Cotham's Mercantile

"Cotham's makes an especially good version of that popular Arkansas dessert, fried pie. This one is apricot."
Cliff Strutz






"This gargantua is a hubcap hamburger on a full-size dinner plate. Also available are hubcap cheeseburgers and hubcap jalapeno cheeseburgers. Those are onion rings in the background."
Michael Stern



"Chicken fried steak blanketed with gravy is an everyday lunch special; it comes with two vegetables and regular or jalapeno-spiked cornbread."
Michael Stern



"Southern fried chicken is an every-Thursday lunch special."
Michael Stern



"The onion rings are large, rugged, and lightly battered, and are the perfect side for a Cotham's burger."
Cliff Strutz



"Above the kitchen door is a portrait of the house specialty."
Michael Stern



"Remote as it is, Cotham's is packed every day at noon. Its motto is 'Where the Elite Meet to Eat.'"
Michael Stern



"People come from all over the U.S. to eat hubcap hamburgers at Cotham's Mercantile."
Michael Stern



"Tony Perrin is the Arkansas tipster who brought us to Cotham's Mercantile. Here we are after lunch, happy and well-fed!"
Michael Stern



"Built in 1917, Cotham's Mercantile was originally a general store; it started serving lunch to local farmers in 1984 and it has since become a Roadfood beacon."
Michael Stern