Clinton Presidential Center has undergone a metamorphosis. It has gone up the scale a bit under its new management, with ...
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May
21
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Mexican, with a side of ElvisChuy’s opens first Little Rock location.When I first saw that Tex-Mex chain Chuy’s was opening up a Little Rock location, its first in Arkansas, I didn’t know quite what to say. And I mean that literally, as the news cam...
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May
14
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Clucking good chickenFayetteville-based chicken chain arrives in Little Rock.Last week I was reminded of a joke I’ve never heard: Why did the med students cross the road? Judging by the line out the door and the backup in traffic on Markham Street turning o...
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May
14
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A barbecue blast to kickstart summerStrange as it might be, there are rules to a rib-eating contest. At least when it comes to this Saturday’s Buzz-B-Q hosted by 103.7 The Buzz. The annual barbecue and music festival...
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May
07
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Baja in BentonMilitary Road food truck serves up Mexi-Cali delights.One of the things I truly love about food is that the education never ends. I’ve been to literally hundreds of restaurants in the central Arkansas area, but I still can’t say I’ve ...
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Apr
30
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Who's the best?Sync’s Best of the Metro returns for its second year.Here’s how this worked: Readers submitted their favorite locally owned restaurants, businesses, organizations, people, places and things. We double-checked all nominees, ensuring t...
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Apr
30
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Westward hoPizza Cafe expands into west Little Rock.Pizza Cafe seems to be riding a balloon of success, because after years of life in their original cafe in Riverdale, they’ve recently opened two new operations, both in west Little...
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Apr
23
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Southeast Asia on wheelsFood truck offers opposite-side-of-the-world foods in HillcrestThe first thing I noticed about kBird was that I couldn’t find it. For a few months, people were referring me to this mysterious food truck with great Thai food. “You know, it’s ne...
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Apr
23
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Wake-up callStarting the day right with the king of meals.Breakfast, so the saying goes, is the most important meal of the day. That’s probably true. And for food lovers, it’s also probably the most delicious with the sheer variety of foo...
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Apr
23
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Sipping the seas of local coffeeLittle Rock, surrounding area offer several coffee roasters.I’m standing in Stephanos Mylonas’ home kitchen, and the sweet smell of ginger brûlée filling is wafting from the stove. It’s the late afternoon, with looming thunder grumbling out...
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Apr
23
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Boozin’ brunch taste testSix spots for a little hair of the dog.Whether it’s ladies who brunch, white napkin in lap or a what-did-we-do hangover meet-up, nothing brings people together at brunch better than a few cocktails. While some bold morn...
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Apr
16
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Free fries, tasty burgersThird metro location of David’s Burgers continues the restaurant’s winning burger ways.Who doesn’t like free stuff? Except for that annoying infant on that annoying commercial about some annoying credit card, nobody, that’s who. So moments after being seated at the n...
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Apr
12
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To market, to marketTaking kitchen creations to the public.Matt Foster started brewing beer about 10 years ago, and it is only coincidental that he’s also been teaching high school English for that long.
“A buddy of mine was getting marri...
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Apr
12
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Head over tailsConsider the crawfish. Beady black eyes. Claws and surly personality. Even its name is ugly — Procambarus clarkii, red swamp crawfish. Or its kin of the mud — Procambarus zonangulu...
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Apr
11
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A crawfishing good timeMardi Gras has come and gone. But so has Lent, so the party is just getting started down at the River Market Pavilions in downtown Little Rock. That’s the site of Thursday’s Ragin...
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Apr
09
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The Kitchen is openLegendary late-night spot extends lunch hours while keeping it simple on the menu.Once upon a time there was this guy named Plato, and he had this crazy notion that everything we see in the perceived world is just a copy of some perfect thing, some divine form t...
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