Chef Jamie McAfee
Pine Bluff Country Club
Past Winners
View past Arkansas favorites and discover your next favorite restaurant.
Past Winners of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Launched in 2016 by the Division of Arkansas Heritage, this program celebrates Arkansas' unique culinary heritage by recognizing its best restaurants, proprietors and food-themed events. Our Arkansas Food Hall of Fame members embody the flavors, traditions and stories that define Arkansas. As we celebrate these restaurants, we honor not only the dishes they create but the communities they feed and the legacies they preserve.
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Bulldog Restaurant
3614 AR-367Bald Knob, AR 72010
Kream Kastle
112 N Division St.Blytheville, AR 72315
Ozark Cafe
107 E Court St.Jasper, AR 72641
Proprietor of the Year
Food Themed Event
Magnolia Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cook-Off
Historic Downtown Magnolia SquareMagnolia, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
The Bohemia Restaurant
Hot Springs, AR
People's Choice
Community Bakery
Little Rock, AR
Food of the Year
Pecans
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Colonial Steak House
111 W 8th Ave.Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Dairy King
103 E Front St.Portia, AR 72576
Neal's Cafe
806 N Thompson St.Springdale, AR 72764
Proprietor of the Year
Capi Peck and Breant Peterson
Trio's RestaurantLittle Rock, AR
Food Themed Event
World's Championship Duck Gumbo Cookoff
Wings Over the Prairie FestivalStuttgart, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
Coy's Steak House
Hot Springs, AR
People's Choice
La Casa De Mi Abuelita MawMaw's House
Sheridan, AR
Food of the Year
Chicken
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Feltner's Whatta-Burger
1410 N Arkansas Ave.Russellville, AR 72801
Monte Ne Inn Chicken
13843 AR-94Rogers, AR 72758
Star of India Restaurant
301 N Shackleford Rd.Little Rock, AR 72211
Proprietor of the Year
Matt McClure
The HiveBentonville, AR
Food Themed Event
Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival
Downtown SquareWarren, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
Roy Fisher's Steak House
North Little Rock, AR
People's Choice
Bistro Bar and Grill
West Helena, AR
Food of the Year
Corn
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Cattleman's Steak-House
Texarkana, AR
Ed Walker's Drive-In & Restaurant
1500 Towson Ave.Fort Smith, AR 72901
Murry's Restaurant
US-70Hazen, AR 72064
Proprietor of the Year
Scott McGehee
Yellow Rocket ConceptsLittle Rock, AR
Food Themed Event
International Greek Food Festival
Little Rock, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
Shadden's BBQ
Marvell, AR
People's Choice
The Ohio Club
Hot Springs, AR
Food of the Year
Rice
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
5620 R St.Little Rock, AR 72207
Craig Bros Bar-B-Q Cafe
15 W Walnut St.De Valls Bluff, AR 72041
Keeny's Food Market
Malvern, AR
Proprietor of the Year
Loretta Tacker
Shake ShackMarion, AR
Food Themed Event
Hope Watermelon Festival
Hope, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
Klappenbach Bakery
Fordyce, AR
People's Choice
Honey Pies Gourmet Bakery & Cafe
Little Rock, AR
Food of the Year
Catfish
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Franke's Cafeteria
Little Rock, AR
McClard's Bar-B-Q Restaurant
505 Albert Pike Rd.Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913
Venesian Inn
582 W Henri De Tonti Blvd.Springdale, AR 72762
Proprietor of the Year
Mary Beth Ringgold
Little Rock, AR
Food Themed Event
Gillett Coon Supper
Gillett, AR
Gone But Not Forgotten
Cotham's Mercantile
Scott, AR
People's Choice
JJ's Lakeside Cafe
Lake Village, AR
Food of the Year
Tamales
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Jones Bar-B-Q Diner
219 W Louisiana St.Marianna, AR 72360
Lassis Inn
518 E 27th St.Little Rock, AR 72206
Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales
714 St Marys St.Lake Village, AR 71653
Proprietor of the Year
Paul Bash, Ed Moore, Louis Petit, and Denis Seyer
Continental Cuisine PartnersLittle Rock, AR
Food Themed Event
Cave City Watermelon Festival
Cave City, AR
People's Choice
Grotto Wood-Fired Grill and Wine Cave
Eureka Springs, AR
No 'Gone but Not Forgotten' and 'Food of the Year' categories in 2017.