Dixie Picnic

Great bfast spot on wknds and Convienient to giant supermarket in Frazer/​Malvern area

I love Dixie Picnic! The Veggie Sandwich is my favorite. Choice of sides are always awesome. It is the perfect lunch spot for work. My company has ordered delivered box lunches and I also had delivered box lunches for the groomsmen on my wedding day. Everyone was very pleased!

Great food, excellent prices… one of the best homemade marshmallows in the universe!!!
Try floating those in the BEST Hot Chocolate in the area… do yourself a favor and check them out!!!

Daughter had been wanting to go and we wanted to hit the Christmas shop at the Paoli True Value hardware store, so… I confess that Dixie Picnic didn’t even appeal to me (was feeling a bit junked out from holiday eating), but this place is phenomenal. The owners’ story about their Southern aunties is great — and the food is wonderful and different from anything else around here. I had a Thanksgiving Sandwich box lunch. Roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, on a homemade ‘Sally Lunn’ roll. Came with a deviled egg, side salad, and UPcake (a cupcake turned upside down and frosted) Delish! All of the sandwich breads are homemade — and you can sure tell. Comfy, cozy eating space (I wouldn’t call it ‘run-​down’). Loved it so much I got another box lunch for dinner. I’m looking forward to going for breakfast sometime — and definitely want to try one of their ham sandwiches. Friendly family service. If you haven’t been, check it out.

One word. UPCAKES. Go there. Get some. Key Lime, Chocolate, S’mores… pretty much any kind. SO GOOD. We had some shipped to Ohio and they arrived still fresh and in upcake perfection.

Didn’t get to try the food. Went in for breakfast with family. Store fairly empty, except for few older couples dining at tables. No greeting, unwelcoming vibe. So decided to leave.
The South shall rise again!

I am blown away buy the quality and exceptional taste in the food offerings here! My girlfriend brought me a box home and I was IN LOVE! With the sandwich and my girlfriend of course! Love the touch of detail in the food. You get a great selection and fill satisfied in the end. I totally recommend the Thanksgiving dinner sandwich. A homemade feel. Love this place!

Been two times, and it was amazing both times.
French Toast a L’Orange, Ham Biscuit w/​an Egg, and the home fries. Was so pleased.
Will be returning on every cheat day!

I tried their egg salad sandwich lunchbox and crab cake sandwich. Really happy with the quality. The lunchbox is so well put together that it felt like a mini picnic basket.
The gentleman who took the order was very warm and polite.
Go early to have all the options on the menu available.

For many years this has been my favorite place to go for breakfast or lunch! I was very bummed when they stopped having evening hours a few years ago. Sometimes my husband and I would go for lunch and dinner on the same day… You cannot go wrong with a boxed lunch. Key Lime and Carrot Cake are excellent up cake choices. The two times I’ve ordered take out for work events (once a group of 9 and another time a group of 11) we had at least two orders be wrong. In fact, this happened just last Friday when my teammates decided on Dixie lunch for an all day business planning session.

Ok I am literally writing this review about their chocolate chip cookies. Phenomenal! They come individually wrapped next to the register and the chips are gooey and the cookie is tender. I just had one with their French Press coffee and it was the perfect afternoon treat.

Dixie picnic is one of my most favorite restaurant ever. I would hope it that is saying a lot because I’ve been around the world. I first found out about Dixie picnic when they had a stand in the King of Prussia Mall. They have these marvelous little things called up cakes. I can’t get enough. They really taste like your grandmother made them. You can taste each and every ingredient. That in my opinion is why this is one of the best little restaurants. All of their food is really made with care and dedication. I’ve never had a bad meal here, I’ve never had bad service here, this is why it gets 5 stars from me. I seldom get to come here because it’s so far from my place. If you chance upon this area I assure you if you visit here for a meal you will not be disappointed. I’m drooling just thinking about it. I mean anybody can make a sandwich right? But the sandwiches here somehow are better then you think they could ever be.

This was not the best lunch I’ve ever had. For one, they forgot my order. We had a group of ten or so order lunches from the office and then we sent one from the group to go get them, pay, and bring the lunches back. Unfortunately, they forgot mine. They did at least deliver it to our office for free, but by the time my Beer Battered Po’Boy arrived, it was soggy, mushy, and gross. Did I eat it? Yes… I was hungry. Did I enjoy it. Not even. The Upcake that I ordered was dry, crumpling, and sad. Will pass on this the next time the group wants to order from here.

I think what I love the most about this place is the concept. Great idea to offer fresh, from scratch foods at a great value. I had the Nutty Chicken Salad box (chicken salad with grapes and pecans), one deviled egg, potato salad, and my choice of an «Upcake» (I choose a carrot upcake). All of this comes in one box or serving platter. I had trouble finishing it all so it is definitely a good value!
Now the food itself left a bit to be desired which really disappointed me. The chicken salad could have used a bit more of the pecans and grapes which is what sold me on the sandwich in the first place. It probably could have used the addition of onion as well, it was just a bit blah. I also felt similarly about the potato salad, needed salt or something. However the Upcake was so delicious and best part of my meal! The décor inside was a bit run down but it didn’t mean much to me as I had my meal to go.
All in all 3 stars, I would go back to try something different.

Good food, the service was great, very nice folks. Ordered the New England clam chowder it had lots of potato chunks I also ordered «upcake» with iced coffee. The upcake was good, I would like to try other favors. I got the vanilla bean with chocolate cake, it was pretty simple. Overall cute place will be back next time I need to got to the PennDOT.

Great service, great food, affordable pricing, what more can I say. I had the shrimp salad and the sandwich tasted fresh and light. Why was good and so was the potato salad. I’ll definitely be back.

Excellent!
Best BLT ever, fresh bread, thick and firm, great bacon & turkey ratio.
Owner is beyond friendly. We didn’t have the Upcakes, but you could tell they were delicious. Will deff be back!
Had started at The Bacon Press across the parking lot and the service and wait of 45 min for two omelets was ridiculous. We walked out. Glad we found Dixie Picnic!

Good things can happen even in the middle of a snowstorm, and I survived to write about it.
The drive from Carlisle to Bucks was getting worse by the mile as snow and then sleet fell and made road conditions difficult. With the speed limit reduced to 45 MPH, and my head beginning to pound, it was time for a break. I was thinking comfort food, but when I drove into Malvern and my first choice (Phở) was closed on this Sunday, I found Dixie Picnic just around the corner, and seeing good Unilocal reviews, I went in. It might not be my normal comfy meal, but it certainly was someone’s, and I was about to find out who’s.
The space was bright and cheerful even on a dank dark afternoon. I arrived around 1:30, and they were closing at 2. No sweat. The owner welcomed me and told me to sit and relax. He handed me the menu after explaining the general lay of the land with breakfasts, sandwiches, BBQ, and Box Lunches. Everything done in house and from scratch. Home brewed Iced Tea, too.
I went with the Georgia BBQ Pork Sandwich on a fresh roll. It came with a choice of a side dish — Pasta Pesto, thank you. While I waited, I listened to the oral history of this Southern family and the old photos on the walls took meaning and personality. Lunch arrived.
A huge heaping load of heavily sauced shredded pork that required a fork to consume because to pick up the sandwich was to risk a major lap spill. It was that BIG. The first bite had me sucking in my breath as the deeply sweet and tangy mix attacked my tongue and olfactory center. WOW! This was going to required time and patience as I adjusted to its wonderful flavor. It had just the right amount of vinegar to provide a sharp retort to the molasses-​like thick sweetness. It was soft and tender and an easy chew. I found myself enjoying it immensely.
Meanwhile, the staff was beginning to close up, but I was assured that I could remain. Good thing, because the other hot items were the Upcakes sitting seductively in the front display.
These were upside down cupcakes covered on all sides in thick creamy icing. The variety of flavors had their own menu and were seasonal. Here, while the cake base was homemade and excellent, the real story was unabashedly the multicolored toppings. I decided on the Blood Orange Icing on Devil’s Food Cake.
The icing was about a quarter inch think all around, save for the bottom (Actually, the top of this bottom’s up creation). It was a soft cream, rather than a hard shell, and gave itself up freely. While sweet, it was not overly so, and settled nicely on the tongue for a lasting taste sensation. The chocolate cake was super moist and almost gooey. I loved it.
Whoever thought this one up deserves a place in the Cupcake Hall of Fame.
Thanks to everyone associated with Dixie Picnic over the generations for your love of cooking and taking care of people.
You all certainly took great care of me, and introduced me to new possibilities in comfort food.
Gratitude and respect.

I would really love a place like this near where I live. This is a lovely breakfast/​lunch place in the middle of a strip mall.
I ordered the box lunch with a shrimp salad sandwich and a fruit cup. May goodness the sandwich was delicious! Lots of meaty shrimp and nice crispy bread. The fruit cup was also good. It was a nice combination of lots of nice fruits. It was also pretty large too. The deviled egg was awesome! I don’t think I’ve ever had a deviled egg that was as good as this one. It was perfectly seasoned and was just so good.
The last part was the upcake. I got the carrot cake upcake and it was very good! Nice and dense cake with a creamy frosting. My only complaint is that I’d like to see the cake have some sort of filing inside of it, like some frosting in the middle since the cake is just to big and dense.
Again, I really wish we had a place like this in my areas. We just don’t have many good inexpensive breakfast/​lunch places.

VERY crowded at lunch time on a week day.
Ordering over the phone is as chaotic as the flocks of people going in to eat.
The food was very good, and is definitely made with some gourmet panache.
Takeout comes in a box. At first sight, I was not impressed. The box looked small, which meant not much food, but I was surprised as how filling it was for the portion size. That said, the portions are still a lot smaller than other places, for the price. For route 30 in Malvern, I guess this is somewhat standard, but as far as the greater area goes, I would not select Dixie Picnic as a winner for value at all.
If you want a «picnic» taste, they definitely accomplish that, and satisfy. I can’t speak for how «Dixie» it is, since I am not versed in Southern cuisine the way I am on other types of food, but I can say it was tasty + fattening, which seem to be the cornerstones of food from the South.
The upcakes are a lot like poundcake in a misshapen cupcake tin. My husband dabbled in the kitchen the day after we had our first upcake, and the poundcake he made tasted much like the yellow upcake we’d had.
The day I got my meal the guy taking my order tried to dissuade me from choosing chocolate frosting for some reason. When I tasted the frosting it was bad. It was way way way too sweet, like the new guy dumped the whole bag of powdered sugar in by accident, and it had a horribly saccharin-​y aftertaste. I was able to separate the yuckiness of the frosting from the upcake, and identified that, with different frosting, I could enjoy it a lot more easily.
From the looks of them, the Sally Lunn rolls promised disappointment, but they were actually very good. My sandwich had an entire section of onion in it, which was bizarre to me… not sure if that’s a southern thing or a kitchen oops. I just picked it apart, but it was the most onion anyone ever served me on a sandwich.
The Yukon Gold potato salad was also extremely tasty, however, the condiment cup it comes in is quite small.
Had they replaced my deviled egg with a pickle I’d have been a lot happier, but I get it that the deviled egg is part of the Picnic, while my pickle would be more NY deli.
I am attaching photos to show the size of the boxed lunch with a plastic fork beside it for size reference.
All in all a tasty meal. I would return to get the good flavors again, but not for value pricewise.

Tres Leche cake. best thing you will every eat.