Hoodoo Creek Cafe and Market — Restaurant in Newport

I REALLY wanted to give this place more stars but I cannot justify it off this sole visit. We will revisit one more time to see if it was just an off night. We arrived around 7:15 feeling that was well enough time before the 8pm closing time for a light Supper. We ordered canned drinks while we perused the menu. It was pretty busy for one waitress to handle the mini rush so we were in no hurry. Some people arrived after us and received their food before we did ours. She had forgotten us. All in all it was 2 hours before we received our food and we spent the greater part of the/ evening there chatting with the owner as they began to shut down.

The food was on par with typical bar food. We ordered a burger and fries and the taco special. The side salad was fresh but we could tell the beans and rice for the tacos were canned/boxed. The owner also admitted the chili is also canned even though a good quality one. The salsa although, was homemade by his wife and was very tasty!

It's a bit out of the way for most but if you like the "off-the-beaten-path" locally owned and run places, don't be discouraged, as it's a great way to meet with more...

Hoo Doo is a Mini-Mart merged with a full service, sit down restaurant. The best of all worlds! The front part of the business has a wide range of household staples, including often used OTC medicines, canned and refrigerated foods, charcoal, diapers and dog food, beverages (adult and non-adult), you name it! And don't forget lottery tickets - scratchers, as well as InstantPlay 😎

The owners do their best to supply locals with necessities with a BARE MINIMUM of mark-up....unlike most chain-operated gas stations and mini marts with outrageous prices.

Service is ALWAYS EXCELLENT. When you walk into the Hoo Doo, you are more like family members than customers. You will be greeted with a smile and, “Hey, how are you? How’s it going today?” Even when busy, you will NEVER mistreated or neglected.

Hoo Doo is a wonderful establishment that we love giving our...

French dip on basically a hot dog bun instead of a french dip roll? It disintigrated into nothing and literally fell all apart immediately. After our last experience with a Reuben that had more onion ( which does not belong on a Reuben) than meat and kraut. We used to love the food, but it sure has gone down hill. What happened? There was a lady running it, and the food was great, but she is not there any more. The dips sealed the deal. Whi.py and sad, like someone just...