by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Jake’s Grill Closes After 38 Years
Jake’s Grill, a Springdale landmark since 1961, closed on July 16. The diner, which was located at 701B S. Thompson Ave., couldn’t compete with the influx of new restaurants that…
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Fazoli’s Opens In Rogers
Geoffrey Brown opened a 3,243-SF Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant on July 15 at 1735 W. Walnut St. in Rogers. The site is the former home of a Back Yard Burgers restaurant….
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Madame Wu Plans August Opening
Gina Wu of Russellville plans to open Madame Wu’s, a Chinese restaurant, in Fayetteville’s Crossover Village by the end of August. Wu has operated a Madame Wu’s restaurant in Russellville…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Tangos Closes Fayetteville Restaurant
Destina Moga, the owner of Tangos, closed the upscale Fayetteville restaurant in July. Moga’s mother sold the building at 31 E. Center St. that housed Tangos and The Source, a…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Hugo’s Restaurant
Our office lunch at Hugo’s was a smart choice. Hidden down a flight of stairs on Fayetteville’s Block Avenue, Hugo’s offers small tables and good food. Antiques and neon signs…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Dr. Tonya R. Smith
Owner: Tonya R. Smith Address: 2662 E. Joyce Blvd., Suite 2, Fayetteville, 72701 Phone: 501-582-0600 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon Friday Start-up date:…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Mobile Waiters
Owner: Matthew Sanders Address: P.O. Box 1531 Phone: 501-521-6325 Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Norie Allen’s Original Art
Owner: Norie Allen Address: 2 Sable Drive, Bella Vista, 72715 Phone: 501-876-5782 Hours: by appointment Start-up date: April 19 Painting since she was an eight-year-old girl in Japan, Norie Allen…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
D-G Style
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently bumped two of its veteran columnists from prime spots on the daily feature section front. As of Aug. 2, Richard Allin’s Our Town and Charles Allbright’s…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Seinfeldian Shrinkage
We had some typographical errors in a graphic in the July 26 edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, so we’re running the graphic again (with the correct numbers this…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Morning News Tracks Loretts Lynn, Distant Relative Of X-ray Man
The obituary page of The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas (Page 4A) has become a hiding spot lately for some of the newspaper’s more unusual staff-written stories. On Aug. 3,…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Everyone Out of the Water!
We cued up the theme from “Jaws” after seeing the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Aug. 5 photograph of what it claimed to be a piranha caught in Lake Ann at Bella Vista….
by - August 2, 1999 12:00 am
Paintball ‘Brass’ Targets Market, Gaming Safety
A dip in guns sales and a flurry of lawsuits following a three-year string of coast-to-coast high school shootings have put the firearms industry in a jam. The spinoff paintball…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Utica Buyout Spears Aarow
Acquisition of publishing company could help waste manager clean up After three years of losing money, Aarow Environmental Group Inc. of Springdale may finally be on target with the planned…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
BAV Links People and Products
New software cuts carrying costs of out-of-stock retail items A new Fayetteville company believes it’s got the answer to one of retailing’s biggest problems: out-of-stock items. BAV Software Inc. has…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Real Estate Riviera
Cooper Communities Inc., with five successful master-planned communities in its stable, is exploring the possibility of expanding to Florida. Randy Brucker, president and CEO of Cooper’s land development subsidiary, says…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Selig the Deal
Speaking of Cooper, its commercial property division is on the acquisition trail again, this time with a $15.2 million deal. Cooper Realty Investments has returned to Hot Springs to buy…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
A Win-ing Tribute
Although John White didn’t seem too happy with the Legislature after its session that ended this past spring, Win Thompson, president of the University of Central Arkansas seems to be…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Too Many Scholars?
We hear White’s awarding of more than 400 Chancellor’s Scholarhips at the University of Arkansas is what prompted the state Legislature to enact an “anti-stacking law” in the last legislative…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Copyright or Wrong?
Mike Rodman, who worked for about a year on contract as a freelance reporter for the Northwest Arkansas Times, has billed the Fayetteville newspaper $9,000 for providing stories he wrote…