Had a nice dinner a couple of weeks ago at HFR Contemporary Kitchen & Bar, or Happy Family Ranch for short. My wife had the tacos pastor, I had the patron burger, our friend had the ribeye, all outstanding!! Friend said it was the best ribeye he's ever had. My wife's tacos were excellent, as well as my fresh burger. The burger had shrimp on it, and the flavors actually worked, terrific! Desserts were fantastic as well, I had the warm brownie & ice cream, friend had the cheesecake, all top notch.
A little worrisome, as on a Friday evening, we had the whole restaurant room to ourselves (4 of us). The restaurant is at the ground floor of the Lord Culpeper Hotel right smack in downtown Culpeper. Have to be patient and look for parking on the side streets off of South Main St, no parking in front on South Main St, and no parking lot in the rear, hence, the hunt for parking. There's a sign in front under a Lord Culpeper Hotel sign, but it says in big print HFR. What's HFR? Perhaps if the sign big prints RESTAURANT under HFR, they'll get some traffic. The food and service were great, but again, not sustainable if we were the only patrons on a Friday night. That being said, get to Happy Family Ranch, 401 South Main St, Culpeper VA, for a terrific meal. read more