Tag: Restaurants & Food

‘Dollars’ Promote Downtown, Dickson Street

The Downtown/Dickson Enhancement Project is selling ?Downtown Dickson Dollars? that can be spent at more than 45 restaurants, 50 retail shops and 25 service businesses in the downtown and Dickson Street areas of Fayetteville.

Big Guy?s Subs

Take a big appetite to Big Guy?s Subs in Bentonville. Our party of four did, and we were not disappointed.

Kisor?s Closes in Fayetteville

Bill Kisor closed his Fayetteville restaurant on March 27.

Boardwalk Cafe Joins Ozark Mountain Smokehouse

The Boardwalk Cafe, which anchored the U-Ark Bowl building on the west end of Fayetteville?s Dickson Street for more than two decades, is moving four blocks down the street into the building that houses the Ozark Mountain Smokehouse.

Cafe Nibbles Is For Sale

Suzie Stephens and Jim Hatfield closed Cafe Nibbles on March 10 because of Hatfield?s ?recent health problems.?

Papers Are Signed for Dickson Street Theater

Jimmy Rapert and Benton Bandy have signed a contract with Jim McConnell to lease a building on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street and convert it into a multi-venue entertainment facility.

You Know?? Uno!! Resumes Lunch

You Know?? Uno!!, the teriyaki and karaoke house in Fayetteville?s Laundry Building on West Avenue, resumed lunch service March 3 after a two-month break.

Basil?s Cafe

We recently made a trip to what is, perhaps, Northwest Arkansas? most upscale shopping area on the west side of Rogers. And what a treat it was.

Tobacco Wars Rage Despite Voter Mandate (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

The tobacco settlement funds are too much for the Arkansas Legislature to resist as a source of pork spending, despite the voter mandate for a coalition plan.

McHardy to Close Kitchen Table

Skip McHardy, chef and co-owner of The Kitchen Table in Bentonville, said he plans to close the upscale restaurant the week of March 19.

Food Tax Too High?

Within the past six months, the sales tax in Fayetteville increased by 2 percent, bringing the total to 8.125 percent for most goods and services, 10.125 percent at restaurants and 12.125 percent at hotels.

Fayetteville Sales Taxes

Montana Mike?s to Open in Bentonville

Sirloin Stockade International of Hutchinson, Kan., plans to open its 10th Montana Mike?s restaurant by mid-March in Bentonville.

Mama Z?s Cafe: Good Food and Scenery

We recently loaded up for lunch and headed for a scenic sojourn along Arkansas Highway 112 to Mama Z?s Cafe in Tontitown.

Tyson Foods’ Earnings Down

Earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 at Springdale?s Tyson Foods Inc. were down 52.6 percent from the same period in 2000, from $57 million to $27 million.

Mathews Brothers to Open Three More McDonald?s

Bill and Walter Mathews, franchise owners of 17 McDonald?s restaurants in Northwest Arkansas, have three more that are expected to open by May.

Fayetteville to Consider Extending HMR Tax

The ordinance review committee of the Fayetteville City Council will meet Feb. 21 to consider a proposal to extend the city?s 2 percent hotel/motel/restaurant (HMR) tax to convenience stores, carry-out pizza businesses and grocery store delicatessens.

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain