Tag: Restaurants & Food

Emelia?s Kitchens Gets 5 Stars (Business Lunch)

Emelia?s Kitchen receives a rare five-star review from the Business Journal?s critics.

Two New Restaurants Planned for CMN

Mike Stennett plans to buy 1.1 acres of land from Macerich Co. to build a 4,180-SF Steak n Shake restaurant in Fayetteville between the McDonald?s on Joyce Boulevard and the Northwest Arkansas Mall.

Walker to Build New Noodles

Kirby Walker plans to build a 7,500-SF restaurant on a 7.5-acre lot in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park to serve as a new Noodles Italian Kitchen restaurant.

Hog Haus Owners To Lease Brew Pub Building

Common Grounds owners Julie Sill said she and Kari Larson will lease the two-story, 11,000-SF building that previously housed Ozark Brewing Co. on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street.

Reality Check Starts Rebounds (John Harrison Newman Commentary)

John Harrison Newman writes about the benefits of facing one’s fears head on in business and in life.

Knight?s BBQ Block

Ed Knight, owner of two Penguin Ed?s Bar-B-Que restaurants in Fayetteville, has bought all six houses adjoining the old B&B Bar-B-Que property at 230 S. East St.

Mocha and Mozzarella with Barber

The word is two food operations are in the works for Brandon Barber. But negotiations are ongoing for what will wind up in the 16,000-SF building he bought from Gary Combs.

O?Charley?s Boasts Ambiance, Flavor (Business Lunch)

We used to not even review chains. But the influx of quesadilla-bloated, faux-bucolic burger joints and homogenized steak houses over the years has filled us with curiosity ? and sometimes indigestion.

Common Grounds Owners To Open Restaurant in Ozark Brewing Co. Building

Julie Sill and Kari Larson, owners of The Common Grounds Gourmet Espresso Bar in Fayetteville, plan to open Hog Haus Brewing Co. in the Fayetteville building that previously housed Ozark Brewing Co.

St. Paul?s Church Buys Jerry?s Restaurant

Janice F. Bartholomew of Prairie Grove sold Jerry?s Restaurant at 241 College Ave. in Fayetteville to St. Paul?s Episcopal Church on July 13 for about $350,000, according to Washington County records.

Jammin? Java Moves, Plans Second Location

With the renovation of Fayetteville?s Old Post Office building under way, Jammin? Java was forced to leave the 800-SF nook it had occupied for the past two years on the east side of the building.

McDonald?s Plans New Restaurants

Mathews Management Corp. of Springdale plans to open two new McDonald?s restaurants ? in Stilwell, Okla., on Sept. 21 and in Centerton in 2005.

Learning, Listening Spirit Shared by 2004 Honorees

Nearly every person profiled in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2004 list of 40-under-40 honorees shared the same trait ? a desire to continue learning.

Lounge Becomes Zooloo?s; Buster Belly?s For Sale

Cheryl Wahl of Rogers took over ownership of The Liquid Lounge on July 11 and changed the Dickson Street bar?s name to Zooloo?s.

Steak Escape Leases Mall Space

E.C. Price and Co. of Fort Smith has leased a 1,078-SF space in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall to open a Steak Escape franchise by Nov. 1.

Emelia?s Opens On Dickson Street

Kevork Ouyoumjian and Sara Lusher, both of Hot Springs, opened Emelia?s Mediterranean Kitchen & Bar at 309 W. Dickson St. on June 24.

First Buffalo Wild Wings Slated for Bentonville

B&K Wings LLC plans to build in Bentonville the first of six Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants planned for the state.

Fort Town Gets ‘OK’ For Private Business

The Arkansas River Valley boasts eight of the 49 largest privately held companies in the six-county area. With their combined $1.24 billion in 2003 revenue, those firms bring in more money than the largest private concerns in any other area city.

Hiram Walker Plant Hits 5 Million Mark

The Hiram Walker plant in Fort Smith has gone from bottling 1.5 million cases of liquor per year when it opened in 1980 to 5 million now.

Shewmaker Plans Deal Closure

Richard Shewmaker told us on July 15 that he?s under contract to sell the historic building at 603 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville that houses The Blue Parrot bar.

Alice Walton announces partnerships to expand health care workforce

Updated city of Fort Smith budget includes almost $17 million in proposed cuts

Arvest Bank promotes Bret Jones to Pea Ridge president

Tate officially opens its manufacturing facility in Pocahontas