Attractions
Cowboy Cuisine : Worth the Trip — Natty Flat Smokehouse
By Steve Stevens
Just south of 20 on 281 in the small town of Lipan is Natty Flat Smokehouse. It is more of a miniature Old West town filled with a Texas Hill Country furniture store. It has a bakery, a barbecue shop and, believe it or not, the World’s Largest Rocking Chair.
This place is just fun cowboy stuff to do. As you adventure and shop around this Old West village, you can spend time hunting down all the vintage signs, antique tractor implements and other unique findings in all of its nooks and crannies.
I had dinner at the Natty Flat Smokehouse on the way back to Weatherford after picking up some horse products in Stephenville. This little stretch of highway is really pretty with ranches and vistas.
As you enter the smokehouse, it is like walking into someone’s home from Little House on the Prairie. When you walk in, you can’t but feel at home in the rustic cabin dining room filled with dry goods like old-fashioned rock candy and suckers. The shelves are loaded with their own products, too.
I ordered the special of pork ribs with two sides. I got the Natty Flats barbecue beans and baked tater salad. The ribs fell off the bone, and the barbecue sauce was sweet and spicy.
The tater salad was yummy, but the star of the show for me was the Natty Flat barbecue beans. The beans were just delicious topped with some brisket bits and barbecue sauce. You could literally put this stuff on your old muck boots and it would taste great.
To read more pick up a copy of the April 2018 issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
Cabin dining room. (Photos by Steve Stevens)
Front of the smokehouse.
Menu sign.
Oversized rocking chair.
Sugar shack.
Weather rock.
It’s already March and the smell of springtime parties and special events is in the air.
Everybody knows in order to have a great party, you’ve got to have the right music.
Well, that’s where my friend Katie Dieter comes to the rescue.
Katie, aka DJ KD “The Spinner,” has been spinning the right mix for parties and special events throughout North Texas for years now. Her passion for music helps to make your special event one your friends will never forget. Whether you’re planning a wedding, banquet, school event or just a backyard get-together with friends, DJ KD “The Spinner” is the right call for you.
To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Seems lately these days Texas is becoming the envy of musicians from around the world.
With the overwhelming response to “Yellowstone,” the television series, Texas once again finds itself under the microscope of the world, much like the late 1980’s TV series know to all around the globe as “Dallas.”
With that said, the musician population in Texas is beginning to grow as many aspiring performers turn their sights on Texas instead of Nashville. Meet my newly-found friend and fellow musician Grace Partridge. This youthful 19 year old has recently made Texas her new home. She began fiddling at age four in Rigby, Idaho. Grace worked her way through the National Fiddle championships in Weiser, Idaho, becoming a five-time national champion. She’s even played on the Grand Ole Opry. Still yet, her desire to become a true Texas Fiddler has brought her to the Lone Star State. I’m pretty sure we can thank Bob Wills for that.
To read more, pick up a copy of the January 2024 issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
On Nov. 4, 2023, the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra will present an evening of Texas Cowboy, Country and Western Swing with yours truly, Dave Alexander and the fabulous Quebe Sisters.
Enjoy the music of Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry and many more of your Texas Music favorites performed with a full symphony orchestra. We also will feature music from my latest CD, “From The Saddle To Symphony Hall,” along with some of my own compositions. It is guaranteed to be a night to remember.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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