K-Bob's Steakhouse

When I was a child, the Sunday treat was lunch at the K-Bob's Steakhouse. As far back as I can remember, my mother and I would travel to the K-Bob's after church. I remember it was at Poe and Main. It would later move to a location near the ALCO store on Hobbs St. If memory serves, a second location was up north near the mall. I think that north location would later become the Mason Jar. Long before Cattle Baron's and The Outback, there was K-Bob's. It was the true fine steakhouse in Roswell. The steaks were always medium rare and always tasty. But the true treat was the chuck wagon salad bar! Like its name, it was a chuck wagon turned salad bar. The plates were at the end inside a mini refrigerator so your plate was always chilled. K-bob's was the very first place I knew that had a "salad bar". Not only could you get a nice tossed salad with cheese, black olives, ranch dressing and croutons, but a zangy potato and/or sweet macaroni salad. Being only a child, I would try not to fill up on the salad bar as the steak, baked potato and fried okra were always quickly served. We never ordered dessert as there was fruit salad and pudding at the salad bar. The atmosphere was that of an old western steakhouse. There were wagon wheel chandeliers and horseshoes hanging on the walls. I remember the original location to be dark and aged. The newer locations more modern and bright. I'm not sure when we stopped going to K-Bob's and chose to go someplace else yet I do recall enjoying it. It's strange how I started thinking about K-Bob's after all these years. Well, the reason was, my wife and I happen to eat in one in Canon City Colorado. Yep, they're still around. And the funny thing was, I felt just like that little boy, reaching for the bread pudding back in the 1980s in Roswell. To be honest, it was the chuck wagon salad bar that brought the memories back...