One very nice feature of Sleepy Hollow is its glass enclosed dining room (one of two dining rooms available) that overlooks an adjacent wooded creek. A large screen television that is usually playing keeps it from being a quiet place for contemplation, the idea I probably had when I first thought of a creek flowing nearby, but I do not remember the "old" Sleepy Hollow ever being that quiet either.

The glass dining room used to serve as the bar, but when the original restaurant closed it dropped its liquor license, and the new owners have been unable to renew it. I'm sure this has been a devastating blow for a restaurant so close to the State Capitol, but for anyone content to order iced tea this is still an excellent place to come.

Sleepy Hollow's salad

Salad is included as one of the side item choices with dinners, and since the chicken seems to take about a half hour to cook, I would say it is an excellent idea to start with the salad while you are waiting. Any salad sprinkled with grated cheddar cheese is not my idea of a great one, but the one here was good. The lettuce was fresher than most, and the tomatoes were not too bad. I probably enjoyed the croutons more than most, which is good because there were more of them than usual. The dressing was good, and I believe I got the one the waiter recommended.

Fried chicken served family style

Fried Chicken orders come in various sizes to feed any number of persons, and the flavor is just about unmatched. Like Eischen's Bar in Okarche, northwest of Oklahoma City, Sleepy Hollow seems to take patrons back in time when fried chicken was a special treat, and there was a special art in preparing it. These are the two places I have found that still have the "old fashioned" fried chicken that we used to all love before too much of it seemed to fall into mass production. I cannot say any more about Sleepy Hollow's fried chicken than to say it was as good as I anticipated.

An order of white meat

On my first visit to Sleepy Hollow I wanted an order of all white meat (shown in the above photo), and of course it was excellent. My preference now, though, is to get a mixed order, since I have found the dark and white meat to be equally good. To me this is one of the main differences between good quality chicken (such as is served here) and the "commercial" chicken I find in many places where the dark meat is pretty much flavorless, greasy, and unsatisfying.

The Mashed Potatoes were also quite good, and the waiter indicated the side dishes were "all you can eat" (and more would be provided if requested).

I enjoyed the Peas although more than likely they came from a can.

The Biscuits were not quite as light and fluffy as I remembered from before, but my memory could be faulty. They were good enough, though, that I thought they made the meal a lot more enjoyable.