Lunch @ Smokey Bear Restaurant in Capitan, New Mexico

Eric & I with Smokey

the Bear at Smokey Bear

Restaurant in Capitan.

We visited Smokey Bear Historic Park here in 2019.  The US Forest Service and the Ad Council created a Fire Prevention campaign in 1944 featuring a fictional Smokey the Bear.  

The Drinks & Desserts

Menu

We are here for the 

Blue Plate Special:

Chicken Fried Steak 

with two Vegetables.

A Bear Cub was found in a tree during the Capitan Gap fire in 1950.  He was rescued by firefighters and taken for treatment of his burns.  News of Smokey, the orphaned Cub hit the news.  The Fire Prevention Campaign now had a spunky Bear that the public had fallen in love with and cared deeply about.

Eric's Chicken Fried Steak

with Black Eyed Peas &

Tater Tots with Green

Chili Sauce

My Chicken Fried Steak

came with Corn & Tater

Tots.

Each table has Smokey the Bear artwork.

We now know what Chicken Fried Steak tastes like and decided that we like the flavorful combination.  I haven't eaten crunchy Tater Tots in many years and just loved them!

There are many pictures

of Smokey the Bear.

His image decorates

the curtains.

Eric and I enjoyed eating lunch at Smokey Bear's place and we thanked the Staff for our delicious lunches.