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Arkansas food and restaurant news from the @arktimes blog.
Little Rock, AR
Joined May 2009
The opening date is set and a working menu is making the rounds on social media for the new Midtown Little Rock pizzeria, Problem Child.
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In a world that demands extravagance, Mark’s Do-Nut Shop in North Little Rock dares to remain steadfast in its dedication to simplicity. The Levy mainstay has been in business since 1978.
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“Rivera’s Paris,” the latest show at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, opens on Friday, and along with it comes a new suite of dishes at Park Grill, the institution’s undersung restaurant.
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As the first month of the year finally comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of the best restaurant dishes the Eat Arkansas team came across over the last four weeks.
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For brothers Aaron and Yusuke Jackson, buying Mt. Fuji wasn’t just about business, but preserving a piece of their childhood.
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A “modern spin” on drugstore soda fountains of old, Cate’s offers three varieties of house-made cake donuts, chocolate and vanilla soft serve ice cream, milkshakes, floats and coffee — along with prescription and nonprescription medications.
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The hiring process is underway, and a new sign is up at Problem Child, the much-hyped pizzeria coming to the former Midtown Count Porkula space at 201 Keightley Drive.
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If one were compiling a list of Little Rock dining experience goals for the new year, catching the sunrise over breakfast at Rosie’s Pot & Kettle Cafe should absolutely make the cut.
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The James Beard Foundation announced Wednesday the semifinalists for their prestigious 2025 Restaurant and Chef Awards, and three Northwest Arkansas chefs made the cut.
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Buster Belly’s, a dive bar on Dickson Street, will close its doors later this month after nearly 25 years on the bustling strip of bars and restaurants near the University of Arkansas campus in downtown Fayetteville.
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The Root Cafe is planning to open its long-awaited second location in West Little Rock’s Breckenridge Village Shopping Center on Tuesday.
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ZAZA Fine Salad + Wood Oven Pizza announced on Facebook Tuesday morning that it has permanently closed its Conway location at 1050 Ellis Ave. near Hendrix College.
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Seoul Cup-Bap, the newest vendor in downtown Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Hall food court, might be a sign of the River Market turning its fortunes around, becoming again the center of community it once was.
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The State Capitol’s basement restaurant got a new name and a makeover following a kitchen fire in May 2023. The cafe reopens on Monday for the start of the 95th General Assembly, and the $4.00 breakfast sandwich is still fiscally responsible.
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One of the most time-honored remedies for coping with the cold, gray and often bleak days following the holidays is to seek comfort from piping hot bowls of hearty broths, bisques and stews. Here’s a list of some of our favorite local soups of the moment.
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Yellow Rocket Concepts, the Arkansas restaurant group behind ZaZa, Big Orange, Local Lime, Lost Forty and Taco & Tamale Co., has announced plans for growth and expansion through a partnership with Foxden Capital, an Arkansas-based investment firm.
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A building facade restaurant update: Saigon Noodle Station is coming to the former Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on Rodney Parham, and the sign is up at Park Plaza for Mr. Brews Taphouse.
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Mockingbird Bar and Tacos permanently shut its doors on New Year’s Eve, ending a run that began at 1220 S. Main St. in Little Rock’s SoMa neighborhood in 2019.
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There are some bits of 2024 that we look forward to leaving behind, but these meals are worth remembering.
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In 2024, hungry readers of the Arkansas Times turned their attention to a new Filipino pastry shop in Park Hill, a great downtown Mediterranean brunch, the end of the Minute Man franchise, a city reporter’s food diary, the rise of The Bagel Shop and more.
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