With Blue Canoe Brewing Company officially closed, it didn’t take long for the brewery’s premium spot on 3rd Street downtown to get a new tenant. Well, mostly new. Lucky Lou’s LLC has filed for a mixed drink permit with Arkansas Beverage Control ahead of opening a new bar and restaurant at the location. We hadn’t …
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Yesterday’s Mardi Gras celebration means crawfish season has officially arrived at The Faded Rose. For decades now, the David family at The Faded Rose has used the annual celebration to kick off its weekly crawfish special, which will run through the spring. Each order gets a heaping pile of crawfish, plus potatoes and corn served …
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Casey’s Bar-B-Q, which is coming back in the former Arkansas Burger Company location, is hoping to hold its opening day next week. Managing partner David Henry says on Facebook construction teams had to move the restaurant’s smoker to the back of the restaurant, resulting in a rather large hole in the front of the building. …
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The Little Rock food scene is a little brighter this week with the return of Richard Glasgow to kBird. Glasgow spent his traditional month away in Thailand, touring several towns and eating way more delicious food than most of us will in a year. Glasgow is still nursing some severe jet lag (it took me …
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My personal choice for best brew of 2017 was Flyway’s Lord God Imperial Chocolate Stout, so needless to say I was thrilled to find out the brew team stashed two kegs away last year and is releasing it this week. Owner Jess McMullen said the 2017 Lord God has aged very nicely and will be …
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The first snow of winter has come and gone, and though Arkansas weather is anything but consistent, we are certainly in the middle of our cold season. If you’re like me, this is the time of year where you look for your favorite comfort food dish. Forget the calorie-counting; familiarity, nostalgia and just flat out …
News David’s Burgers is making moves with its two new locations. Owner Alan Bubbus tells me that his Cabot restaurant is just a few weeks from its April grand opening. It will be the seventh David’s Burgers location in Central Arkansas when it opens. Bubbus says he is still looking to hire staff for the …
News Jerky’s Spicy Chicken and More has had a rough few months getting the new Center Street location open. Several problems with the building delayed the restaurant’s opening significantly, and now Jerky’s is closed again. Owner John Walker Jr. posted on Facebook that Jerky’s is in a dispute with Rental Realty, which owns the building, …
In Staff Picks, each of us tells of our favorite foods around town. We each get three top picks, so if a dish falls on this list, you know it’s got to be good. In no particular order, here are our Favorite Steaks (or steak dishes) in Little Rock. Steve Shuler: Prime Filet with Foie Gras at One …
News After taking a month off to travel and do some work, Richard Glasgow is planning to reopen kBird on Monday with some brand new hours. This month, the city of Little Rock approved Glasgow’s request to expand his hours to include a full dinner service. Starting Monday, kBird will be open from 11 a.m. …
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