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Now is an ideal time to stay close to home and take a few quick food day trips throughout The Natural State. I live in Little Rock, so the only qualification for a restaurant to be included on this list is for it to be at least 30 minutes (but no more than an hour) away from our capital city.
The Whippet Restaurant (Prattsville)
What to Order: Fried catfish with “The Set-Up” (tomato relish, slaw, hush puppies, and beans), cheeseburger, coconut cream pie, and chocolate cream pie
Mammoth Orange Café (Redfield)
What to Order: Jumbo double cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate shake
Bulgogi Korean BBQ (Conway)
What to Order: Fried dumplings, spring rolls, chicken wings, spicy pork rice bowl, and chicken noodle bowl (with egg)
Suttle’s Road Hog BBQ (Beebe)
What to Order: Pulled pork sandwich, chopped beef sandwich, pork ribs, sides of slaw, beans, and potato salad, and Road Hog Potatoes.
Wild Sweet William’s Bakery (Searcy)
What to Order: Any of their varieties of kolaches, babka, cinnamon rolls, cookies, scones, brownies, muffins, and baby cakes
The Hive Café and Candy Shoppe (White Hall)
What to Order: Chicken & Dumplings, cinnamon rolls, Soup of the Day, Rueben sandwich, Skylar Club, and cheese dip
Seaton’s Scott Place (Scott)
What to Order: Onion rings, cheeseburger, French fries, cheese dip, chicken tenders, fried catfish, and pork ribs
Whilma’s Filipino Restaurant (Searcy)
What to Order: Lumpia, egg rolls, House Pancit Canton, House Pancit Bihon, Chicken or Pork Adobo, and pepper steak
Pea Farm Bistro (Cabot)
What to Order: House-made pimento cheese sandwich, roasted pork sandwich, Club, chili, potato salad, and Cuban sandwich
Deluca’s Pizzeria (Hot Springs)
What to Order: The Deluca’s Burger, Buffalo Caprese, homemade meatballs, The Patsy Searcy Pie, and The Lori Lane Pie
Elia’s Mexican Grill (Morrilton)
What to Order: Queso, guacamole, steak quesadillas, Super Burrito, enchiladas verdes, milanesa, and carnitas
Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets (Keo)
What to Order: Caramel pie, coconut cream pie, strawberry cake, Italian crème cake, Reuben sandwich, and Keo Klassic
Biggie’s Glen Rose Corner Store and Café (Malvern)
What to Order: Fried catfish, cheeseburger, fries, beans, cherry cheesecake, buttered Texas toast, coleslaw, and beans 
Rabbit Ridge Farms (Bee Branch)
What to Order: Any of their meats from the freezer case (to-go), ham, fried pork chops, burgers, beans, mashed potatoes, and grilled steaks
Craig’s Bar-B-Q (De Valls Bluff)
What to Order: Sliced pork sandwich with coleslaw, beef sandwich, coconut cream pie, and cheeseburger
Taco Mama (Hot Springs)
What to Order: Grilled shrimp puffy tacos, rice, beans, guacamole & chips, carnitas burrito, and chicken flour taco
Brew YaYa Coffee + Roaster (Cabot)
What to Order: Cortado, triple cheese grilled cheese sandwich, roasted red pepper soup, brownies, and personal pizza
Morrison’s Fried Pies (Hot Springs)
What to Order: All fried pies (coconut cream, chocolate, cherry, apricot, raspberry, blackberry, and chicken pot pie)
Petit Jean Coffeehouse (Morrilton)
What to Order: Iced coffee, mocha, chicken salad on a croissant, pimento cheese on a croissant, cookies, and strawberry shortcake (in season)
PattiCakes Bakery (Conway)
What to Order: Cinnamon rolls, Apple Frangipane Tarte, spinach salad with hot bacon dressing, Gerald’s Spinach Salad, and croissants
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Is this a paid advertisement? DeLuca’s Pizza is not even the best pizza on Central Avenue. For a day trip go to the Ohio Club.