Bob Davis Fish Market

This place takes something, and makes great stuff out of it. Great food! Call ahead because they literally bread everything when you order it.
There are no tables to eat at, and the only seating area is a bench along the wall.

Real good cat fish! Some of the best I hsve had.

We as OKC Unilocalers should be embarrassed and disappointed with ourselves for being more inclined to eat at and review fast food restaurants over a place like Bob Davis. I can’t say that I have experienced everything that BD has to offer, but what I have tried, I love. And that matters because what I have tried (and love) is something that I normally can’t stand.
I despise anything related to corn. Corn tortillas, cornbread, corn flour, corn syrup, corn on the cob, cornmeal, cornrows… You get the idea. If you give me a corn muffin, I take it to mean that you hate me. And then I’ll probably throw it at you. One day, someone gave me a piece of cornmeal encrusted fried catfish from BD. I made a face. Then I made another face but the second face was one of delightful surprise as opposed to skepticism.
It’s not overly fried like some fried catfish places where the fish is hard and dry. The cornmeal is crunchy, and seasoned well. If all corn products provided such gustatory delights, I’d be more inclined to, you know, not want to hurl it at people. BD has a pretty good deal that involves 20 fairly large pieces of catfish, sides and bread for approximately $ 30.00. You can’t really go wrong with that, especially if you’re eating as a group. Generally, the deals are not as impressive if you buy the catfish alone and in smaller portions. Then they tend to run something like $ 15.00 for 6 pieces.
Go try it. It’s in what some people have deemed as being a «sketchy» neighborhood but it’s not terrible. If you’re that concerned for your safety, avoid going alone at night.

Fish anyway you like it, hushpuppies in multiple spiced combinations, bone in, boneless, plain cornmeal, or seasoned breading, don’t be intimidated by the neighborhood, this is a good fish place. Closest thing to being on the coast that you’ll find in OKC.

When I’m in town, I usually make a quick run here to pick up a lunch order of fried catfish and hush-​puppies for me and my family. It’s a little pricey as far as OKC road-​side food joints are concerned, but it is near where I normally stay and I can’t resist good fried catfish. I always order fillets which are a good size and come with a good crunchy cornmeal coating.