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| - Places like this are disappearing in our progress toward bigger and better. Quality, personal service and just plain nice folks preparing simple and good food seem to be going away.
Outside of the Monroe airport and along Hwy 74 is this little local eatery along side the highway. No big advertising or flash, it is noticeable by the number of cars parking around this building seemingly "in the middle of nowhere."
Menu us breakfast and lunch all day, so long as it is between 4am and 3pm except for Saturdays when it closed at noon. Sundays and Mondays it is closed.
Did I write 4am? Yes I did. A lot of the locals are farmers and run small businesses, so the Little Country Kitchen is one of the few places where you can get a sit-down meal in the wee hours of the morning.
Local color, if I may, is the normal, hard-working folks who live around here, interspersed with those few outsiders who stop in for a visit.
Simple layout which reminds me of a 1950s kitchen. There are two rooms for dining, underlining how popular and good this place really is.
Menu has all the basics, and southern basics, like biscuits and country ham, not to be confused with the other hams smoked and cured outside of the old South. Portions are good and substitutes are the norm.
Coffee and tea flow throughout your stay and your cup or glass never gets empty until it goes to the kitchen to be washed.
Nothing fancy, check the specials board and enjoy the old time simplicity and warmth of a local eatery.
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