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Franklinton · Since 1996 Call the store
The Country Store on Highway 438

Good food, cold drinks & the stuff you need to fix something.

A Franklinton corner of the world since 1996 — home-style plate lunches, a full grocery run, and a little bit of everything else, all under one metal roof.

See this week's plates Hours & directions
1996On this highway since
6am–10pmOpen every day
2,469Neighbors following along
Red welcome sign reading Welcome to Big's Place, proudly serving Coca-Cola products
The Big's Place storefront on Highway 438 — BIG'S painted in tall black letters on a metal building, ice chests by the door 53148 Highway 438 · Franklinton, LA
From the deli counter

This week at the lunch counter

A hot, home-style plate that rotates through the week — each one served up with a 16 oz. glass of our Sweet Southern Tea.

Today's Plate Specials rotate and a fresh plate goes up most days — call ahead at (985) 848-2956 to hear what's on the counter today.
Tuesday A home-style takeout plate with cornbread, greens, beans, sliced meat and mashed potatoes

Fried Pork Chop

  • Rice & gravy
  • Mustard greens
  • Yams & cornbread
  • Dessert · 16 oz tea
$12.99Plate
Wednesday A plate of hamburger steak with gravy and onions, mashed potatoes, green beans and cornbread

Hamburger Steak

  • Grilled onions & gravy
  • Mashed potatoes
  • Green beans & roll
  • Dessert · 16 oz tea
$12.99Plate
Thursday A plate of fried fish fillets with mashed potatoes, baked beans and cornbread

Fried Fish

  • French fries or baked beans
  • Hush puppies
  • Side or potato salad
  • Dessert · 16 oz tea
$12.99Plate
Friday A takeout container of fried chicken with cornbread and green beans

Fried Chicken

  • Red beans & rice
  • Potato salad
  • Cornbread
  • Dessert · 16 oz tea
$12.99Plate
More from the kitchen

Beyond the daily plate

When you want to feed a crowd or treat yourself, the deli does a whole lot more than the lunch special.

A seafood boil with crab legs, shrimp, corn on the cob and red potatoes

Seafood Boils

Crab legs, shrimp, corn and red potatoes, seasoned right and served with butter — a proper Louisiana boil.

Glazed barbecue chicken with a dark, glossy sauce

BBQ & Smoked Plates

Barbecue chicken, ribs and pulled-meat plates come off the pit alongside the home-style sides.

Homemade brownies and cookies packaged on a checkered tray

Homemade Sweets

Fresh-baked brownies, cookies, chocolate bark and seasonal treats stacked up by the register.

Aisle to aisle

A little bit of everything

Big's is a real country store. Grab a plate and a cold drink, then walk out with the grocery you forgot, a fresh belt, a bundle of firewood — and the exact fitting you need to fix that leak.

Refrigerated coolers stocked with ice-cold Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and sports drinks
Cold DrinksA wall of ice-cold Coke, Powerade, Monster & more
Bins of PVC and Shark Bite plumbing fittings with IRWIN tools at the register
Hardware & Fix-ItPVC, Shark Bite fittings, tools — right at the register
Red mesh bundles of split firewood stacked against a brick wall
Firewood & IceMesh bundles of split wood and bags of ice, ready to go
Containers of Evergreen large Canadian nightcrawlers packed in a box
Live BaitFresh nightcrawlers, kept cold for the next fishing trip
Tooled USA-made leather belts hanging on a rack with floral and wildlife patterns
Leather GoodsUSA-made tooled belts — custom name belts, too
Bags of colorful freeze-dried candy on a shelf with a Big's Place tote bag
Snacks & TreatsFreeze-dried candy, pecans, and grab-and-go groceries

Plus beer & wine to go, tobacco, and the everyday grocery odds and ends — the "we've got that too" corner Franklinton has counted on for years.

Big's has great food and also what you need on the go. They even have the stuff you need to fix something.
— A Big's Place customer
The Big's Place building with its corrugated metal roof, ice chest and vending machine by the door Tall black BIG'S letters mounted on the store's exterior wall Red Welcome to Big's Place Coca-Cola sign
Our corner of Washington Parish

Nearly thirty years on Highway 438.

Big's Place opened its doors in 1996, and it's been a Franklinton fixture ever since — older than most of the kids who grew up stopping in for a plate lunch and a cold drink on the way home.

  • 1996

    Big's Place opens on Highway 438 — the country store, the cooler and the deli counter.

  • Since

    Three decades of groceries on the go, the weekly plate lunch, firewood, bait and "the stuff you need to fix something."

  • Today

    Still family-run, still open 'til 10, and now with a home online for the whole neighborhood to find.

Come on by

Find Big's Place

Right on Highway 438 in Franklinton — pull in, and we'll have the counter going.

Address 53148 Highway 438
Franklinton, LA 70438
Call (985) 848-2956
Parish Washington Parish
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Store Hours

  • Monday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Tuesday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Wednesday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Thursday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Friday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Saturday6:00 am – 10:00 pm
  • Sunday6:00 am – 10:00 pm

Open seven days a week. The lunch counter runs midday — call ahead to catch the day's plate.

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