42 bar and table, the Clinton Presidential Center’s onsite restaurant, announced last week on social media that it has suspended its dinner service as of June 13 to fill the need for special event bookings.
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Rhett Brinkley is the food editor at the Arkansas Times. Send restaurant tips and food selfies to rhettbrinkley@arktimes.com
Main Street Food Truck Festival will return in September, but not on Main Street
Downtown Little Rock’s annual food truck festival, which has been known as the Main Street Food Truck Festival since its debut in 2011, is moving from Main Street to Capitol Avenue and being rebranded as the Downtown Food Truck Festival.
Westrock Coffee opens new 570,000-square-foot facility in Conway
Westrock Coffee held the grand opening last week for its new 570,000-square-foot $315 million manufacturing facility in Conway.
Highway 70 Kream Kastle Drive Inn is returning under new ownership
Kream Kastle Drive Inn’s legions of fans are getting some good news this week after Kevin Shalin of The Mighty Rib blog reported on Wednesday that the longstanding walk-up diner on U.S. Highway 70 is making a comeback.
Red Lobster bankruptcy could send four Arkansas locations overboard
Four Arkansas Red Lobster locations could be facing closures following the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last month.
Boss move: Order sweet potato fries as an app at 42 Bar and Table
Can sweet potato fries rekindle the optimism of youth? No, but they’re good with wasabi aioli.
The Grind Coffee Bistro opens at Arkansas Baptist College
Heaven McKinney, owner of The Grind Coffee Bistro, celebrated the grand opening of her new location at Arkansas Baptist College with members of the community, university officials and city leaders on Tuesday.
Cheeseburger slider franchise to ‘drop cans’ in Little Rock
Smalls Sliders, the “industry-disrupting cheeseburger slider brand,” will bring the franchise to Central Arkansas. The company “drops cans” — prefabricated modular shipping container-style buildings — at new sites as opposed to breaking ground, which means “faster opens and fewer headaches,” according to its website.
Known for Flakes, but all in on cakes
After building out the pastry program at The Bagel Shop, Monica Chatterton is turning her attention back to her solo baking project, Flake Baby Pastry. Chatterton told the Arkansas Times that she is resurrecting the micro bakery with a renewed focus on creating custom cakes.
Beer spilled, fish killed after south Arkansas train wreck
Cleanup efforts in the wake of a southwest Arkansas train derailment have caused a large amount of beer to spill into a nearby creek, state authorities said Wednesday, likely causing the death of hundreds of fish.