Slim Chickens

We love the food, staff, ambience, friendliness...everything about this place! True home cooking,…read more"like grandma" and bff style friendliness, which I love! So clean and comfy. We discovered them about 8 months ago while traveling through, needing some less processed options than typical eatout food, and tried it. Sooo glad we did! So now that we're in the area again we knew this is where we wanted to go. We even ordered extra meals to take with us for tomorrow! Ignore the lower star reviews bc they have nothing to do with quality (and no, the food is not bland)! If you want fancy highly processed and over seasoned gut burning food, don't go here - go to an impersonal restaurant serving commercial processed foods. Mother Kelley's is true homestyle flavors, meaning it's not fancy but it's home cooked comfort food (real ingredients) like my grandmother's was (mid 20th century); you'll love it!

Wife had deep fried cheeseburger…read more I had fried pork chop. EVERYTHING was amazing! Fresh corn and green beans, perfect fries, really good breading on both! Super friendly people. Eat here.

The menu. Loved the ambience in this place, very homey and welcoming

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Johnny B's

4.4(109 reviews)

2.3 mi

Passed up Cracker Barrel to try this gem on the way to Houston. Do the same to support a worthy…read morelocal business. Had a wonderful shared meal with the hubby that included eggs, sausage, toast, hashbrowns and oatmeal for only $20 dollars. Met the community as they came in, relaxed and informal on a Sunday, diverse and all ages. Took a photo on the Texas and Arkansas border a few blocks away. Reminded me of having breakfast with my dad, now in his 80s, when I was a youth.

A pretty standard American diner. It had a decent amount of seating in a seat-yourself style…read more Service was decent. Food was alright. Serving sizes were fairly big.

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Sue N Carol's Restaurant

4.4(37 reviews)

1.7 mi

Quaint, local,family diner. Parking in rear. Homemade…read morebiscuits and fried pies (apricot) bacon, sausage and eggs very good.

5 STARS ***** Wow, we got so lucky while traveling through…read moreand asking someone at a store if there was a "mom and pop" restaurant nearby. Folks were super nice, restaurant was clean and well lit. Had to get our food to go but surely wish we could have sat and enjoyed it there. Food is DELICIOUS!! My husband said the burger was hands down the best he ever had. My beef tips and rice meal was just like my family used to make and maybe even better. We both had a piece of their homemade pies, PERFECT!!!

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

2.6(126 reviews)

2.2 mi

GREAT SERVICE!!! Good food except the grits!!! my sister and I had steak and eggs and grits! The…read moresteak and eggs were wonderful! Cooked to perfection! The grits were abysmal! The only thing I can think is that the cook is from New York! People in the south do not like for their grits to look like soup! I couldn't even believe they brought that to the table. They don't really solve the grits, and that's fine because there are a lot of senior citizens that dine here. But even a 90-year-old senior citizen in the south knows that grit are not supposed to look like soup. If you want to know how to cook grits, go to waffle House, and take a lesson!!! Otherwise, we had a good experience and happy to see the old Cracker Barrel put back in place! I apologize for the 3 star rating! But that's how important GRITS are in THE SOUTH!!!

Sit and waited for a long time while other came in and was waited on if I wasn't there so I left…read morecause they don't want my kind there and I'm ok with that cause u probably would have spit in my food I never go back to any again

Gift shop

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Nice and chill

Grandy's

2.9(13 reviews)

2.1 mi

Great service and food as always!! Establishment was clean and workers were eager to help. Will be…read moreback soon!!

The food is ok for it to be a fast food restaurant nice ppl that work there clean placeread more

Twisted Fork Grill & Lounge

4.2(174 reviews)

1.7 mi

Was traveling through Texarkana, TX and needed some dinner...stopped in at Twisted Fork. I was…read moreseated and my server was Abby who got me a beer while I looked over the menu. Decided on the wedge salad and the Baja Tacos. Not sure what was going on in the kitchen but my tacos are delivered to my table BEFORE the salad, when I asked about the salad the lady said it should be out "soon" {sigh}. A few minutes later the salad arrives while I was looking disappointedly at the tacos. I even asked Abby if this was the normal amount of meat provided on the tacos and she said yes...oh well. Salad was OK, a bit drowned in Blue Cheese dressing but it was an OK salad. The tacos...totally missed the mark. They were supposed to be "3 flour tortillas filled with grilled & blackened red fish, topped with slaw and cilantro cream". There was basically one "fish nugget"...inadequate, the "blackened" was more like tanned so no blackened flavors, while the cilantro cream didn't do anything to improve the dish. I guess I could have sent it back but I combined one into the other two to make them a bit more like a meal. Service from Abby was good, but overall not a huge fan of this meal.

Wow, wow, wow! A truly fantastic meal!…read more Our first impressions walking in weren't super great due to an unfriendly hostess, but everything else was amazing. She just stared at us as we walked in, no welcome, and not a single bit of souther hospitality that I expect from a small town establishment. The food was superb, though! My husband and I both ordered the wedge salad and the chicken capres. The chicken was sous-vide with cherry tomatoes, spinach, mozzarella cheese, balsamic glaze, and fresh basil. Plus it was gluten free! Omg, the most tender and juicy chicken I think I've ever had! I chose the grilled okra as my side and I was not disappointed. The Twisted fork is a great, laid-back place for some classic southern-inspired food!

Interior

Top right- wedding cake cheesecake; bottom- mixed berry pie

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Lemon blueberry cheesecake

Dixie Diner

4.1(155 reviews)

5.1 mi

Dixie Diner in Texarkana is one of those places we try to stop at every time we pass through, and…read morefor good reason. If you're looking for true country cooking, this is it. My husband ordered the liver and absolutely loved it, which says a lot because it's not easy to find it done right. I had the chicken fried chicken with gravy, and it was delicious, comfort food at its best. Everything was seasoned and spiced to perfection, flavorful without being overwhelming. This is the kind of diner that feels familiar and satisfying, with food that tastes homemade and consistently good. A must-stop if you're traveling through Texarkana and craving classic Southern comfort food.

This is an old style diner serving homemade southern style comfort food. The diner is larger than…read moreyou would expect but felt comfortable and inviting. It has nostalgic decor with a combination of booths and tables. At the height of lunch hour it was very busy but we were promptly seated and served. We happen to be driving through Texarkana at lunchtime and remembered that we had friends from our town, which is an hour away, that rave about it and occasionally for an outing will drive to Texarkana just to eat lunch. I had fried chicken livers, cabbage and the twice baked potato while my husband had the chicken fried chicken. My potato was just average but the fried livers and cabbage were excellent. We both enjoyed our food very much and I appreciated the fact that the tea glasses were large enough that I didn't have to ask for refills. One review complained that there weren't very many chicken livers. I only had about seven livers myself, but they were so huge that I ended up making two meals out of it. We thought the food was very reasonably priced and some of the meals even come with half portions. My husband actually got the half order of the chicken fried chicken and it was still plenty of food.

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Salmon croquettes, turnip greens, and fried okra.

Ironwood Grill

4.3(328 reviews)

3.2 mi

It's always packed with a lot of workers. Got a table quick though…read more - Frozen Lemon Drop 3.9/5 It tasted waaay too sour this time around. Still yummy. - Carne Asada Tacos 4.1/5 It was very flavorful. The tortillas ripped though. - Ribs 3.2/5 Very soft ribs, almost like they were boiled first because the bones were almost mushy, very soft. The BBQ sauce was sweet and kind of tangy but not in a good way. The coleslaw lacks a lot of seasoning. The sweet potato fries were soft, not crispy. Free parking in lot

Excellent Service....Exceptional Food!! First time visiting the Ironwood Grill.. we were not…read moredisappointed... arrived at noon, seated right away by our friendly smiling hostess....our waitress was on point, friendly fast to serve us. I had the salmon strawberry spinach salad.... Yummy!! Husband had the French Dip sandwich and seasoned fries, roast beef was layered on thick, moist and tender...soft warm bread, great Au jus. So many meals to choose from on the menu...We will be back!!

Steak sandwich . . . Is a steak on a bun!

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McAlister's Deli

3.7(56 reviews)

2.1 mi

Order at the front, grab a number, take a seat…read more - Sweetened Iced Tea 5/5 Not too sweet, slightly sweet, delicious! - Potato Soup 3.5/5 It's a light potato soup, under seasoned. Way better with some more salt and pepper. - Chili 4.2/5 A very very hearty and heavy chili. The taste is there, delicious. - Italian Sandwich 3.8/5 A pretty hearty sandwich, on the oily side. Preferred the Italian at Jason's more. Still solid. - New York 4.6/5 Warm pastrami corned beef sandwich. SUPER yummy. The pastrami here is better than Jason's. It's a little on the saltier side. Parking lot.

Food was excellent. Service was excellent!! The food tasted…read morehomemade and fresh. When you go inside you are always treated with respect

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Applebee's Grill + Bar

2.3(56 reviews)

1.5 mi

Walked in for lunch to an empty restaurant. Was told there was a 30 minute wait and would be more…read morethan hour to get our food.

we were having our car serviced and this was a closet restaurant. We walked in , lunch crowd was…read moregone 1:15pm . We asked for a booth because we maybe hear a couple hours. The server said no I have to seat you here , the servers have to even out tables. We told her why, oh we both are senior citizens. She still said no I can't . Literally one table away was 3 empty booths. We sat at the table and still no server came to get our drink order. My husband asked , Yall must be short handed today, she replied No. we still waited . We walked out after this .