Restaurant and food news from around Little Rock
It’s time to stop complaining that there’s nothing going on in Little Rock. Meet our newest series, Local Canvas. Below you will find a list of art exhibits, music shows, and more below. Get ready to fill your calendar, and mix and match your favorites. Be sure to catch the latest at the Arkansas Art […]
Simply put, there aren’t enough people in this town talking about Chef Matthew Dunn. And frankly, I’m as guilty as anyone else. Dunn came to Little Rock to serve as the pastry chef at The Capital Hotel, but until recently I wasn’t fully aware just how talented this man is. About a month ago, the
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Things just got a little sweeter for a fair few of Rock City’s restaurants, specifically those that fall under the Yellow Rocket Concepts umbrella. Zara Wilkerson, local pastry chef and dessert connoisseur, will begin sweets production for all the restaurants under the restaurant group this month. Wilkerson says, “I’m absolutely thrilled to be partnering with
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If you ask Joshua Asante about his photography, you’re likely to participate in a part-philosophical, part-autobiographical discussion. No doubt you’ll learn things along the way, not only about Asante’s photographs, but also about yourself. “I feel my greatest skill as a photographer is my empathy,” says Asante, perched beside crackling, vintage speakers in his apartment.
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If you ask Joshua Asante about his photography, you’re likely to participate in a part-philosophical, part-autobiographical discussion. No doubt you’ll learn things along the way, not only about Asante’s photographs, but also about yourself. “I feel my greatest skill as a photographer is my empathy,” says Asante, perched beside crackling, vintage speakers in his apartment.
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There is absolutely no better food in a concentrated area than what exists around the Bentonville Square in this state, and few areas in the entire south rival it. It is highlighted again this week as Chef Matt McClure of the Hive has received his third consecutive semifinalist placement for a prestigious James Beard award. McClure,
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Coffee lovers, it’s time to rejoice. Guillermo’s Coffee House & Roastery has opened a new location in the former space of Sunrise Café in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center. If you haven’t been to the original Guillermo’s you’ve probably had their beans without even realizing it, as they supply various operations around town and beyond,
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Table 28 has been a favorite food stop of ours since opening a little under three years ago. For all the great food that chef Scott Rains and crew served up, the atmosphere of the restaurant tucked away in the bottom of the former Best Western (now Burgundy Hotel) was lacking. The dark, almost cave like,
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Chinese New Year is unfortunately the greatest overlooked holiday in American food. Partially because it often lands (like this year) close to both the Super Bowl and Valentine’s day. For a foodie with a love of Asian cuisine it is often better than either. The holiday celebrates the turn of the Chinese Lunisolar calendar and
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No one knows culture shock better than Michael Shaeffer, who, at the tender age of 13, moved with his family from Long Island, New York, to Hot Springs, Arkansas. “I was starting high school and I really didn’t want to be here at first,” he laughs. Luckily for Shaeffer, however, things began to fall into
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