Complaint Review: City of McAlester Oklahoma

It has been my unfortunate experience to have spent 90+ days in hotels in this 'city' since 1/08...

Hotels: Overpriced!, the entire town is predicated on preying upon oil companies and their crews. I can stay at a Hilton or Marriot in Tulsa for $30-40 LESS than a Holiday Inn or Hampton Inn there (McAlester).

Food: I paid (approx) $27 for a steak dinner (southside of town) and when I asked for some additional butter was directed to a blue and yellow bottle of 'squeeze Parkay' on the table--the steak itself was ordered med-rare and was served 'blue and cold' throughout...tremendously tough.

Chilis--never order ANY meat there unless you want it carbonized, it won't matter how you order it, you get it 'their way'.

Mazzolis Pizza--during the blizzard of Jan. '11 I managed to make my way into it on foot, from the Hampton Inn--I was turned away, (with diners at their tables), with a lecture that "we shouldn't even be open!"--like the storm was MY fault...so, on foot, in -41 wind chill, I was sent (on foot) away without so much as a cup of coffee...

Dennys--the only Dennys (on earth) ever to 'run out' of coffee....

Pete's---if you want a salad of wilted lettuce in an inch of oil & vinegar...

Chef Billy's was the only good place in town and it closed over a year ago.

My impression of the 'pervasive psychology' of this place is; "Stick it to the travellers/visitors while you can.." I'm not sure if this can be traced back to some 'depression-era, mean hearted, survival heritage' or a 'self-styled nobility of poverty"--probably some combination of both....maybe it's merely 'smugness'.