Heaton Pecan Farm — Restaurant in Clanton

I finally got a chance to check this place out, after reading the reviews I decided to come in for lunch. The menu wasn’t huge, but it was enough. They offered cold salad plates, deli sandwiches, TV and hot sandwiches. You can be seated, and they would wait on you or you could order at the counter for ice cream, chocolates, or to go orders. I ordered the trio salad, and some water to drink. The homemade chicken, pecan salad, was good, but you could tell the chicken was put in a food processor because it was very fine and not chunky at all. There was some pecans in it but very small pieces. It tasted good nothing spectacular about it. I also got the tuna salad and it was good, it had pickles on it and also dill weed I believe. It was also good and very fine as well . The broccoli salad was very good in a small cup with Very sweet dressing, and it also had lots of sunflower seeds. That was probably my favorite. It was all laid on one big crisp piece of romaine lettuce leaf and one slice of tomato. It also came with a few Ritz crackers. For a lunch that was less than $10, it was worth it. I ate every bite. All of the chocolates and sweets, fudge and the ice cream all look very good. Because it was a pecan farm store, they offered pecan meal, chopped pecans, whole pecans, with different sizes available. I did notice a 1 pound bag, that seemed very expensive to me. But I really don’t know what to expect. The store was decorated nicely and also had a big variety of different kinds of gifts, mainly , geared towards a woman , of course. I had asked one of the employees if they had any crosses for sale anywhere. She said she didn’t know, because she didn’t do the inventory…… There was a small section for men, they also had an upstairs area that had discounted items and items on consignment. When I returned downstairs, I had decided to get an ice cream cone and made a couple of other purchases. The ice cream was very good and the waffle cone was very fresh. I I enjoyed my lunch, browsing around, my purchases and the ice cream. I would recommend...

We had a delicious lunch, I had the chicken salad plate, followed by their home made ice cream. I always get the peach pecan but decided to give the blueberry pecan ice cream a try and was not disappointed. It's their confections that bring in the repeat traffic, pecans done more ways than Bubba Gump has shrimp. The cafe is small but the staff is efficient and very sweet. They apologized for being short staffed today not that we could have known. We were in no hurry, the food and treats are too good to be rushed. The building is clean and cool, that can not be said of all roadside markets. It has changed little since we first stopped in many years ago when Mr and Mrs Heaton kept an eye on the market and kitchen. Some traditions continue and that's nice. As always we left with more pecan candies than we need as well as a large container of chicken salad. The ladies working the counter and tending the cafe could not have been more accommodating where had I tried to keep track of it all would have lead to a meltdown. The ladies in the kitchen seemed also to take it all in stride. Kudos for a well run establishment. While there we saw happy people leaving with a beautiful red velvet cake and what I'm guessing were a couple of pecan pies and a basket of peaches too. Everyone in our party left...

Wonderful selection of pecans. Milk chocolate covered, white chocolate covered, dark chocolate covered, pralines, cinnamon coated, sugar coated, pepper coated, plain and others. Pecan pies, pecan syrup and four or five signature fudge flavors. Ice cream treats are a wonderful speciality item. Sandwiches, soft drinks, coffee and tea available as meals. Also a large display of gift items, cookbooks and others items. Beautifully staged as a homey parlor or cafe. We have enjoyed this place on trips to and from points south for over 30 years. This is a destination stop for us. Our children now stop when headed south or on vacation coming home. They always bring some...