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Ozark Restaurants Inc company history timeline

1909

1909) nestled in Jasper Arkansas features burgers, steaks, and omelets; specialties include a deep-fried hamburger and the Excaliburger, a 1/2-lb. burger sandwiched between two grilled cheese sandwiches and an Ozark sauce; includes a meeting room, a soda fountain and theater, fronts the town square.

That torrential event occurred in 1909, when record-setting waters swept through Christian County.

1911

“Biers Ford was a natural place where people crossed,” says Glenn. “In the 1911 plat map, that was a road.

1923

Newspaper articles list various years, but restaurant’s last owners, Eric and Lisa Engel, tie it to 1923.

1924

In August 1924, Judge Fred Stewart ruled that Biers must accept the appraised value, for which he was paid $80.

1930

The restaurant reopened on August 2, 1930, and Garrison took over operation again once he was free from prison.

1995

Flooding was a chronic challenge; it even shuttered the restaurant for two years in the ’90s and sent Riverside back to the bank. It wasn’t until an anonymous businessman completely restored the restaurant and gave the keys back to the Engels did it reopen in December 1995.

1998

In those days, the restaurant didn’t have much of an actual menu, “but you were sure to like what was served,” noted Grace Anderson in “Christian County,” a book published about local history in 1998.

2008

In 2008, the Christian County Commission applied for an Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to purchase the property on behalf of the Engels.

2010

While Riverside Inn’s fate was sealed by 2010, others were already working by then to try and keep Riverside Bridge alive.

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