People often ask me how I come across many of the wholly unique places I write about and, to be honest, I’m quite not sure…I’m mostly lucky, I guess. Like the other day, a preternatural drive inside me told me to go a little further up S.W 29th street than usual, crossing Shields and the highway, moving deftly into S.E. OKC territory. It was there that I found the much-vaunted Roger’s Meat Market, 1925 S.E. 29th Street.
An ancient building that had obviously seen better days, the bars on the window and the covered-over graffiti is pretty prevalent to the lonely area the business is located in. Quite easy to drive right past, the sign outside reads Alex Roger’s Meat Market and Processing, but most curious is the subtitle that says they are home to the “Old Fashion Hot Link.” An intriguing promise and premise, I turned back around and made a fortuitous stop...