My first adventure with Mom this week while Abigail is at Four Star Leadership in Oklahoma City was to visit Food Networks Oklahoma star Ree Drummond's Pioneer Woman Mercantile. It is located in Pawhuska, Oklahoma and is about an hour and fifteen minutes north-west of Mom's house.
Patrons lined up around the block to enjoy the home cooking and see the bit of nostalgia in this quaint store. The Merc was built in 1910 and originally called Osage Mercantile. Ree and her husband, purchased the property in 2012 and restored it into what it is today. The 25,000-square-foot building includes a retail store and deli (complete with grab-and-go coffee and goodies) on the first floor and a coffee bar and bakery on the second.
The Mercantile gets 6,000 visitors a day on average. They said that number sometimes goes as high as 15,000. Which is especially surprising considering the small size of the town, Pawhuska: population 3,477!
The food is amazing. I had the grilled cheese and tomato soup! Amazing! We also shared some olive bread that was delicious. Think french bread with chopped green and black olives sprinkled with cheeses and broiled! Nothing on the menu is more that $20. The place is packed but it's Oklahoma and everyone is friendly! Oh, and did I mention, Sweet Tea is $0.25!
Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35
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