Restaurant and food news from around Little Rock
The sun was beginning to set last Wednesday evening as I strolled up to the front of The Faded Rose. I was there for crawfish, and in the end, the night played out exactly how I had imagined. As I walked through the patio and reached for the front door, I heard “Hi Kevin.” It […]
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There are a lot of people that don’t like pimento cheese! Before you ignore this post completely, let me convince you to try this recipe. I don’t like pimento cheese and neither does my husband, at least not the creamy semisweet kind you can get at any supermarket. This is different. It is chunky, made
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This year is shaping up to be another great year for new locally owned restaurants in Little Rock. We have already seen a solid opening at Mylo Coffee Co., and the places announced so far seem to be even better. Now that we were released to tell you a bit (we still have more details) about
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If sweets are your thing, here are my 10 Noteworthy Desserts in Little Rock. Are they the best? Maybe … maybe not. I haven’t eaten every dessert in town, but I have sampled a lot of them, and these are the ones that truly stand out: Chocolate Soufflé at Ashley’s Wow, ummm … how
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Yellow Rocket Concepts™ (YRC), the proprietary group of restaurant concepts ZAZA, Big Orange, and Local Lime in Little Rock, Arkansas, is thrilled to announce our newest restaurant project, Heights Taco & Tamale Company (HT&T). HT&T will be located at 5805 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, AR in the ‘Heights’ neighborhood. The anticipated opening is slated for
If you’ve ever spent an extended period of time in the Northeast region of our country, you know that restaurant parking can often be at a premium. Hell, more than once I spent 30 minutes looking for a spot in Boston. Even in Little Rock, several restaurants have very limited available parking. But for
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I think like most parents, I really took my pre-kids life for granted, because little did I know NickJr and DisneyJr would be taking over my life shortly and I’d have grown up things to do but no time to get those things done. I met a friend for lunch and we started talking about
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Sweet pickles are the Bobby Petrino of the pickle world. Everyone loves to hate them. But the lackluster examples at the supermarket belie the sweet pickle’s potential — homemade fermented sweet pickles that would never cheat on their wives, hire their mistresses, or wreck their motorcycles. These are full old school grandma sweet pickles. They’re
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This darn ice has been wreaking havoc on my social life, but fortunately, I was able to get out just a bit this week. A few buddies and I finally paid a visit to Bruno’s Little Italy in downtown the other night. A feeling of contentment resided over the group after we polished off two bottles
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To many who never lived in Saline County, Ed and Kay’s dinner is easily overlooked. It sits on the southwest edge of the Benton, just to the right as I-30 is taking you away to likely a more enjoyable destination of Dallas or Hot Springs. If you are from Saline County however, this place holds
Ed and Kay's: The Iron Lady of Saline County Closes Read More »