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Restaurant and food news from around Little Rock

New Restaurant, Cathead's Diner, Announced with Chefs Kelli Marks and Donnie Ferneau

Long time Little Rock chef Donnie Ferneau is back with a new concept set to open next year. This time he is partnering with Kelli Marks for a brunch themed eatery called Cathead’s Diner in the Paint Factory building of the East Village area. The restaurant is expected to open in early 2018 and will

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Local Tech Startup, Altimize, Makes Mobile Restaurant Apps More Accessible

When I started working heavily in the food scene I was amazed at how few restaurants utilize technology to connect with customers. Few even had a website, and most of those were under utilized or outdated. I could count on one hand the number who took technology beyond that to using something more like an

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Rumbles: La Terraza Turns 2, Dempsey Barbecue Coming to Flyway, Three Sams Opening Delayed

All of us at Rock City Eats want to wish a happy second anniversary to La Terraza Rum and Lounge. Two years ago, Armando and Sarah Bolanos took over the space that once belonged to Acadia Restaurant in Hillcrest and turned it into a Venezuelan restaurant with Mediterranean influence and a stellar line-up of rum

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Transitions: Liv Thompson, Mindy Mitchell, Jordan Wine, Lee Ingold, and more

The restaurant world is always changing, and staff are always on the move. We try to keep up with those moves in our semi-regular Transitions. Liv Thompson – Liv, previously of Raduno, is now at Three Fold’s new location. You can usually catch her on the back doing the noodles, and she seems to be

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Forty Two at the Clinton Center Adds Dinner and a Bar, Rebrands as 42 BAR & TABLE

One of the most requested additions in Little Rock is finally happening after years of discussion. Forty Two at the Clinton Center is officially adding dinner service and a bar beginning in November. The updated space will undergo a slight name change and become 42 Bar and Table. Dinner service has always been a bit

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Upcoming Downtown Rooftop Bar and Restaurant Has a Name and Other Updates

We have been waiting (not so) patiently on some more details to emerge about the rooftop bar and restaurant in downtown Little Rock that we announced back in July. The space is set on the top of the opening-any-day Hilton Garden Inn, that appears to be offering reservations starting next week. We visited with the

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