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Cattleman’s Steak House a Texarkana tradition since the 1960s has been selected as one of the winners into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame for 2020.
Cattleman’s is a Texarkana tradition, located at 4018 N. Stateline Avenue. Joe Oliver opened Cattleman’s back in 1964 and his establishment is still one of Texarkana’s favorite Steak restaurants. These days Joe spends a little more time in front of the house visiting with his many regulars with children Cash, and Megan carrying on the family tradition.
This according to a Press Release from Arkansas Heritage:
Arkansas Heritage has announced the winners for the 2020 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, including food-themed events, restaurants and proprietors from across the state.
The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame was launched by Arkansas Heritage in 2016 to recognize Arkansas’s iconic restaurants, proprietors and food-themed events. Nominations were accepted from the public in five categories: Food Hall of Fame, Proprietor of the Year, Food-Themed Event, Gone But Not Forgotten and People’s Choice.
The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame Committee chose the finalists in each category and the winners were announced at a reception and induction ceremony at Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock on February 24.
Winners are as follows:
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Cattleman’s Steak House of Texarkana (Miller County)
Ed Walker’s Drive-In & Restaurant of Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
Murry’s Restaurant of Hazen (Prairie County)
Proprietor of the Year
Scott McGehee of Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Food-Themed Events
International Greek Food Festival (Pulaski County)
Gone But Not Forgotten
Shadden’s BBQ of Marvell (Phillips County)
People’s Choice
The Ohio Club of Hot Springs (Garland County)
More than 1,450 nominations were received for the fourth class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame.
“We are thrilled with the statewide representation in this program, seen both in the nominees and winners,” said Stacy Hurst, secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. “Arkansas food is an important part of our shared culture and we are honored to be telling its story.”
The selection committee includes Paul S. Austin, Swannee Bennett, Evette Brady, Julienne Crawford, C.C. (Chip) Culpepper, Cindy Grisham, Stacy Hurst, Montine McNulty, Tim Morton, Rex Nelson, Tim Nutt, Kat Robinson and Christina Shutt.
For more information, visit the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame here, or download the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame mobile app on Apple or Android devices.
Joe’s Daughter Megan Oliver posted this on Facebook…
So tonight my dad (and stubborn brother who wouldn’t come), owners of Cattleman’s Steak House were announced one of three winners of Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Congratulations to both of y’all. I’m so glad I was blessed enough to grow up in this restaurant.
