In Arkansas, good food doesn’t have to come with a high price tag. Across small towns and city corners, cafés, diners, and barbecue joints serve the kind of hearty plates that fill both appetite and memory.
Menus stick to the essentials: pulled-pork sandwiches with smoky bark, hand-patted burgers stacked high, catfish fried to a perfect crunch, and pies cut in generous wedges.
These are the spots where regulars greet each other by name, coffee refills keep coming, and every meal feels like a small comfort. Skip the chains for a change of pace and flavor…