Good Place To Eat?

[twosets]

Dannas is in the perfect spot and you can almost walk in in your waders. All of the food that I have had there has been very good. (Could be I was very hungry)

[tippett7]

I love Macaroni Grill.

[Gatorjet]

I have always been amazed at the lack of good food in Branson. For the number of tourist dollars that are dumped in such a concentrated area there isn't much to choose from. There are two good burger places that arent chains, no decent BBQ (keep in mind I am from KC), and a few average mexican places that can't seem to stay open.

Dana's - burgers are good, bbq average, fries are bad

Luigi's has great cheap pizza, pasta, and sandwiches

Billy Bob Dairy Land - best burger in the city and homemade malts/shakes

Those are my standard haunts.

-Jerod

I live in the St. Loius area and have been going to Branson for almost 20 years. Unless your comments about good food in Branson are deeply tongue in cheek, you obviously havent been there very much. Billygale's on 276, best breakfast in Branson. McFarland's in the I-Max close second on breakfast, maybe even a tie, and great country cookin' for lunch and dinner. Farmhouse downtown. good country cooking, and all you can eat catfish Fri & Sat. And it's good! Maybe it's up scale and atmosphere you're looking for. Never been there, but Candlestick should fill that need. Also the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks where you can get a meatloaf made with sirloin, wild boar, ham,and wild mushrooms for $16 if you want to spend that much on meatloaf! Billy Bob's is a great burger, but so is Dana's. At either place, don't order a double unless you bring the whole family to help eat it. And if you want a steak, IMO Montana Mike's is the place to go. Maybe some folks are used to thier their home restaurants or nationwide chains. I have worked out of town a lot, and traveled a bit, and I always look for the "local" places over the chains.

[Bman]

I will second Billy Gails for breakfast!

[bigdub]

Chesters has AWESOME BURGERS and you can get one pretty much any way under the sun and the lemonade is great, but they sometimes run out LOL and in my opinion the BEST breakfast in town, their pile ups are amazing and the blueberry pancakes are bigger than your face. The all you can eat pan fried chicken on Sundays is also excellent, just be sure and arrive early sometimes they are out by 1. The owner told me they have been scheduled for Diners, Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Channel before the end of the year, but IDK!!!

[Greg]

I live in the St. Loius area and have been going to Branson for almost 20 years. Unless your comments about good food in Branson are deeply tongue in cheek, you obviously havent been there very much. Billygale's on 276, best breakfast in Branson. McFarland's in the I-Max close second on breakfast, maybe even a tie, and great country cookin' for lunch and dinner. Farmhouse downtown. good country cooking, and all you can eat catfish Fri & Sat. And it's good! Maybe it's up scale and atmosphere you're looking for. Never been there, but Candlestick should fill that need. Also the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks where you can get a meatloaf made with sirloin, wild boar, ham,and wild mushrooms for $16 if you want to spend that much on meatloaf! Billy Bob's is a great burger, but so is Dana's. At either place, don't order a double unless you bring the whole family to help eat it. And if you want a steak, IMO Montana Mike's is the place to go. Maybe some folks are used to thier their home restaurants or nationwide chains. I have worked out of town a lot, and traveled a bit, and I always look for the "local" places over the chains.

I agree with you. LOTS of good choices in the Branson area.

Greg

[grizwilson]

If I am REAL hungry and have the $$$ I love all you can eat lobster, crablegs, crawfish and shrimp for around $30 at Whipper Snappers, but about 8 lobsters a dozen crawfish and a couple clusters of crab legs is all I can do no matter how hungry I am. They have them on the buffet not this order and wait stuff. They ask that you only take 1 lobster at a time. Below is the address.

g

236 Shepherd of the Hills Expy, Branson - (417) 334-3282

[Phil Lilley]

I take alot of people to Danna's. She has great food for the money and she does alot for the community.

[zander]

This thread really has been quite tough for me to deal with this past week. The more I read, the hungrier I would get, but I would be stuck at work and 33 miles from Branson. I have loved Dana's for years, but I have to try out some of the other places mentioned on here.

[vanven]

I live in the St. Loius area and have been going to Branson for almost 20 years. Unless your comments about good food in Branson are deeply tongue in cheek, you obviously havent been there very much. Billygale's on 276, best breakfast in Branson. McFarland's in the I-Max close second on breakfast, maybe even a tie, and great country cookin' for lunch and dinner. Farmhouse downtown. good country cooking, and all you can eat catfish Fri & Sat. And it's good! Maybe it's up scale and atmosphere you're looking for. Never been there, but Candlestick should fill that need. Also the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks where you can get a meatloaf made with sirloin, wild boar, ham,and wild mushrooms for $16 if you want to spend that much on meatloaf! Billy Bob's is a great burger, but so is Dana's. At either place, don't order a double unless you bring the whole family to help eat it. And if you want a steak, IMO Montana Mike's is the place to go. Maybe some folks are used to thier their home restaurants or nationwide chains. I have worked out of town a lot, and traveled a bit, and I always look for the "local" places over the chains.

I can't compete with 20 years of experience in a city. I can comment on my experiences of roughly 100 "days" i have spent in Branson over the past 4 years. I am still surprised by the lack of diversity in the food choices. I do realize that the nature of Branson caters to certain demographic portions of the population. I don't expect to find a high end Brazilian steak house wedged between the McDonalds and a t-shirt shop. Maybe it is the seasonal nature of the tourist crowd at work. I am definitely not saying any of the restaurants are bad. They are doing something right if they are staying open year after year. I am just pointing out that for the sheer amount of dollars that get dumped into the local economy specifically by tourists coming to see shows, eat, and shop, I would expect to have a couple of place I look forward to eating at when I am in town.

Apparently I need to stop fishing all night and drag myself out of bed early enough to try a couple of the breakfast places you mentioned. Nothing that a good breakfast and hot cup of coffee.

-Jerod