Ozark Gateway Restaurant Reviews

Come Eat with Natalie
Since opening in June, the restaurant has attracted a devoted following hooked on fresh ingredients, creative recipes, a variety of tasty daily specials, family-friendly prices, and the owner’s commitment to pleasing the palates of her customers.  [Click Here]

Wing Shack: Arrive Hungry, Leave Happy
The new Wing Shack & Cheeseburger Grill at 511 North Central on Batesville’s West Side lends credence to the well-worn adage “If you build it they will come.” Since opening for business in late May, the “Shack” has been swamped with customers who, as far as I can tell, arrive hungry and leave happy. [Click Here]

Donuts at Daylight in Batesville
Donuts are an essential element of morning in America and a well-run donut shop quickly becomes a community hub. Daylight Donuts fills that role for Batesville. Since opening in July of 1998, it has become an institution.[Click Here]

Pizza Lovers Head for U.S. Pizza in Newport
Real pizza lovers always head for family-owned, local operations like U.S. Pizza in Newport. For nearly three decades, owners Jack and Virginia Austin have more than lived up to customer expectations by serving outstanding food in a comfortable environment. For the entire review, [Click Here]

Herbal Feasts and Sumptuous Suppers at the Ozark Folk Center
The Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas is home to the Skillet Restaurant. Plant lovers, pause at the entry way to stroke and inhale the essential oil of the rosemary and pinch a bay leaf from a towering tree in the native stone alcove. For the entire review, [Click Here]

Parachute Inn
There are restaurants in caves, restaurants on rafts, restaurants in churches, restaurants in bank vaults, and restaurants in tents. But only a handful of cities and towns in the world can boast of having a restaurant in an airplane. Fortunately for Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, it is one of those towns. For the entire review, [Click Here]

Elizabeth’s Restaurant in Historic Downtown Batesville
In a world where people eat lunch at their desks, in their cars, or not at all, the lunch experience has been seriously devalued.  Fortunately, there are restaurants like Elizabeth’s that maintain the tradition of lunch as a time for camaraderie, conversation, and fresh, delicious food.  Lunch at Elizabeth’s has become a Batesville tradition for all ages, shapes, and sizes of hungry diners.
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Pizza, Pork, and People Make Tommy’s “Famous”
Tommy’s Famous . . . a pizzeria has been a fixture in the Ozark Gateway region for nearly two decades.  The family-run establishment, just off the courthouse square in Mountain View, has earned national acclaim for its distinctive pizzas, christened as “fabulous” by Southern Living magazine.  But pizza is only part of the story; both National Geographic Traveler and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel heaped high praise on the ribs and Hickory Smoked Pit Barbecue. Closer to home, Tommy’s has been a regular on the Arkansas Times Readers Choice Awards list since 1996—for both pizza and barbecue. [ More »»»]

Josie’s Adds Catering, Weddings, and Special Events to the Menu
Josie’s Steakhouse on the White River has built a varied and loyal clientele by offering an impressive and eclectic menu. Dinner features a number of steak options. The “Top Shelf” beef selections—New York Strip, Ribeye, and Tenderloin Filet-- are hand carved Certified Angus Beef (CAB). [ More »»»]

Words & Afterwords: Feeding the Body and the Spirit
Hardy’s Words & Afterwords manages to combine bookstore, art gallery, coffee house, restaurant, and live music venue into a fluid celebration of fine food, wonderful music, and great books. Located in the heart of Old Hardy Town at 201 Spring Street, the eclectic gathering place and eatery also succeeds in creating a casual, welcoming environment that can transform any visit into an event that nourishes both body and spirit. [ More »»»]

Don Quixote Rides Again
Don Quixote’s restaurant serves as an appropriate centerpiece for the community’s emergence as a tourist destination. Centrally located in the business district, yet just a few hundred yards from the river, Don Quixote’s has established an outstanding reputation for hearty lunches and unmatched desserts and pastries. [ More »»»]