Here's my personal appraisal of the restaurants we've visited in Jonesboro:
Club 501 - The best in town. Fabulous steaks and first-rate service. It's also about the most expensive place in town, so we're not likely to become regulars.
Delta Cafe - Terrific down-home Mid-South cooking and over-the-top service. You can get a killer meal of serious comfort food here for not a lot of money.
Ed's Country Catfish House - A really fine catfish buffet. This is a place we plan to take Maria's parents when they come to visit. It blows most Indiana catfish places into the weeds.
El Acapulco - A competent Mexican restaurant, crippled by the fact that they can't serve alcohol. Who the hell wants Mexican food without a beer or a margarita?
Demo's Barbecue - Good, authentic Arkansas barbecue served in a casual atmosphere.
Dexter's Barbecue - Ditto.
Couch's Barbecue - Ditto.
Brickhouse - A trendy restaurant/bar downtown with good pizza.
Cracker Barrel - It's a Cracker Barrel. What else do you need to know?
Pizza Inn - God-awful. It's like they've never seen real pizza.
O'Charley's - The "O" stands for overrated and overpriced. Almost every visit is a disappointment. We dropped in Saturday night after a movie and Maria ordered prime rib. The kitchen lost our order and when it showed up, it was tough as shoe leather. She complained and the waiter promised a new hunk of meat, returning minutes later to announce that they were out of prime rib and she had gotten the last one. We returned - against our better judgment - for lunch today. The waiter forgot to bring the signature hot rolls. When he finally did bring them with our meal, he forgot the butter. Oddly enough, I forgot the tip.
Ruby Tuesday - The iceberg lettuce on the salad bar is consistently wilted and brown. We were there for lunch on Monday and were told it was a 10-minute wait to be seated. We pointed out that there were several open tables and the hostess replied the wait was because they only had three servers. Apparently the restaurant is run for the convenience of the employees and not for the customers.
Munchys - A sandwich shop. Nothing special.
San Francisco Bread Co. - A clone of Panera's. I like the Reuben.
International House of Pancakes - OK for breakfast. See one IHOP and you've seen them all.
Chef's In - Yeah, it seems like it oughta be Inn, but it's their place and they get to name it. If you're hungry at lunchtime, seriously hungry, ravenously hungry, and you're downtown, this is the place to go. They have a buffet that is simply spectacular and the desserts are great too.
TCBY - Run by morons. Be prepared to be annoyed. We ordered at the drive-up and the girl at the window fumbled our change. She insisted we had to get out of the car and pick it up off of the ground if we wanted it. That was three months ago and we haven't been back.
Andy's - Frozen custard made fresh several times daily. And open year-round. We go there much too often.
Shorty Small's - A nice eatery in the Mall at Turtle Creek. Good sandwiches and great steaks. We'll be back.
Colton's Steakhouse - Kinda like Texas Roadhouse and Lone Star. Buckets of peanuts, throw the shells on the floor. Crippled by a lack of alcoholic beverages.
Chili's - Just like all the other Chili's restaurants, but with out the alcohol. Why bother?
Holiday Inn Express - A surprisingly good buffet for lunch.
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