Rock City Eats
The holidays are over, which means a change in season for West Little Rock’s Honey Pies. After months of frantically filling pie and dessert orders for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, the Honey Pies team now turns its focus to keeping clientele coming in during the down months. Owner Sharon Woodson has tasked chef […]
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Longtime bar manager at The Pantry Eugene Lee is leaving that job after purchasing Hillcrest’s Next Bistro and Bar. Lee has spent years making The Pantry and The Pantry Crest into one of the better bar programs in Little Rock. Having spent a few evenings at Next, I have little doubt that Lee will provide
Rumbles: New Owner for Next Bistro, Wee Betty's Closes, kBird Winter Break Soon Read More »
The year is almost a wrap and it is time to start thinking 2018. This month we have brought you a list of the biggest restaurant closings as well as a good list of bright spots that have opened in the Little Rock restaurant scene this year. Overall 2017 was a good year for the
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Regardless of if you want to get out, want to get away, or just want some people to hang with, there are always a good number of restaurants open on Christmas eve, and a handful open on Christmas day around Little Rock. The list below is verified restaurants who are open. Given the trend this
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From refined to rustic, from brand new dishes to longtime staples, this year’s list of 20 best plates is a representation of where Little Rock’s food scene is right now. It’s a hodgepodge of regional influences, Southern history and even some international input. Fortunately for all of us, a lot of it is delicious. We
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We in Central Arkansas are completely spoiled when it comes to our drink scene. We have several first-class breweries, one of the best distilleries in the country, and an emerging coffee and tea scene that is making large strides every year. Our beverages are so far above average, that we at Rock City Eats decided
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We at Rock City Eats eat quite a lot around town. But in comparing notes for this week’s Best of 2017 series, we found that maybe we aren’t consuming as many desserts as we are drinks and savory dishes. That’s a shame, and something we will be doing better at going forward, because Arkansas has
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Restaurants across the state have seen a huge boost in quality over the past several years. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for catering companies. Aside from a handful of standouts, the catering only landscape by and large has has seen relatively little increase in quality. Soon to open Heritage Catering should change all that
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Last week we took a look at some of the restaurants we lost in 2017. While every loss is sad, on the whole the the Little Rock restaurant community saw a growth year, and with far more influential gains than losses. Many of the places that closed quickly reopened as another concepts. 2017 also saw
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The longtime owner of SO Restaurant in Hillcrest has died. Regina Smith passed away Friday at her home surrounded by her family and closest friends. Smith had fought cancer and health issues for years while running the restaurant and making the chocolate sack dessert that she introduced to Little Rock’s food scene more than a