FOOD & DRINK
BARBECUE 1 Meat Preacher 2 Massey’ s BBQ 3 Chisholm Trail Smokehouse
BEER SELECTION 1 The Break Room Brewing Company 2 Roughnecks 3 Pastafina’ s of Cleburne
BEST TAKE-OUT / CURBSIDE 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 First Wok
BREWERY 1 Soul Fire Brewing Company 2 Texas Wild Distilling 3 Old Texas Brewing Co.
BURGER 1 Morris Neal’ s Handy Hamburgers 2 Grumps Burgers 3 Ell’ s Place
BUSINESS LUNCH 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Our Place Restaurant 3 Ell’ s Place
CATERING 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Meat Preacher 3 Shannon May
CATFISH
1 Ell’ s Place 2 R & K Cafe II 3 The Break Room Brewing Company
CHICKEN FRIED STEAK 1 Babe’ s Chicken Dinner House 2 Ell’ s Place 3 Our Place Restaurant
COFFEE SHOP 1 Nolan River Coffee House 2 Mug On the Square 3 Cowboy’ s Cup Espresso Bar
DESSERT 1 Always Add Sprinkles 2 Mom’ s Kitchen Bakery 3 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro
FAMILY RESTAURANT 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Ell’ s Place
FAST FOOD
1 Chick-fil-A 2 Raising Cane’ s Chicken Fingers 3 1949 Burger Bar
FINE DINING
1 Jimmie’ s 2 Olive Garden Italian Restaurant 3 The Garden of Eating Bistro
FOOD TRUCK 1 Meat Preacher 2 The Big Dipper 3 Taqueria Juarez
FRIED CHICKEN 1 Babe’ s Chicken Dinner House 2 Ell’ s Place 3 Raising Cane’ s Chicken Fingers
HAPPY HOUR 1 The Break Room Brewing Company 2 Pastafina’ s of Cleburne 3 Texas Wild Distilling
HOT DOGS 1 Dillon Depot on Anglin Street 2 Ell’ s Place 3 Rolando’ s Hot Dogs and Fajitas
ICE CREAM / FROZEN YOGURT 1 Dillon Depot on Anglin Street 2 Braum’ s Ice Cream & Dairy Store 3 The Garden of Eating Bistro
ICED TEA
1 HTeaO 2 Chicken Express 3 The Garden of Eating Bistro
ITALIAN RESTAURANT 1 Pastafina’ s of Cleburne 2 Olive Garden Italian Restaurant 3 Biundo’ s Pizzeria
LIQUOR STORE 1 Rio Vista Liquor 2 Spec’ s 3 Liquor Depot Alvarado
LOCALLY-OWNED RESTAURANT 1 Ell’ s Place 2 Our Place Restaurant 3 The Break Room Brewing Company
MARGARITA 1 La Cima Méxican Cuisine Grill & Bar 2 Barrera’ s Restaurant 3 La Mesa Mesquite Grill
MEXICAN FOOD 1 Barrera’ s Restaurant 2 La Mesa Mesquite Grill 3 Taqueria Mexicano Grille Estilo Jalisco
OVERALL RESTAURANT 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Barrera’ s Restaurant
PATIO DINING 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 La Cima Méxican Cuisine Grill & Bar | Cleburne, Texas 3 The Break Room Brewing Company
PIZZA PLACE 1 PanHeads Pizza & Wings 2 Soul Fire Brewing Company 3 Biundo’ s Pizzeria
PLACE TO GET A STEAK 1 Station 330 2 Roughnecks 3 Jimmie’ s
PLACE TO GET BREAKFAST 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 Heather’ s 3 Ell’ s Place
14 Johnson County Best of the Best 2025