Bar-B-Que

• Hilltop Ranch Cafe
  4503 North I-35 • Gainesville, TX 76240
  940-668-1919
  Hilltop Ranch Cafe is known for the BBQ. Along with BBQ they serve other great meals. They use their own special BBQ sauce which is outstanding. The new owners are putting out some pretty darn good food.  more...  map

Locally Operated

• Main Street Pub
  216 West Main Street • Gainesville, TX 76240
  940-668-4040
  Try the trout, a specialty of this restaurant located downtown near antique shops and boutiques.  map

Regional & Franchised

• Applebee's
  4323 North Interstate 35 • Gainesville, TX 76240
  940-612-3631
  Casual dining restaurant, by consistently providing guests with outstanding service and great-tasting food. Their menu includes steaks, sandwichs and burgers, salad, and weight watchers. Neighborhood Favorites!  more...  map

• Chili's Red-River
  305 North Interstate 35 • Gainesville, TX 76240
  940-668-6169
  Grill & bar casual dining family restaurant serves hamburgers, the famous baby back ribs, fajitas, grilled steaks, boneless buffalo wings, southwestern eggrolls and a colossal hand-battered awesome blossom onion.  more...  map

Specialty Foods

• Big Fatty's Flaming Foods
  630 CR 240 Valley View • Gainesville, TX 76272
  940-391-4891
  The finest in hot stuff and organic consciousness. Big Fatty's personally makes all of their biscotti and packaged products by hand using only the finest ingredients including organic whole wheat and unbleached white flours, organic stoneground cornmeal, and top quality herbs and spices. Their menu provides a variety of chicken, cornish game hens, turkey, prime rib beef, sweet potato casserole, cornbread dressing, sandwich platters, and signature soups.  more...  map

Southern

• Cracker Barrel
  4327 North Interstate 35 • Gainesville, TX 76240
  940-612-1827
  Cracker Barrel Old Country Store strives to capture a bit of the past...back when time seemed to move a bit more slowly, and folks had more time. They use recipes and ingredients that are authentic, genuine, and of the highest quality available and like to think that their country cookin' is reminiscent of those old southern dishes that grandma used to serve. .  more...  map