Local Diners Continue Spending at Chick-fil-A

Northwest Arkansas likes its Chick-fil-A.

That’s according to the 1 percent hotel-motel-restaurant taxes collected by the Bentonville and Fayetteville advertising & promotion commissions. Data from both is used to calculate revenue for restaurants in both cities and rank their respective eateries.

Chick-fil-A finished at the top of both lists for 2011, pulling in $3.7 million at its Northwest Village location in Fayetteville and $2.81 million at its Bentonville store.

Chartwells Dining, the University of Arkansas cafeteria, with $4.7 million in revenue, was intentionally excluded from the current list of top revenue-producing restaurants in the city.

Also excluded were Penguin Ed’s Barbeque ($2.89 million) and Rick’s Bakery ($2.44 million). Penguin Ed’s combines revenues from its three locations, and Rick’s Bakery’s primary business is not that of a restaurant.

In Bentonville, Eurest Dining, the Walmart home office cafeteria, was intentionally excluded. It had revenue of $5.93 million. Also excluded were Sam’s Club ($2.35 million) and Walmart Supercenter Deli ($1.72 million).