Restaurant and food news from around Little Rock
The 2019 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame will be introduced tonight along with several category winners. The selection process comes from nominations across the state, and then the winners are decided on by a committee consisting of several friends and respected colleagues in the food world. They take on the difficult job of […]
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The problem with seasonal cocktails menus in Arkansas around this time of year is that at any point it could be any of the four seasons. Today, for instance, we have even managed to experience all four in one day. The fine folks at Petit & Keet get it, they really do. They do not
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My favorite stories to cover are the ones where we have no previous contact with a business. Instead we have customers coming to us talking about how wonderful a business has been to them. It is a different type of authenticity when someone is so excited about an experience they come to us wanting to
It has been a slow and painful death for Gusano’s Pizza in the Rivermarket. It appears things are officially over based on a posting by the owner of the building, Newmark Moses Tucker, who is seeking a new tenant for the location. The pizzeria opened their original location in 2004 in the River Market. They
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In an industry where frequent employee turnover is basically a guarantee, a restaurant that has a steady, experienced leader for more than half a decade has an advantage. Take Ciao Baci in Hillcrest, for instance. Executive chef Jeff Owen is in his seventh year leading the kitchen, and it shows. Owen puts out four seasonal
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One of the best annual sour releases is back this week at Rebel Kettle Brewing Company. The brewery’s 4:30 Thursday tapping is Plum Dawg Millionaire, a plum and cherry barrel-aged dark sour. John Lee and Josh Davis aged this one for six months in fresh Maker’s Mark bourbon barrels, then refermented everything with more than
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The Minute Man burger chain that was originally founded in Little Rock in 1948 is set to make a triumphant return to the original city in the near future. Minute Man announced today in a press release that they are planning 3 locations in central Arkansas, likely split between Little Rock and Conway. Minute Man
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It is hard to replace a legendary owner like Jerry Barakat at a restaurant. His experience and expertise in building world-class culinary institutions in Little Rock are second to none. This was a huge obstacle that faced owners Dr. Meraj Siddiqui and Dr. Ahmad Rafi when they purchased Kemuri from Barakat late last year. Siddiqui and Rafi had
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The Arkansas Department of Heritage announced the finalist for the Food Hall of Fame program today. The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame honors restaurants and individuals in an overall hall of fame category, proprietor of the year, food themed event, and a gone but not forgotten category that focuses on past restaurants. There is a
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True Arkansas Eatery, better known as TAE, has permanently closed less than a year after it opened. The second restaurant by Justin Patterson and Cetera Key was a reverent homage to Southern food, featuring recipes pioneered by black slaves hundreds of years ago as well as modern Southern trends. However, the restaurant’s obscure location proved
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