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Babe's Chicken Dinner House
1456 Belt Line Road #171
Garland, TX 75044
972-496-1041
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We figure there's something wrong with people who can't enjoy an occasional fried chicken dinner. Nonetheless, we feared we'd be wandering onto the documentary setpiece for America: The Obese at Babe's, a venerable family dining establishment exactly where you'd expect to find it, in a Garland strip shopping mall. We were wrong, sort of. Not everyone looked like they'd been feeding on fried chicken skin their entire lives, but all-you-can-eat places do tend to serve as magnets for the gluttonous. If we're going to overdo it, we thought, it might as well be with fried chicken and side dishes as tasty as these. Babe's serves up family-style dinners which include piles of super-crispy, thick-breaded monster chicken pieces, an iceberg lettuce salad (very fresh, with a sweet vinaigrette), tasty green beans, creamed corn (for those who can stand the sight of it), biscuits and excellent mashed potatoes. Everything, it seems, is doused in butter. Babe's has a few other things on the menu as well, including hickory-smoked chicken, pot roast, chicken-fried steak and fried catfish. Eat till you explode.
- Best Of 2002: Best Home-style Restaurant
- Best Of 2000: Best fried chicken
- Cuisine(s): American, Diner
- Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Mon-Fri, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat & Sun
- Price: $
- Serving: Lunch, Dinner
- Reservations: Not Accepted
- Parking: Lot Available
- Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, check
- Attire: Casual
- Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly
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