I'm catching up on old reviews...such a slacker.
Anyway, if you've kept up with my food reviews, you know I'm a carnivore and that I love a good cookout! Â What better to throw on the grill, especially on the deck in LBI, than a couple of thick NY Strips, filets or even some burgers you made with fresh ground beef? Â If that's your goal, and you're on LBI, then I can't recommend a better place than Okie's. Â
We've been coming to LBI for a few years now and while we eat out a bit, I love to just cook it up for the family, so almost every night we'll hit Okie's or a local seafood market...or even better-BOTH. Â No lie, Okie's is THE place to go for some great steaks...they have an excellent selection and if you can cook, you won't be disappointed in the quality. Â If you can't cook then you might as will buy crap anyway, or better yet...learn! you'll spend a little more at Okie's than at the supermarkets on the mainland, but it's worth it. Â
Boys, a good cook will always impress!
If you've read other places I've reviewed down on LBI (which is really only one and that's okay) then you may know that I lived down there for the better part of 13 months. Â In that 13 months I think I have eaten at Oakie's over 24 times throughout the entire year though perhaps not continually as I know they used to close for about 6 weeks to go enjoy the races... (not sure which kind though.)
Regardless of that fact there is no better value for your money. Â Whether you want their $5 lunch special or just a sandwich with whatever you like on it you will routinely walk out spending less than $10 and for someone who had only an hour for lunch and then had to get back to a lot of carpentry this was the place to fill your belly.
Everyone in my family knows how to eat. Â Hands-down I could probably beat just about everyone but my cousin however even Oakie's provides significant challenges in the finishing-of-my-plate department as you can barely get your mouth around their sandwiches. Â And on top of that everything is sliced fresh and their roast beef is so rare you can't get it any better! Â To top it all off they put their sandwiches on REAL bread. Â None of this supermarket brand/Wonderbread type of crap... I mean real bread with a real crust (and sesame seeds on it are a plus) and a thick dense crumb that tells you it was baked by a person not a bunch of large scale machines in a factory.
And did I mention their a butcher shop as well? Â Never bought beef or anything else from them but I bet it was all primo stuff too!
Keep it up Oakie's!!!