the alligators displayed in some of the roadside stores in Florida. 

This was a fun looking shooting gallery inside the restaurant.  We were going to shoot, but it was "out of order".    Maybe next time.

 

It was all very "touristy".   However, it was a fun evening and the steaks were good.  Not great.....good.  :)