PHOTO: Hank's Hamburgers, Tulsa OK, serves "off menu" burger: six patties, total 1.5 pounds of meat

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Name: Hank’s Hamburgers

Address: 8933 E Admiral Place, Tulsa, OK 74115, 918.832.1509

Hours: Tue/Sat 10am-7pm

Hank's Hamburgers - Okie Dokie with Cheese

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Hank’s Hamburgers has been a Tulsa institution since 1949 opened by Hank Henry. The Henry family has had a big influence in Tulsa burgers when you take into account this landmark along with his brother Bill Henry’s establishment of Bill’s Jumbo Burgers in 1960. Current owners Dennis and Marilyn Felts have been running Hank’s for around 6 years now.

Much has been written of Hank’s Hamburgers over the years. The Tulsa World’s Scott Cherry (link: Tulsa World - Dining Out - Hank’s Hamburgers - 10.08.04) wrote a great article on Hank’s that listed several interesting facts: 1) Singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary at Hanks, 2) Hanks was featured in a New York Times article (link: New York Times - Dining & Wine - 09.08.04), 3) Today’s Show Al Roker filmed a segment of Roker on the Road for Food Network. I couldn’t find the link to this show on the Food Network’s website but while I was visiting Hanks the owner Dennis Felts was nice enough to pop out a portable disc player which had the episode and let me watch it while my son and I were waiting for our burgers. It was a great piece. I’d also like to point out that Dennis was very busy working the grill but was nice enough to do this for me. Just down right great people.

But I’m not here to write about what others wrote, oh crap, too late. Anyway, its Halloween and I was thinking that Hank’s would be a great place to eat for two reasons. One was that my son Zach has been leaning toward pounding down those really big burgers lately. On a previous trip to Hank’s he easily put away the Hank’s Big Okie which is 4 patties that are 1/4 lb each totaling 1 lb and offered to finish mine that I was taking home. I had heard through the grapevine that Hank’s has a monster of a burger that is an off menu item called the Okie Dokie which is 6 patties totaling 1.5 lb’s. Being a monster burger seems fitting for Halloween. The second reason I thought Hank’s would be great for Halloween was for their home made Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls. If you kind of like Reese’s PB Cups you will LOVE these.

[flvegan]

1. Repulsive. n/t

[MajorChode]

2. I've been to Hank's once or twice

I wasn't all that impressed. I don't eat burgers that often and when I do I almost always make them myself.