FOOD & DRINK
ASIAN
1 Asaka Sushi 2 Thai Garden Cafe LLC 3 First Wok
BAKERY 1 Always Add Sprinkles 2 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 3 Mom’ s Kitchen
BARBECUE 1 Meat Preacher 2 Massey’ s BBQ 3 Buffalo Creek BBQ
BEER SELECTION
1 Barrera’ s 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 The Break Room Brewing Company
BEST TAKE-OUT / CURBSIDE 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 3 Barrera’ s Restaurant
BREWERY 1 Soul Fire Brewing Company 2 The Break Room Brewing Company 3 Old Texas Brewing Co.
BURGER 1 Morris Neal’ s Handy Hamburgers 2 Grumps Burgers 3 Ells Place
BUSINESS LUNCH 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 3 Our Place Restaurant
CATERING 1 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Meat Preacher
CATFISH
1 Ells Place 2 R & K Cafe II 3 The Break Room Brewing Company
CHICKEN FRIED STEAK 1 R & K Cafe II 2 Ells Place 3 Our Place Restaurant
COFFEE SHOP— INSIDE SERVICE 1 Mug On the Square 2 Nolan River Coffee 3 Heather’ s
COFFEE SHOP— MOBILE / DRIVE-THRU 1 Mug on the Go 2 Hitched and Happy Beverage Company 3 7brew
DESSERT 1 Always Add Sprinkles 2 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 3 Insane Customs
FAMILY RESTAURANT 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro
FAST FOOD
1 Chick-fil-A 2 Los Vaqueros Mexican Fast Food 3 Braum’ s Ice Cream & Dairy Store
FINE DINING
1 Jimmie’ s 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Pastafina’ s of Cleburne
FOOD TRUCK 1 Veronica’ s Tamales 2 Meat Preacher 3 Aloha Shack Boba
FRIED CHICKEN 1 Babe’ s Chicken Dinner House 2 Ells Place 3 Chicken Express
HAPPY HOUR 1 The Break Room Brewing Company 2 Chili’ s Grill & Bar 3 Stone Trough Winery
HOT DOGS 1 Dillon Depot on Anglin Street 2 Ell’ s Place 3 Morris Neal’ s Handy Hamburgers
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- Cleburne 2 The Garden of Eating Bistro 3 Chicken Express
ITALIAN RESTAURANT 1 Pastafina’ s of Cleburne 2 Giovanni’ s Italian Restaurant 3 Villa Diana Italian Restaurant
LIQUOR STORE 1 Rio Vista Liquor 2 Liquor Depot Alvarado 3 Proof Liquor and Deli
LOCALLY-OWNED RESTAURANT 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 3 Barrera’ s Restaurant
MARGARITA 1 Barrera’ s Restaurant 2 La Cima Méxican Cuisine Grill & Bar 3 Hitched and Happy Beverage Company
MEXICAN FOOD 1 Barrera’ s Restaurant 2 Taqueria Mexicano Grille Estilo Jalisco 3 La Cima Méxican Cuisine Grill & Bar
MOBILE BAR 1 Hitched and Happy Beverage Company 2 On the Rocks Bartending 3 The Traveling Tavern
OVERALL RESTAURANT 1 Southern Joy Bakery & Bistro 1 The Garden of Eating Bistro 2 Our Place Restaurant 3 Barrera’ s Restaurant
PATIO DINING 1 Our Place Restaurant 2 La Cima Méxican Cuisine Grill & Bar 3 Pollo Rosa Vineyard and Winery
PIZZA PLACE 1 PanHeads Pizza & Wings 2 Soul Fire Brewing Company 3 Papa Johns Pizza
PLACE TO GET A STEAK 1 Jimmie’ s 2 Roughnecks 3 Station 330
18 Johnson County Best of the Best 2026