Ever wonder what makes some of Arkansas’ food personalities tick? Food Insider takes a look at individuals who are helping change the landscape of our city’s culinary scene. Whether they’re in the kitchen, managing a storefront, farming land or running a food truck … we’ll delve into both the professional and personal side of these …
While we at Rock City Eats tend to focus on the food scene here in Central Arkansas, we’ve discovered plenty of great eats all around the state, too. Arkansas’ highways, byways, and small towns are ripe with numerous excellent restaurants, dairy bars, drive-ins, and bakeries of all sorts. In this regular feature, we explore some …
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British expats and Anglophiles may think authentic cuisine from the British Isles is hard to find around central Arkansas. If so, they haven’t been to Wee Betty’s Café in Jacksonville. Scotland natives Catherine Lee and her daughter Nicola O’Hara opened the spot three years ago with two goals in mind — to serve authentic dishes …
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While we at Rock City Eats tend to focus on the food scene here in Central Arkansas, we’ve discovered plenty of great eats all around the state, too. Arkansas’ highways, byways, and small towns are ripe with numerous excellent restaurants, dairy bars, drive-ins, and bakeries of all sorts. In this regular feature, we explore some …
While we at Rock City Eats tend to focus on the food scene here in central Arkansas, we’ve discovered plenty of great eats all around the state, too. Arkansas’ highways, byways, and small towns are ripe with numerous excellent restaurants, dairy bars, drive-ins, and bakeries of all sort. In this regular feature, we explore some …
While we at Rock City Eats tend to focus on the food scene here in central Arkansas, we’ve discovered plenty of great eats all around the state, too. Arkansas’ highways, byways, and small towns are ripe with numerous excellent restaurants, dairy bars, drive-ins, and bakeries of all sort. In this regular feature, we explore some of …
Around Arkansas: Coursey's Smoked Meats in St. Joe Read More »
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, …
Matt McClure Named Semifinalist for Third Consecutive Year by Beard Foundation Read More »
One Hot Springs club is making an impact by celebrating the “Spa City’s” history and serving up classic food and drinks with an eye on the local movement. In recent years, Hot Springs is becoming known for more than just the thermal water gurgling through its mountain sides and the big loop where horses run. …
Around Arkansas: The State's Oldest Bar Brings Local Food, Drinks, and History Together Read More »
The Kitchen|Fields Table Tour, a yearlong promotion launched by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB), travels to its next feature restaurant in Northwest Arkansas. The Hive, located in the 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, will serve a soybean-inspired dish from January – March. The Kitchen|Fields Table Tour promotes the relationship between the local soybean farmer and the …
Kitchen Fields Table Tour: The Hive's Ricotta Cavatelli Read More »
If we’re honest, the Gillett Coon Supper is barely about the unique food served to the hundreds in attendance. Instead, the dinner, celebrated 73 times since its inception in the 1940s, is all about the attendees. Every year, on the second Saturday in January, Arkansas’ political elite, political wannabes and morbidly curious (that would be …
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