Tag: Restaurants & Food

Eat This! Gets Three and 1/2 Stars (Business Lunch)

A New York-style pizza joint, Eat This!, gets 3.5 stars in our food review.

Fort Smith Bakery to Close Facility

The Flowers Bakery plant in downtown Fort Smith will close in mid-August.

The Regions’ Largest Employers

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s largest employers.

Two Krystals Slated to Open in 2007

Fayetteville will have its first Krystal fast food restaurant by July 2007, says Brian D. Smith, partner in SmitCo Eateries Inc. of Pine Bluff. By 2010, SmitCo plans to have at least five Krystal restaurants open in Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale, Fort

Catering Company Does More than Deliver

Jayn Parenti, part owner of Parenti Inc. of Nevada, opened A Fare to Remember in Fayetteville in April. Although she, her husband Paul and daughter Shana Beaupain have been catering since October, they didn’t open a store until April.

Joe’s Bistro Gets Four Stars (Business Lunch)

Joe’s Bistro gets 4 stars in our lunch review.

‘Ice Houses’ Provide Self-Serve Ice

Kool Kat Vending LLC of Fort Smith plans to open 10 “ice houses” ? 200-SF ATM-like ice dispensing machines ? in the River Valley and Northwest Arkansas by next year. Three are currently in operation, and three more will be open by the end of this year.

OK Industries Tops Region’s Private Companies List

OK Industries of Fort Smith tops the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of the region’s largest private companies, with revenue of about $900 million in 2005.

Two Taco Bells Slated for Fayetteville

K-Mac Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith is planning to open two Taco Bell restaurants in Fayetteville.

Carrabba?s Italian Grill To Open at Promenade

Carrabba?s Italian Grill is scheduled to open its first Arkansas restaurant at the Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers August 7

Restaurant Brings Ice House Back to Life

Christy Martin has spent about $2 million to renovate the 100 year-old ice house building in Bentonville, transforming it into a restaurant that dishes out what many diners say is nothing like Northwest Arkansas dining.

Whole Hog Gets 4 Stars in Business Lunch Review (Opinion)

Whole Hog Caf? in Bentonville gets four stars in our lunch review.

Bailey?s Bakery & Eatery (Food Review)

Bailey?s Bakery & Eatery in Fort Smith makes 2.5 stars in our business lunch review.

UA Studies Pathogens That Resist Antibiotics

University researchers are trying to quantify Campylobacter, a pathogen that contaminates nearly all retail raw broiler chicken carcasses, and trying to get rid of it.

Applebee?s Slated for Springdale

Apple Arkansas Inc. will open an Applebee?s Neighborhood Grill and Bar in Springdale. The restaurant is scheduled to open in August.

Boston?s Pizza Planned for Bentonville

Boston?s the Gourmet Pizza will open in Bentonville?s Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in August. The restaurant will replace the Bobbisox Bar & Grill, which closed in July, said Pam Mock, general manager of the hotel.

T.G.I. Friday?s Serves Average Fare

T.G.I. Friday?s gets 2.5 stars in our business lunch review.

Reynolds to Buy On the Rocks

The owners of On the Rocks Patio & Grill plan to sell the business and 5,244-SF section of the Fayetteville Mercantile building to Evan Reynolds.

Buffalo Wild Wings To Open in Springdale

B&K Wings LLC plans to begin construction in June on its fourth Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, which will be located in Springdale, said John Bliss. Bliss and Paul Nelson are partners in the franchise company.

Coffee Corner Brews New Owner

Cecilia and Steve Burrell purchased Coffee Corner in Bentonville from Mark Grant in April and reopened it as Coffee Corner & Gifts Inc. on April 29.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ‘Oceanscape’ playground work begins, Mercy stroke program renewed

Walmart likely to tap insiders for expected leadership changes

Dan Wright re-elected Arkansas Farm Bureau president

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up