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Cooter Stew Cafe

4.6 (52 reviews)
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Casual
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Diane H.

Located along the big bend portion of the gulf coast is the small charming town of St. Marks. We enjoyed a meal at Cooter Stew Burgers & Wraps. Cooter Stew has been in business in this location for about ten years and has weathered a few storms and floods. The room is dominated by a semi-circular wooden bar with high top tables along the walls. Saturday lunchtime had a steady stream of small groups and family diners. The decor is fittingly nautical and nature coast themed giving off a casual, relaxed vibe. My dining companion ordered the Snapping Turtle, a beef burger topped with grillled, sliced jalepenos and baby swiss cheese. I ordered a grilled shrimp wrap. Each meal came with a side item. My companion had the cole slaw, while I ordered the potato salad. The burger was thick and larger than the bun. It was juicy, delicious and filling. The shrimp wrap was amply stuffed with shrimp, lettuce, tomato, ranch dressing and cheese. The sides were creamy and tasty. Although we chose to eat indoors, there is plenty of outdoor seating. There's also a small stage and I believe they feature live music from time to time. Service was pleasant and attentive. Prices were reasonable for our filling meals. This restaurant makes for a great lunch! It is worth the drive down to try Cooter Stew Burgers & Wraps!

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Lynette S.

This is a great place to go if you are looking for a fun casual place to get a decent burger. It is NOT fancy. It is absolutely casual and about low key as you can get. We went with a group of 6 people. The service is really friendly but our poor waitress seemed to be running the whole show on a relatively busy Saturday night. (Which meant we experienced some delay but it was easy to see she was trying hard.) The menu is limited but what is there is really good. Most of us ordered hamburgers which were all hand pattied. The buns were fresh and so were the toppings. The fries were great too. Other than the fact that it's time for them to hire some help - definitely give this place a try.

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Michelle B.

Wow! Great meal here with my hubby today! We both got a grilled chicken wrap (mine was Buffalo), home cut fries, and baked potato salad. Everything was delicious!! The fries and potato salad almost outshone the wraps! One of the best meals we've had in the Crawfordville area! Don't judge a book by its cover! Stop here! Friendly service, most of the seating is outside. Not really following COVID protocol, but all/most of the seating is outside, so we felt safe. Only downside was there were some people smoking outside. Not really the restaurant's fault, though. Several tables had a dog with them. Well behaved, of course!

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Nikki N.

This was our first time here. We waited about an hour for our food but the waitress kept checking in on us to make sure our drinks were full. It was well worth the wait the cheeseburgers, fries, and loaded potato salad were all delicious. You could see the water from our table beautiful view, great service, and delicious food.

Kristen S.

It is a wonderful friendly restaurant! Cooter Stew Cafe is a quirky, casual spot with lots of outdoor seating and dog-friendly tables. They offer familiar fare like burgers, sandwiches, and hand cut fries. Live music is a staple at their outdoor stage, too. Cooter Stew Cafe is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 10pm and Sunday from 10am to 9pm.

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1 month ago

The burgers and fries are the best. Drive from the far eastern part of Talla just to eat at Cooter Stew. Highly recommend.

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1 year ago

Burgers, wraps are ALWAYS good. Service is good. Cooter Stew is reasonably priced, especially these days. Good choice of beer & always cold.

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3 years ago

Very good. Great staff. Cute area. Ample parking across way. Food was wonderful!! Dog friendly outside. Highly recommend.

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2 years ago

Chill spot for a beer and some of the best fries you can get. And if you're not in the mood for a burger, turn it into a wrap.

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2 years ago

Great service, good wraps and burgers. Great bar. Great kind of place to come and hang on a Saturday afternoon!

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3 years ago

Love their burgers and fries. Can't go wrong. They need new patio furniture though.

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3 years ago

A great time, good burger, & cold beer. The simple things in life are the finer things.

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6 years ago

Best burger I have found by far. Goes perfect with the like family customer service and fairly priced cheap beer. Go check it out!

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Nice spot for lunch outside with social distancing. Large juicy burgers and crispy hot fries.

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Love this place. Great service. Great food. We love visiting Bainbridge and shopping afterread more

As someone who has been reviewing for Yelp for a long time, this has to be the absolute worst…read moredining experience I've ever had. I mean that very seriously. On Saturday, 2/28, I came into the restaurant at 6:15pm with a group of 6. Looking around the restaurant, there were only 3 tables taken. The Hostess wanted to put us a table, but it wouldn't fit us all. We asked her where to sit and she told us to decide on seating. We had to suggest to put a table together and started to move it ourselves, then she helped. Just odd because we had no idea if they had a table to seat us. While waiting for the server, the table in front of us asked for to-go boxes and was told they only have the bottoms, no lids. She brought plastic wrap to cover their leftovers. They were not happy and left without a lot of their leftovers. Our service came out and was very sweet. She honestly was the nicest person at that restaurant and she deserves to go somewhere that she can make better money. She told us they only had beer and wine, but only a few on the wine list. Sometimes if it was asked for, they said they didn't have it. I stuck to a Coke. We ordered as follows: Me: Loaded Baked Potato (yes that's it.) Person 2: wedge salad Person 3: cornbread skillet Person 4 and 5 had burgers. One had cheddar cheese with everything on it. The other had everything BUT pickles. We waited about an hour for our food. Person 5's burger came out and the fries were cold. I'm not meaning lukewarm, I mean COLD. Like out a fridge. They hadn't even been cooked all the way. Person 4's burger came out without cheese. Both of those were sent back to get that fixed. Person 4's burger came back with a piece of half melted (what looked like) American cheese on the bottom of the burger and the burger was BURNT. I mean, hockey puck burnt. When the fries were sent back, we could hear the cook SCREAMING AND THROWING THINGS, yelling that we "weren't right" and he "had just took those up". The server even felt them and agreed with us. My baked potato came out hard. I couldn't really even eat it. It was hard, bland and it was covered in sour cream, even the outside. A runner came over to bring some salt and pepper and I asked her if she wouldn't mind letting us talk to a manager. Everyone there said I was polite in asking, as we just wanted to tell her what was going on, not trying to get anything free. When I asked, she threw her hands up in the air, slapped her hips, rolled her eyes and stomped away. The people around us even looked at her. They also could hear the cook yelling. We did see another couple send their food back as well while we were waiting. The manager comes over and when we tell her everything, she tells us she agrees and that she's working on getting better help, as we could see what she was working with there. We just asked her for the check and asked to go. We hear the manager try to talk to the team and the cook begins to scream and talk down to her. Then, he came out and stared at our table. If looks could kill, we would all be dead. The thing is- burgers there are $18. We didn't get anything hard to make but only the salad and the cornbread were fit to eat. They did comp our meal, but we continued to ask them to let us pay. Instead, we ended up giving the money to the server. She can only do what she can and she was so sweet. I do have multiple people who will attest to everything that happened. That was the whole experience. We walked outside and immediately went to get something else to eat. We came to the American because this was our first time in town and we had heard great things about it! Of course, we had seen it on TV as well, so we were very excited. The next night, another couple we knew went there and had the same experience. She was the only table in there and they still took over an hour and her food was terrible. This is absolutely so disappointing. The American used to be THE destination down here but now, it's the one everyone is telling people NOT to go to. We talked to our hotel host and they said they wished we would have asked because they would have told us to stay away. It's a shame. I really hope they can get some new people in there who care about food and making it good! I'd love to come back if they're able to improve and change my review. I do have 5 other people who are willing to attest to this, so as much as I wish it was an exaggeration, it's not.

Cooter Stew Cafe - tradamerican - Updated May 2026

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