Slapn’ Good BBQ & Catering and Bonnie and Clyde’s Calaboose Café serving lunch and dinner are the newest eateries in Kemp.

Slapn’ Good is in a strip shopping center on Highway 274 near the intersection of Business Highway 175. They are open Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. They are open Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The phone number is 903-275-4320.

The Calaboose Café is at 218 S. Main St. in downtown Kemp near City Hall. They are open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. serving country food. The phone number is 903-498-0181.

Mayor Laura Peace has visited both restaurants and recommends them.

“It is super exciting,” Peace said. “I appreciate our new owners investing in our town. I am sure they will find that Kemp is very supportive of local businesses.”

Peace said good things are happening in Kemp. The town again has a grocery store, Spring Market, and a new drive-through café called Little Mexico is about to open across from the grocery on Highway 274. It will serve breakfast and lunch.

“Every afternoon when I come home from work and I drive through town it’s just so full of life and is really exciting,” she said. “Families in the park, playing kids riding their bikes up and down the streets – it’s just a lot more activity than we are used to.”