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Where to eat in Texarkana, TX
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A few places to eat in Texarkana
- Blue Water Bayou Wing Masters Cajun and Creole · 0.1 miles
720 Texas Blvd, Texarkana - Joe’s Italian Bistro Italian · 0.3 miles
112 E 5th St, Texarkana - Pecan Point Brewing Company Gastropub · 0.3 miles
213 Main St, Texarkana - Hopkins Icehouse Bar and Grill · 0.4 miles
301 E 3rd St, Texarkana - TLC Burgers & Fries Burger · 0.4 miles
201 E Broad St, Texarkana
The closest few by distance from central Texarkana, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Texarkana.
The food scene in Texarkana
Open listings put 73 places to eat within 2 miles of central Texarkana, 20 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (9), American (5) and burgers (5). 9 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Texarkana is comfort food, donuts and burgers — types that are listed here at 3 to 12 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 9 American 5 Burgers 5 Pizza 4 Donuts 3 Comfort food 3 Seafood 3 Chicken 2 Coffee 2 Cajun & Creole 2
The food in Texarkana
Texarkana does not have infinite options, and that brings its own problem: you have been to most of them, and picking again is somehow still hard.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Texarkana and tells you why it picked it. Say what you're craving and it reads menus and reviews for that specific dish, rather than sorting places by overall star rating. Free, runs in the browser, and one search needs no account.
Eating out in Texarkana
Texarkana has a population of about 37,442. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Texarkana, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
How many places to eat are there in Texarkana?
Texarkana sits in Bowie County, where the Census counts 61 full-service restaurants, 100 limited-service places and 12 cafés and snack bars — 173 places to eat or drink in all. Texarkana makes up about 40% of the county's population.
That works out at 18.7 per 10,000 residents, which is about level with the national median of 19.4 — a normal amount of choice, and a normal amount of indecision. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Texarkana
- Shreveport, LA — about 64 miles away
- Bossier City, LA — about 65 miles away
- Longview, TX — about 75 miles away
- Tyler, TX — about 103 miles away
- Monroe, LA — about 128 miles away
- Pine Bluff, AR — about 130 miles away
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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