Lika’s Log

If you’re ever cruising I-40 and going thru Gallup, NM eat at Earl’s. The place is located on the east side of Gallup located between Pizza Hut & Kristy’s. You’ll see da Kristy’s sign before you see the Earl’s sign. It located on the old Rt 66, as in get your kicks on Rt 66. Or something like that.

Earl’s is an old family restaurant that goes back a couple of generations. The have American & Mexican food along with Navajo Tacos and/or Frybread hamburger. Navajo Tacos is what some people call Indian tacos; same ting, depends where you live. Its a frybread which is da size of one plate literally covered with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions and green or red chile. Note: In New Mexico restaurants they usually ask “red or green?” as in red or green chile. They are talking about red chili sause or green chile sause as in the vegtable NOT chile beans that comes out of a can.

Fry bread is basically flour, water, salt, baking soda made into a dough anden a piece of dough is flattened and deep fired in grease. Serious cholesteral but ono. It taste good with just honey on it. Or some people just eat it plain with salt.

Yes its unhealthy, so what else is new. A Fry bread hamburger is basical using fry bread instead of a bun. The hamburger is cut in half and the fry bread is folded in half with all da stuff in it, so it looks like a huge taco. Anyway if you never had or rarely have fry bread this is a good place to get it. Oh yeah and a note about fry bread. It is always FRY Bread. It is never “Fried” Bread. Of course haoles (aka Billahgahnah’s in Navajo) may disagree, I don’t care or Ainokea. Its plain ole Fry Bread, leave it alone.

The coolest thing about Earl’s is that you can eat and shop! Vendors are allowed to sell their stuff to you. As you eat they come to your table. If you don’t want to be bothered, then go sit in the unsocialable section. Anyway, as you eat vendors will stop at your table and show you their arts and crafts. There are some really cool stuff and people are so creative. Most is jewelry and beadwork and most are native but not all.

On the outside of Earls there are a bunch of tables where more vendors sell their arts and crafts. There are a lot of stuff you don’t see in stores and if you did they would ask for an arm and a leg; kinda like gas. LOL But the good thing too, if you chang la dat, you can haggle with the vendors.

At Christmas time you can kill two birds with one stone; shop and eat at da same time.

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Going holoholo to OKC & Tahlequah, OK. Going to see my daughters play in a fast pitch softball tournament & celebrate #1’s 32nd birthday. Gosh I have old kids. LOL Anden going to vistit my In-laws. I’m going to compare the heat of Phx to the heat & humidity of Oklahoma. hehehehe Be back Tues or Wed or weneva.

K~den bumby.

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