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Heights Corner Market Ready to Bring Local and Organic Groceries to the Heights

Leave a Comment / Heights / By Greg Henderson

Despite all the recent turmoil, the Heights community lost a lot during the slow decline and eventual closing of Terry’s Finer Foods earlier this year. The small corner grocery store and restaurant served the surrounding community well. Thankfully the void has been filled in the same location, but with a new name. The Heights Corner …

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Smokey Joe's BBQ in Benton Announces Closing

Leave a Comment / Food News / By Greg Henderson

Our friends down at MySaline are reporting that longtime Benton bbq joint Smokey Joe’s BBQ will shut down business on April 1. Smokey Joe’s started off life in the early 70’s in South West Little Rock on Chicot Rd. For as long as I can remember though it has been a staple of the Military …

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First Look: Blue Sail Coffee Opens Downtown Little Rock Location

Leave a Comment / Drink / By Greg Henderson

I spent the majority of my office working career in downtown Little Rock. One thing that always astonished me was the lack of good coffee. All the office workers going in and out of the bank buildings, ad agencies, government offices, and the law firms suing all of them, the only caffeine to find mostly …

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Raduno and Loblolly Team up for the "Coolest" Spring Cocktail Lineup

Leave a Comment / Drink, Seasonal Menus, SoMa / By Greg Henderson

Spring cocktails are usually floral and fruity, as see in the other two menu updates that we have put out this week. Spring is also however the official return of ice cream weather, not that we ever really lost ice cream weather this year. The folks at Raduno and neighboring Loblolly Creamery decided to capitalize …

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Buenos Aires Grill and Cafe in the River Market Opens Tomorrow

Leave a Comment / Food News / By Greg Henderson

The diversity of food in Little Rock has taken surprising steps forward over the past few years. This is especially true with Latin and South American cuisine. A market that was once dominated by Bossa Nova now has strong competition from the likes of LuLu’s Latin, La Terraza, and the new location of Rosalinda’s. Buenos …

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Spring Blossoms at the Big Orange Bar

Leave a Comment / Drink / By Greg Henderson

We have covered dozens of seasonal cocktail menus at this point, and hands down Spring menus are always the most interesting. Between strong aromatics that come in through clever use of floral accents to the diversity of flavors using various fruits, Spring cocktails are the best. When you are faced with the best cocktail season, …

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Girl Scout Cookie Week is Back Again

Leave a Comment / Eats / By Greg Henderson

The only thing better than getting Girl Scout cookies this time of year is all the restaurants around town who turn those same cookies into desserts as a part of the annual Girl Scout Cookie week. This year the event kicks off tomorrow and runs through next Saturday (March 11th-18th), and even includes a cookies and …

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Safe Ice Takes on the Dirty Truth About Restaurant Ice Machines

Leave a Comment / Drink / By Greg Henderson

Ice is one of the last things most of us think about in a restaurant. As long as my glass has enough (but not too much) I am fine, occasionally at the bar I want a large, slow melting cube, but beyond that I do not think much about it. That all changed last year …

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The Food Industry Would be Nothing Without Amazing Women

1 Comment / Profiles / By Greg Henderson

The food industry, for some unexplainable reason, has always been a bit of a male driven industry. If you look across the country at the top chefs in executive or management roles you will find that it is mostly a male industry. This shouldn’t be shocking, considering across the board every business industry becomes majority …

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ZAZA Creates the Perfect Heights Drink for the A Great Cause

Leave a Comment / Drink / By Greg Henderson

Heights culture is completely unique in Little Rock, there is no place like it. A year or so ago I briefly contemplated throwing an event in the Heights, while doing so I thought about what the quintessential drink for the area would be to feature. Part of me wanted to go with wine, maybe a …

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