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The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame Tuesday night inducted three more restaurants into its ranks and recognized an East Arkansas restaurateur who has kept her restaurant running for more than 40 years. Craig Brothers Café (better known as Craig’s Bar-B-Que) of Devall’s Bluff, Keeney’s Food Market of Malvern, and Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams […]
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Rebel Kettle Brewing Company has a new canned release slated to make its debut this week. On Friday, Rebel Kettle is releasing 2019 Spring Cleanin’ in four-packs. (Update: due to the labels being delayed, this release has been delayed until Thursday, March 7) Spring Cleanin’ is a hazy imperial IPA brewed with Azacca, Cashmere, Citra, Kohatu and
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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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In April 2005, a group of wildlife scientists reported observing several “firm” sightings of an ivory-billed woodpecker in Central Arkansas. Nicknamed “The Lord God Bird,” the last authenticated sighting in the United States was in 1944 in the swamps of Louisiana. Well, it’s with great pleasure I can now tell you exactly where you can
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Little Rock Soup Sunday, arguably the most popular winter food festival in Little Rock, is back this weekend. This is the 38th year for the event, which features soups and snacks from dozens of Little Rock restaurants. This year’s featured chef is Jeff Owen of Ciao Baci in Hillcrest. He’ll be creating a special recipe
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After months of planning and hard work, Arkansas’ first statewide beer magazine is ready for publication. Brewed in Arkansas will hold a launch party Thursday evening at 6 p.m. to celebrate the inaugural quarterly issue. Becca Bona, formerly with Rock City Eats and now with The Daily Record, is the magazine’s publisher. The publication itself
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This week we continue with our reader’s choice in the 4th annual Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony on February 25th at the Ron Robinson Theater (tickets are available here) will crown the real winners, but we are curious what you think. As with last week, we will randomly give out a pair
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Atlas Bar in SoMa seems to be going through what every bar and restaurant that opens in Central Arkansas has to deal with: waiting for permits to be processed. Atlas Bar was supposed to have its grand opening yesterday, but at least one of its permits isn’t ready at this time. Whether that’s the health
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I’ve had Maddie’s Place wrong all these years. You see, all along I’ve always thought of the standout Riverdale establishment as a New Orleans restaurant. And with items like jambalaya, gumbo and po’boys on the menu, there’s no denying where Brian Deloney gets his inspiration and where Maddie’s Place has its roots. But grilled salmon?
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One of Central Arkansas’ best annual releases comes Wednesday at Flyway Brewing. For the third year, Flyway is releasing its Lord God Imperial Chocolate Stout, an 11 percent ABV booze monster that packs a lot of flavor. This is a triple chocolate stout brewed with cacao nibs from Izard Chocolate. That high ABV may look
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