Golden Touch American Grill - Its shady alright….
by Andrew | October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
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Loading ...Golden Touch American Grill is located at 4517 SW 29th St. in Oklahoma City and is open everyday for breakfast and lunch (map).
Since I feel it is my duty as an American to notify the public when my lunch time adventures cause me to stumble across a tasty hidden treasure, then it would also be my duty to inform the growing legion of Shady Restaurant fans of those places they should avoid. This week, my fellow lunch pals and I decided to try a place we have passed many times, but wisely had never stopped at before. The Golden Touch Grill sits along Meridian on the way to the airport inviting recent travelers to enjoy “the best home cooking in town.” They lied.
When you first walk into the Golden Touch, you are reminded of other Oklahoma City shady favorites. The menu has a variety of burgers as well as hot lunch specials. The clientèle has that special quality about them that makes you wish you had your license to carry a concealed weapon, you know, just in case. There was the guy wearing the short sleeve button up, that forgot to button up. There was a 20 year old TV playing soap operas. The tables were a hodgepodge of mismatched furniture lined up in long rows so you could eat with all your shady friends prison style. There was a white board with a drawing of peach cobbler commanding patrons to try it. In other words, your typical shady restaurant. In fact, to get the full effect of this place I have included two pictures.
The atmosphere was perfect, the location was scary, the entrance was intimidating (see picture), so all that was left to be a contender for the prestigious “Shady Restaurant of the Month” award was for the food to be good. We immediately realized that breakfast was only served until 11. That was a little concerning, but then we looked over and the guy with the unbuttoned shirt was smiling and nodding, with a little gravy collected in his mustache, as if to say “don’t worry, you’ll love the roast beef and burgers.”
I asked the waitress what I should order and she recommended the Golden Touch Burger. “Why not?” I thought to myself. After all, it is its namesake. My two shady adventurers decided to try the roast beef and beef tips and gravy respectively. The meal was plated and in front of us in less than 2 minutes. I remember remarking that was a little TOO fast. The burger had swiss cheese and a slice of ham on top and was accompanied with onion rings. It looked and smelled pretty good. It wasn’t horrible, started off pretty good, but got progressively less and less tasty the longer I chewed on it. The onion rings mysteriously tasted like fried whitefish. Not really a bad flavor in itself, just not what you really want your onion rings tasting like. I glanced over at mustache man and he was still smiling and nodding. I felt like at this point he knew something I didn’t. Meanwhile my friends were working on their beef and gravy concoctions. They described them as bringing back memories of bad TV dinners, fake grill marks and all. Not one of us was able to finish. We passed on the peach cobbler.
It is a shame breakfast hadn’t been served. It’s hard to mess up eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns, and can make one of these places worth coming back to. The price is right at a place like this if the food quality is decent. Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this place for lunch. It’s a shame we were unable to try the breakfast options. We left, but not completely unsatisfied. Another shady spot can now be marked off the list and our adventures can continue elsewhere.
(4.75 out of 5)
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A guy with an unbuttoned shirt and a gravy-laden moustache that constantly smiled and stared at you? Sounds like the restaurant version of Deliverance…
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