While neither have had experience in the restaurant industry prior to opening their flagship location, feeding others has always been a long standing tradition! One of the best ways to introduce culture is with food and we do that every day! We are proud of our Choctaw Heritage and proud to celebrate the foods we grew up eating with our customers!
To us, we are not just serving food but, rather, we are serving history, one bite at a time! The Oklahoma Fried Onion Burger has a long history, tracing back to the early 20th century, during the Great Depression.
Oklahoma, like the rest of the United States, was hit hard by the economic downturn. People needed inexpensive meals, and diners in Oklahoma came up with a solution: the Fried Onion Burger. The birthplace of the fried onion burger is El Reno, Oklahoma, a small town located just outside of Oklahoma City.
During the Great Depression in the s and s, inexpensive diner food was in high demand. Meat was costly, so in an attempt to stretch beef further, cooks began to add thinly sliced onions to the meat patties. Not only did this provide more volume to the burger, but the onions also added a unique, delicious flavor that made the burger stand out.
These burgers were traditionally cooked on a flat-top grill, with the onions getting caramelized directly into the thin beef patty. Served on a bun with pickles and mustard, the Oklahoma Fried Onion Burger was simple, affordable, and deeply satisfying. As the economic conditions improved, the onions could have been removed from the recipe, but the locals had grown to love the distinctive flavor. Thus, the Fried Onion Burger continued to be a staple in Oklahoma's culinary scene, moving from a meal of necessity to a beloved local tradition.
