Hickory Log Restaurant & Lounge
During our family road trip toward our final stop in Missouri, we decided to have a BBQ dinner at Hickory Log located in Dexter, Missouri. They truly live up to their motto of โFamous for Bar-BQ Ribs!โ This restaurant with its rustic elegance dรฉcor has been open since 1953 and I know why!
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎang๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎa๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ a๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ชana๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ ๐ฎa๐ฌ๐ฆ a a ๐ด ๐ฎang๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉa๐ด๐ฆ! ๐๐ฉang๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐a๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฉ ๐๐ณan๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด!
welcome!
The entrance and waiting area (where we hardly waited) to the restaurant is inviting, comfortable and makes you feel like home. Not only is the atmosphere relaxing and pleasant, so are the employees.
The dรฉcor of the restaurant is absolutely beautiful! It has a rustic elegance that just wants to keep you indoors. This is far from what we’re used to as we’re from Florida where it’s all tropical. These are the reasons we travel because we love to experience and see new things.
Its History
The history behind Hickory Log is mesmerizing because even with years of changes, it has not lost what I believe to be the two most important elements of a good restaurant business: food & service. I believe their success has been due to their rich history that started with Jason’s parents, John & LaVeda, who have been the owners for 55 years! Jason and his brother Lance co-manage the restaurant. A great historical pride is shown by this family restaurant through their displays of their wall dรฉcor.
The Food
It would be a huge understatement if I said the food was good. The food was delicious! Actually, I mentioned to my husband that it was the best BBQ ribs I have ever had! Jason, the owner, explained to me that is a special blend dry rub that they smother on every rib and start cooking at 7am every morning over hickory logs, hence the name of the restaurant. Is your mouth watering yet?
The Service
The service is just as important as the food. Hickory Log Restaurant & Lounge did not disappoint! We felt like we had two waiters. The owner himself came to deliver our food!!! That doesn’t happen everywhere. He jumps in wherever he is needed and truly shows how much he loves this restaurant. Our waitress, Melissa, was equally as wonderful. She was attentive & friendly with our family and I could see she was the same with other tables.
The Lounges
The lounge was decorated like a mancave. It was nicely done with a bit of a darker room. It’s a great place to unwind and have a drink. The walls of the hallway leading up to the lounge had some great memorabilia and nostalgia. It’s worth stopping and taking a look because I think some people might bypass this.
Overall, this has been the best BBQ, especially the BBQ ribs, I have ever had! The ribs were amazing. The service was great. The dรฉcor was beautiful. What else can anyone ask for? Visit their website here for more.
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Make sure to read my article โ10 Travel Tips To Remember Before, During, And After Your Tripโ for inspiration on some of the things we did during our road trip to Missouri. Travel tips #4 and #5 especially came in handy this time!
For fun things to do in Missouri, check out our Silver Dollar City, Missouri Road Trip, and The Suites at Fall Creek posts!
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** ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด a๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎang๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ตang๐ช๐ฏ a๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ชana๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด . ๐a๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ณan๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ด a ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑa๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช 100% ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณan๐ฎ, a๐ฏ a๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ชang๐ต๐ฆ a๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ณa๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ a ๐ฎ๐ฆa๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆang๐ณ๐ฏ a๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ a๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ a๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฎa๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ.
