Oark General Store
Operating since 1890 and believed to be Arkansas's oldest continuously running store — now a full cafe on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places, deep in the Ozark backroads.
The Oark General Store has been operating since 1890 and is believed to be the oldest continuously running store in Arkansas. It is now a full cafe and sits on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places, tucked deep in the Ozark backroads.
For riders the store is a destination precisely because of how you get there: the twisty Ozark backroads — AR-103 and AR-215 among them — are the reason to make the trip, with the historic store and its pie as the reward at the end of the ride.
Come for the roads, stay for the history. This is the kind of stop where the journey is the whole point, and the cafe is the period-perfect place to catch your breath.
A destination stop for riders precisely because of the twisty Ozark backroads (AR-103/215) that lead to it — the ride is the point, the pie is the reward.
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