Restaurant named ‘The Crack House’ draws ire from community that thinks it’s selling drugs to college kids: ‘Addicting food, that’s it’

It’s all about selling a fishy fix at this Crack house.

An Arkansas seafood restaurant named “The Crack House” has caused a stir on social media — with some concerned its unique name could be interpreted by returning college students as an establishment to buy drugs.

“All I’m saying is I’m selling addicting food, that’s it,” William Ford, owner of “The Crack House,” told ABC 7 to clear the air about the misconception after a community member in Russellville caused a fuss on Facebook for the joint advertising student discounts for nearby Arkansas Tech University.

“How it started was, I had the maintenance man put on the marque to welcome the tech students back,” Ford told the outlet.

Starting his business out of a food truck in 2019, Ford had just recently set up shop at the town’s local mall and wanted to send a special welcome-back message to students with the promotion — but that’s when an angered Facebook user took offense to the name and student deal.

The enraged Facebook user said “the proof” the community was going downhill was displayed on the mall’s marque: “Crack House Welcomes Tech Students Discount with Tech ID.”

“Some guy jumped on there and said something is wrong with the community where they could put up ‘crack house’ and stuff like that.”

However, the restaurant owner remains in high spirits — even calling out the lunacy of the comment and saying he gets similar reactions “all the time.”

“Y’all, We are not selling your children discounted Crack,” the restaurant declared on its Facebook page on Thursday, joking they would fix the sign to “boldest drug dealer in the town.”

“We are a block away from the police station,” the post shared, telling customers to mention the post for a “discount” over the apparent overreaction from some in the community.

The name has not deterred local patrons from checking out the joint and getting their crack fix with some of the establishment’s crab legs.

“When I first heard it, it was called the crack house. A restaurant named “The Crack House,” okay? That is kind of funny,” local Makayla Rollas told the outlet while dining with friends.

Rollas and her quilting group confirm the food is addicting and that when they meet weekly at the mall, “The Crackhouse” has become their new favorite spot to grab a meal.

“We call ourselves the Crackaroni mafia,” Devereux jokingly told the outlet.

The food is so good that others say it’s hard to leave with leftovers.

“I was going to take some home to my husband but he might not get it on this trip,” Judy Fleeman said as the group ate at their table.

“The Crackhouse” is located just over a mile south of Arkansas Tech’s campus in the Russellville City Mall.

Some dishes at the play-on-words restaurant are crack-aroni, crack-puppies and crack-fish.