![]() Jones' Bar-B-Q Diner (Marianna) (1910s) *Tradition possibly goes back as far as the Civil War current location 1964 Kitchen's Corner Store Cafe (Heth) (1905) Oaklawn Racing (1904) (for corned beef sandwiches) *Contains restaurants but doesn't qualify Oark General Store (1890) * Oldest general store in Arkansas, but hasn't always been a restaurant.įutrell Pharmacy (1895) *Oldest soda fountain Williams Tavern Restaurant (currently at Historic Washington State Park) (1832) *Oldest original restaurant serving today Hinderliter Grog Shop (currently at Historic Arkansas Museum) (1826) *Oldest remaining restaurant building in Arkansas *Note - the Eat Arkansas blog is now behind a paywall. Locations in purple or blue have received Kat's blog attention, either here at Tie Dye Travels or on the Eat Arkansas blog with the Arkansas Times. Locations in red are listed in Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of the Natural State. The oldest continually operating restaurant still operating in Arkansas is Franke's Cafeteria The White House Cafe in Camden. Restaurants are listed by first appearance, regardless of interruption of service. ![]() Feel free to send me your suggestions to and any corrections as well. This is a work in progress - a timeline of when iconic Arkansas restaurants came into being. In many ways, the restaurants that stay around become places to acquire sustenance of the soul. For many of these older restaurants, though, they've become gathering places where families of sorts are put together, bands of regulars always returning, leagues of visiting diners molding their travels to accommodate a hearty meal. ![]() They are, of course, places to acquire sustenance of the body. To find a restaurant I've covered, please use the search box. ![]() However, there's a lot of places that link to it, so it's still here. ![]()
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