Here it is, two days before Valentine’s day and you do not have a reservation yet. You are completely screwed right? Maybe not. There are still tons of spots to have dinner at around town, especially if you are willing to roll the dice on a restaurant that is not taking reservations. Thanks to the […]
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Craft beer has grown exponentially over the past few years in Arkansas. In 2011 the state had 6 breweries operating in the state, by the end of 2017 we were well over 30 (the number depends on how you divide up a few spots). It is becoming hard to visit a decent sized city or
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I feel like we say it every time we see a local place close, but everyone who writes here hates a day that a local place closes. With the closing of Southern Gourmasian earlier this week, it got me to thinking about ways we can be more proactive about local dining. After a bit of
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There are lot of reasons to indulge on some sweets in February, but pie month may be the best. One of the best is over at The Pizzeria where they offer up a different pie every day that they are open for the whole month. They are not the only ones doing this in town,
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Any day we lose a local restaurant around here is a bad day. It is an even worse day when it is one of our favorite spots. Today is one of those days. The Southern Gourmasian has announced they will close up effective this past Saturday. Owner Justin Patterson has worked to move the to
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Good things are happening in the Rodney Parham area just west of 430. What should be one of the major restaurant openings of the year, Sauced Bar & Oven is set to open mid-April in the Market Place Shopping center at 11121 N Rodney Parham Rd. The 4,000 sf space will feature a large bar with
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The Meteor Cafe has settled in nicely to the Midtown landscape. Sitting right on the border of Hillcrest and Stiff Station, it is quite possibly the most convenient coffee shop around for a large part of Little Rock in the mornings. They are now ready to add beer and wine as an option to keep
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Around here we write about the local craft beer scene all the time. But I always thought it would be fun to be a little more active. I’ve had this idea for a while to do a series of beer collaborations with different breweries around the city. We would come up with some creative small
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Over a decade ago when I was just a few years out of college I got my first real job with a digital marketing agency located in the now Simmons Tower downtown. Around the same time EJ’s Eats and Drinks made the move to downtown after spending 4 years at a small spot in Hillcrest.
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What goes into keeping a place going for 30+ years? Adapting to new challenges and changing customers is a hard hill to climb, that is why so few make it that long. The the past six months I have spent a good portion of my free time working on a book about long standing Little Rock
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