Rex's Chicken 111th & Memorial - A quick review

[dbacks fan]

Getting dangerously close - do you have the recipes to go with the menu??

That was such a wonderful place to go in the evening!  (Pizza really wasn't any better than Ken's up the street, but the place was just more "cozy"??  And now Ken's is the only one left!  Sad.

I wish. Was just looking at the prices The Full House at $4.00 is the most expensive pizza on the menu.

[guido911]

Funny how people can remember a flavor or aroma from decades ago.  I can still recall the taste of Shakey's cheese pizza.

I was not much a fan of Shotgun Sams, mediocre at best, hillbilly pizza at worst.

The two things I remember about the STL metro east Shakeys was that it had a riser leading to a window so you could see your pizza being made (back then it was a pretty big deal--today not so much) and those awesome deep fried sliced potatoes.

O/T:  I do not know how many more chicken restaurants can fit in the 111th & Memorial area. There is a KFC, Popeyes, Charlies Chicken, Chik Char, and now Rex's all within a very reasonable walking distance from that intersection. Red Arrow might add to this list.

[swake]

The two things I remember about the STL metro east Shakeys was that it had a riser leading to a window so you could see your pizza being made (back then it was a pretty big deal--today not so much) and those awesome deep fried sliced potatoes.

O/T:  I do not know how many more chicken restaurants can fit in the 111th & Memorial area. There is a KFC, Popeyes, Charlies Chicken, Chik Char, and now Rex's all within a very reasonable walking distance from that intersection. Red Arrow might add to this list.

And Chick-Fil-A is right there too.

Bixby must be a big chicken town.

[Dana431]

O/T:  I do not know how many more chicken restaurants can fit in the 111th & Memorial area. There is a KFC, Popeyes, Charlies Chicken, Chik Char, and now Rex's all within a very reasonable walking distance from that intersection. Red Arrow might add to this list.

Yeah we went to Charlies Chicken last night after finding out rex's is closed on sundays.

[Hoss]

Ok help me out here. I have heard my whole life from transplanted Easterners about how great NY Pizza is. From the pictures I have seen and the so called NY style pizza places that have been around here. The pie(As they call it)is usually thin and real flat with a mass amount of cheese that just runs off like water when picked up. Am I wrong in that assumption or is there hidden magic in that huge box of dough and cheese.

Is there still a Kens around here ? I know some small towns still have them. I thought Selby got out of those years ago.

Sapulpa, on Taft.  Still there.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=kens+pizza&fb=1&gl=us&hq=kens+pizza&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma+74112&ei=HoCOTLiXKY3vngfz7oX3Cg&ved=0CDUQtgMwAw&ll=35.988378,-96.103528&spn=0,1.056747&t=h&z=11&layer=c&cbll=35.988378,-96.103528&panoid=naZh0BhXOJj6LLYm3DYuTg&cbp=12,140.05,,0,-0.69

[swake]

Ok help me out here. I have heard my whole life from transplanted Easterners about how great NY Pizza is. From the pictures I have seen and the so called NY style pizza places that have been around here. The pie(As they call it)is usually thin and real flat with a mass amount of cheese that just runs off like water when picked up. Am I wrong in that assumption or is there hidden magic in that huge box of dough and cheese.

Is there still a Kens around here ? I know some small towns still have them. I thought Selby got out of those years ago.

NY style is good, I prefer Chicago style myself, but it's good pizza if it's done well. For NY Style, try Mario's at 51st and Harvard or Umberto's on 31st near Harvard.

[Conan71]

NY style is good, I prefer Chicago style myself, but it's good pizza if it's done well. For NY Style, try Mario's at 51st and Harvard or Umberto's on 31st 21st near Harvard.

FIFY, great pizza.  The garlic knots are to die for.

[heironymouspasparagus]

NY style appears to be kind of a variable.  Have traveled through Massachusetts and New York and it seems every town has its own slightly different interpretation of pie.  Yes, it is that thin, running over the edge cheese stuff.  Sooo goood... But then so is Chicago style.  Kind of like sex.  Even bad pizza is pretty good.

I went to Ken's in Chandler.  The is also one in Prague as well as the Sapulpa one.  Haven't been to them yet, but they are on the list.  Very different from Mazzios.  You can still order Kens style at Mazzios, but it is special order.  Ask for thin crust, Ken's style.  No guarantee on what it will actually be - Mazzio's is all over the map these days.

Ken's is thin crust.  Nothing like eastern style - remember, this is Oklahoma - but I still like it.  Good stuff.

[guido911]

And Chick-Fil-A is right there too.

Bixby must be a big chicken town.

It sure is I guess. We like our chicken jerked, smoked, then choked. sorry.