We have four restaurants across southwest Missouri, and they run the same menu, the same recipes, and the same specials board. What's different is the buildings, the towns, and what's within reach once you're there.
If you're deciding where to point yourself, here's an honest look at each one.
What's the same everywhere
Worth saying up front, because it's the reason people drive past two other restaurants to get to one of ours. Every location serves the same hand-breaded fried chicken and catfish, the same daily specials, and the same full bar with more than fifty beers. Tuesday is chicken fried chicken in all four dining rooms. Saturday is prime rib in all four.
Online ordering, gift cards, and the rewards program work at every location too. So the question isn't really which one is better — it's which one fits the day you're having.
7847 MO-173 · The original
This is where it started. Cape Fair is the oldest of the four and the only one on the water, and it looks the part — dark timber, a covered porch, and a full-size rooster standing guard by the door.
It's also the one that's become a destination rather than a dinner stop. There's a free boat ramp, a private dock with complimentary slips, live music most weekends, and Flat Creek Lodge a few steps from the front door. It's currently being remodeled and rebranded as Flat Creek On The Lake, which describes it better than the old name did.
Come here if you want the lake, a band, or a room for the night — or if you're arriving by boat.
772 US-60 · Right on the highway
The big red barn on US-60, with the fish sign over the entrance and a pair of statues out front that people photograph more than they'd probably admit. It's the most visible of the four from the road, and the easiest to reach if you're coming from Springfield.
Being on a highway matters more than it sounds. This is the location you can actually get in and out of on a weeknight without planning around it, and the one that catches people driving between Springfield and the lake.
Come here if you're coming from Springfield, you're passing through on US-60, or you want a full sit-down meal without a drive.
Same menu in all four dining rooms. What changes is what's outside the door.
730 E Aldrich Rd · North of Springfield
Bolivar is our northern outpost, and the building wears the brand loudly — deep red with a rooster painted across the front and a covered walk along the side.
It serves a town that doesn't have many options at this size, which shows up in who's in the room. On a given night you'll find families, a table of students, and a group that clearly does this every week. It's the most neighborhood-feeling of the four.
Come here if you're north of Springfield, in Polk County, or you want the version of Flat Creek where the staff recognizes the regulars.
215 S E St · The western end
The newest-looking of the four, with a tall red tower and the catfish logo front and center. Webb City sits on the historic Route 66 corridor just outside Joplin, which puts it in front of a steady stream of people who aren't from around here.
It's our westernmost location by a good margin — roughly an hour and a half from Cape Fair — and the one most likely to be somebody's first Flat Creek.
Come here if you're in the Joplin area, running Route 66, or introducing somebody to hand-breaded catfish for the first time.
The short version
You want the lake, live music, or a room for the night
Cape FairYou're coming from Springfield or driving US-60
RepublicYou're north of Springfield or in Polk County
BolivarYou're near Joplin or running Route 66
Webb CityYou just want the fried chicken
Whichever's closestAddresses, phone numbers, and online ordering
All four are listed with directions, hours, phone numbers, and ordering links on our locations page. Each one takes online orders for pickup, and each has its own rewards sign-up.
Around the four Flat Creek locations