By Tami Cox Swearingen
I'm really excited to share this weeks Road trip! We found our selves in Gering, at the Finish Line Cafe. It is located at 2923 Red Barn Drive East in Gering.
If you know where the Red Barn meat market is, it is connected to that. It's not a very big place, at least it looks that way from the out side with its checkered flag looking building. But open the door, and its much bigger than you would think. All decorated in motor sports items. I'm pretty sure I saw Dale Ernhardt JR standing in the corner. This place is a car nut wonderland. I loved it.
Even better, is the food. They are only open until 2 p.m. and serve breakfast and lunch. I have heard about the breakfasts, and saw a few enjoying theirs. However, I was there for the chicken fried steaks. They are well known, so I had to try it. I usually would not order this, but I had to try it. So, with our wonderful waitress and cook, spoiling us silly. We both ordered the chicken fried steak meal. It would included chicken fry, mashed potato's, corn and a piece of cake.
Everything they serve here is home made, and fantastic. The chicken fried steak however was the best I ever ate. It's not deep fat fried. They tenderize it, bread it and cook it on the grill. It is so tender it melts in your mouth, with a gravy on top bringing out all the wonderful flavor of it. Home made mashed potato's; it doesn't get any better than this.
In addition to this fantastic meal, our waitress was so much fun. We visited about mutual friends, and a little of everything. It felt like coming home. While a couple of folks came in, explaining that their new grandbaby and their parents were coming. It's where family's go. It truly is a comfortable place for 1 or 20, and everyone leaves promises to return and bring friends.
They have a awesome menu and prices are beyond reasonable. It is my new favorite stop for sure. I cant hardly wait to get back.
