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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SHOP STOPS

Luther's Store and Restaurant

Stop here for your traveling supplies, meatloaf sandwiches, hand-pattied hamburgers and specials…

📍 LeRoy, Coffey County

RESTAURANT

M & R Grill

Fresh, hearty, and made to please—salads, sandwiches, soups, and comfort favorites everyone…

📍 Abilene, Dickinson County

RESTAURANT

Ma's Cafe in Burden

Ma’s Cafe keeps folks coming back with its ever-changing daily specials. One…

📍 Burden, Cowley County

RESTAURANT

Macias Restaurant

No need to choose between Mexican and American fare, both are on…

📍 Sublette, Haskell County

RESTAURANT

Mad Jack's Fresh Fish

Half fish market, half restaurant, Mad Jack's is one of those not-so-fancy…

📍 Kansas City, Wyandotte County

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Made from Scratch

Nearly everything, as the name tells us, is made from scratch—from the…

📍 Wilson, Ellsworth County

CUISINE

Main Street Food and Brew Hall

The only food hall west of Kansas City is located in a…

📍 Garden City, Finney County

GROCERY

Main Street Mercantile

Local ranchers Kaden and Emily Rausch set out to sell their own…

📍 Lebanon, Smith County

RESTAURANT

Main Street Pizza Cafe

Try the chicken ranch or German pie (Canadian bacon and sauerkraut) pizza…

📍 Inman, McPherson County

PIZZA

Main Street Pizza of Logan

The secret recipe for extra good pizza has made this business a…

📍 Logan, Phillips County

DELI

Mall Deli

Jim and Diane Martino have found the right recipe for creamy Italian…

📍 Pittsburg, Crawford County

RESTAURANT

Maria's Taqueria

You'll be treated like a special friend when you visit Maria's. She…

📍 Coolidge, Hamilton County

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