Front Porch Family Diner - Springdale, AR

My buddy Jack and I heard about this place out on Robinson Avenue in Springdale. We headed there for lunch last week. It's in the former Catfish John's location. We arrived and waited 10 minutes for someone to take our drink order. Of course after 10 minutes of waiting we were ready to order as well since we had 10 MINUTES to study the menu. :)

Ordered the hand battered tenders and fresh cut fries and here is what they set before me..........

What in the?????  Jack and I just kind of looked at each other. I've never seen batter like this before. Caked on and very tough. Also the fries. They looked undercooked and by darn they tasted undercooked. I think the cook dropped them in the fryer for like 60 seconds. So we sent them back.

Tenders were actually not bad but not great. Had a good taste to them but not good enough. Just a very odd texture. Jack thinks they were just dropped in flour without anything else and a little overcooked. I agree. We actually saw other tenders on customers plates on the way out and they all looked different. Weird. So I guess the cook is still learning how to cook. Not a good thing since they had only been open a few weeks. And you only get one first impression.

5 out of 10 clucks

Now onto the fries.............

The fries actually redeemed themselves It's amazing how much better they can taste when they are actually cooked properly. These were cooked perfectly. Fresh cut again with a good amount of seasoning. Great comeback.


7.5 fries out of 10