RICK'S RESTAURANT REVIEW

THE FRONTIER CAFE

Truxton, AZ

On Sunday, May 23, Rich Keppner and I decided to ride out to Truxton

to see how The Frontier Cafe was doing after it had been closed for

so long. We had a nice tail wind on the 40-45 mile ride out and got

there in about 45 minutes.

The place hasn't changed much during its hiatus. The first thing we

noticed was that the gravel parking lot made pushing your bike back

into a parking space a bit difficult. But, what the hey, we got

strong legs. Inside it was like they never closed. The prices were a

little higher though. My chili size was $6.95 and the other sandwiches

were in the same range. It was a good thing they put both red and

green Tabasco sauce on the table because the chili was so flat I had

to keep dousing it with the green stuff so it would have some bite to it.

The iced tea glasses could have been larger as well. They did keep them

filled for us, however, and our waitress was friendly.

On the ride back we had to fight the same wind that had been at our backs

on the outbound trip. It was a pleasant Sunday afternoon ride.

It's a good thing that the Frontier Cafe has reopened. This is a nice

intermediate distance ride to a cooler area that I recommend we do a

couple more times this summer. I'll rev The Frontier Cafe up to 4 grand

on the old Route 66 Riders tach. As always redline is 5.