Chester Country Cafe

08/31/2026

Ok- I’m back from some errands and have a headache- I’m sick of this heat ya’ll😓
Garret says hold on til mid-September. Sure hope he’s right.

Meanwhile- our plan for the week:
Monday- our brunch Ham, egg and cheese sandwich with a bag of chips.
Tuesday- navy beans with ham soup and cornbread.
Wednesday- cold cut sandwich with chips or crispy chicken salad.
Thursday- fried chicken plate special
Friday- fried catfish plate special
Saturday- I’ craving French Toast. Let me see what fruit I can come up with for Saturday.

Dessert: fresh batch of our double chocolate brownies, lemon bars or peach cobbler. We still have vanilla ice cream, cold root beers and frosty mugs for some floats.

08/24/2026

Ok- new week, fresh start.

Monday- grill menu.
Tuesday- beans n taters with cornbread.
Wednesday- crispy chicken salad.
Thursday- fried chicken plate special.
Friday- fried catfish plate special.
Saturday- grilled ham, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich.

Dessert: lemon bars, peach cobbler.

Enjoying a sprinkle or two of rain and a high in 80s today… can’t wait for Fall🍂

08/19/2026

Wednesday, right? Can we just get a do over for this week?

Seems like the phone and internet are working. Whaddya know! I gotta give kudos to Cox. Their bucket trucks were acting as telephone poles for quite a while when OG&E were still getting help in.

The Cafe has power. Didn’t lose stuff in the freezers I was able to run on the generator. No bagged ice for sale til we catch up a bit. Otherwise, should be good for the grill menu.

I do have our house made and thin sliced ham, turkey or bologna for cold sandwiches. How about cold cut sandwich with a bag of chips for $6.50?

I know AVECC still has not restored power so if you need a break from the heat- you are welcome to sit for a bit during our regular hours. No purchase necessary. We keep water in a cooler but we may run a bit short on ice today. Open til 2 pm today.

08/18/2026

Like the rest of Chester- still no power.
So we are closed. Going to be around today with a generator but not enough power to open up- just trying to keep the freezers cold…

Hang in there folks. OG and E sent me a text at 3 am to say ‘no anticipated time to get power back on’ but they are working on it. AVECC says 90 power poles snapped- they had 20 replaced yesterday- could be a while.

08/17/2026

Wow! Where did THIS come from?!

Yep - 282 from 71 has multiple limbs and trees down. Some Good Samaritan with a backhoe is shoving what he can off the road but slowly, slowly to get home and for heaven’s sake, don’t leave if you don’t have to.

I was driving from bank in Mountainburg and saw transformer blow, knocking out power.

We are out of power in Chester so closing now. Hope everyone is ok. We’ll be here in the morning.

08/14/2026

Today and tomorrow- we have a little watermelon left- making a refreshing summer salad with watermelon, cucumber and fresh basil.

We have the peach cobbler and our churned peach ice cream to top it.

Almost forgot about the churned chocolate ice cream I made earlier.

Making up some cherry limeade today as well.

We’ve got you covered to beat the heat.

08/12/2026

Peach cobbler fresh from oven, still bubbling😋
Add a scoop of our churned peach ice cream on top for some extra goodness.

08/11/2026

The stone patios do have spectacular views. Such a treasure to stay the night on the mountain for sunrise and sunsets.

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08/10/2026

If you’ve been in our Cafe you may have noticed some of the artwork on the walls. I’ve got some cool Dragon t-shirts with some more on the way. Come and check them out and pick one up.

Right now I have 2 medium youth shirts ($15) and 3 adult mediums and 3 adult large. ($20)

08/10/2026

Are you ready for a hot, dry week? I’m not😓but no one asked me first.

So- we have some sweet, ripe seedless watermelon in the frig. Come get a slice before it’s gone. Still have chilled mugs for a root beer or a root beer float.

Monday- just the grill menu while we get back into the swing of things.
Tuesday- pinto beans, potato salad and cornbread.
Wednesday- crispy chicken salad.
Thursday- fried chicken plate special.
Friday- fried catfish plate special
Saturday- hash brown crust ham and cheese quiche

Dessert: I’m churning up some chocolate ice cream now. We’ve got rice crispy treats and will make some more lemon bars later this week. Planning a peach cobbler with peach ice cream Wednesday- stay tuned.