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homemade biscuits and hashbrown casserole—a favorite of regular customer Cheryl Ousley.


“Randy’s hashbrown casserole is better than Cracker Barrel’s,” she insists. She and her husband, Allan, eat at Angie’s Diner at least once a week and are big fans of the diner’s fish, burgers and “wonderful pies.”


Evening diners can order off the menu or enjoy one of the restau- rant’s nightly specials. Friday nights are reserved for all-you-can-eat meals of two entrée choices from a selection of fried catfish, frog legs, Cajun shrimp or fantail shrimp—served with coleslaw, pinto beans, hushpuppies, and choice of potato for $14.99. Angie’s Diner also offers a wide selection of homemade desserts. Spencer says his mom (and the restaurant’s namesake) is the chief dessert baker, turning out a daily selection of delectable pastries, cobblers, cakes and pies. The pies are made from recipes passed down by his maternal grandmother, Lorene Springs, 91, who is still a reg- ular visitor to Angie’s Diner. Pie selections include chocolate, cherry cream cheese, coconut and pumpkin (in season). Spencer says his family’s commitment to the diner—“we’re not absentee owners,” he stresses—has helped build the restaurant’s busi- ness into the biggest it has ever been. “We are busy all the time,” he says. He credits the diner’s presence on social media for a marked in- crease in patronage. “We run the daily specials on Facebook. Local business people don’t have to call us to see what the special is—they just look online. We get a lot of to-go orders from social media,” says Spencer, who also maintains the diner’s presence on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. He says online advertising helps pull in customers from a 50-mile radius. Serving as the diner’s general manager, he handles all social media accounts, maintains the diner’s website and also runs the kitchen during the evening hours. Angie’s Diner is headquarters to three “coffee drinker clubs”— groups of local men who gather daily to drain the diner’s coffee pot and “solve the world’s problems,” says Spencer. The unofficial clubs meet daily at 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and again at 3 p.m.—“and some of the guys are in all three coffee groups,” he says with a laugh. Spencer says he enjoys visiting with the locals who dine at Angie’s, especially the coffee drinkers who always keep the banter lively and interesting. Though local residents are the mainstay of the restaurant’s success, Spencer says the establishment is often patronized by out-of-town guests stopping in Hugo to see circus-related attractions, as well as those who come in March for the annual Early Bird Bluegrass Show and each June for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association- sanctioned rodeo and homecoming festivities.


Ya’ll Come Eat! Location: 1312 E. Jackson, Hugo, OK


Hours: The diner is open from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday, plus Saturdays. Friday hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. The restau- rant is closed on Sundays.


Contact: Find the diner on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram or call 580-326-2027


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