Fred's Hickory Inn

We drove in from Dallas to watch our Granddaughters in a local theater play, and searched for a great place to have lunch with our family. We found Fred’s, and our daughter said everyone raves about it. After lunch, we are among those who love it! First, the Hostess knew that we were here from Dallas and meeting family. She greeted us like an old friend and walked us back to our family’s table. Our Waiter was friendly , and hospitable. He worked at our pace, and we spent over two hours there. My chicken and spinach was awesome. Our son said the meatball sandwich was delicious because the meatballs were smoked. The youngest loved the mac-n-cheese. Everything was awesome! Before leaving for the day, our Hostess dropped by the table to ask if we enjoyed our meal and little family reunion. She made our six year old feel really special.

We loved Fred's and then the fire. We went back after it reopened and it was ok. I decided to give it a try for my birthday this year. I regret that it was not any better. We had the smoked sirloin, ribs, grilled shrimp as our dishes. The sirloin had decent flavor but it is sliced like a ham... the ribs were great! The shrimp was cold, the baked potatoes were barely warm and they brought my wife's "butter only" came packed with sour creme that got all over the cold shrimp. The place was packed with some teenage formal and seemed understaffed. Service was sparse at best. Sad to say, but I am done.

Food was good. Lighting was a little dark and we could hardly see our menu to order. On Sunday night when we ate there it was packed with quite a lively atmosphere. We had a somewhat short wait so sat on the swing in their waiting area. Fred's is only open for dinner. Not sure if they take reservations.