Festus Jack's Restaurant — Restaurant in Crane

We were finally able to make it to Crane for fried American catfish. We were not disappointed. We could have split the meal as the helpings were generous. Due to Alpha Gal -- our food allergy (no pork or beef), our smoked pit beans were kindly substituted for Festus Jack's delicious, home made potato salad, which shared the plate with tasty cole slaw and really good fries. While we were waiting for our meal, one of the owners who was aware of our allergy, brought us a nice sample of their home made chicken salad. It was excellent and we look forward to ordering it the next time we visit. It's important to us to support local businesses when we can. As long as the food quality remains high, and the atmosphere stays Ozark-friendly, we will go back again and again. We wish we would have taken pictures of our meal but we were busy stuffing our faces. (We met our friends there who really enjoyed their order ---- pulled pork sandwich and chicken salad sandwich. They, too, said they are looking forward...

Love these unique little restaurants! It was such a pleasure to meet Jill, one of there owners, Mark was busy preparing the food order.

I ordered the Redheaded Stranger, onion rings, and a side of pit beans. The BBQ pork and sausage on the sandwich had great flavor; the bun was also very soft. Their onion rings were phenomenal, the batter was light and flaky!

About halfway through the meal I realized that the pit beans didn’t come out with the order. Luckily Jill, had stopped by to see how I was doing. Once informed, she brought them straight out. She even brought out a piece of apple pie and offered an apology for the oversight.

If you’re looking for something other than a fast food joint and want a great place for breakfast, lunch, or dinner give Festus Jack’s and try. You won’t be disappointed.

Just a heads up, when you go in you have to go to the back counter to order your food and then you can find a seat. I stood there for a minute before I realized...

This location is cute, and tastefully decorated. I was saying before we went that it’s hard to mess up barbecue; with that being said, I wanted to love it more than I did. Honestly, the brisket was mostly fat, more than I prefer. The pit beans were good, though. At most counter-order establishments that I frequent, they’ll turn the POS and not leave the tip screen out; on the Saturday I was there, this was not the case. The young lady behind the counter was not too personable (she did not even greet us and was conversing with the kitchen as we ordered) but I tipped well anyway. All together, I felt as though this location was more suited to the locals than a tourist passing through town. I’ll give it one more try next time I’m in town, though. hopefully it’s not showing as Five Oaks Barbecue on here anymore, which caused us some confusion when we were looking for places to...