Owner Russ Melton just turned 67 and is interested in retiring. But he hopes this isn’t the brewery’s last call.

The three men were raised in the restaurant business; their fathers were partners in Davis Hull & Rowden which owns 34 Sonic Drive-Ins.

The success of Lost Forty Brewing in Little Rock may lie as much as anything in the fact that two of its founders — John Beachboard and Scott McGehee — are restaurant industry veterans intent on listening to the customer.

The Lost 40 of forestry fame is a tract of mature forest owned by PotlatchDeltic Corp.

Greg Hatcher believes that ice cream is a destination. His purchase of Scoops Homemade Ice Cream in Hot Springs in September 2022 and opening of a Scoops in Little Rock this April is a demonstration of that belief.

A round-up of Arkansas food and beverage establishments receiving well-earned awards, as well as new restaurants headed your way.

The Starbucks on John F. Kennedy Blvd. in North Little Rock could be the fourth location in the state to unionize.

The future of the tourism and hospitality industry in Arkansas is so bright you just might need shades, particularly if you came to the state to view the total solar eclipse on April 8.

The amount that the Buttered Biscuit of Bentonville is investing in its two planned Little Rock restaurants is almost three times what it has invested in previous buildouts, said Sam Russell, CEO and co-founder with his wife, Anna.

Last month, Flyway announced it was expanding into Memphis with the purchase of High Cotton Brewing Co.

Little Rock brothers Todd and Terry White earlier this month opened their sixth Newk’s Eatery, this one in Bentonville, at 1500 SE Eagles Way, across the road from Northwest Arkansas Community College.

The No. 1 deal was Nippon Steel’s planned $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel.

The fire the evening of Jan. 15 destroyed the bakery at 1137 Front St. in downtown, one of two PattiCakes locations in Conway. But the Front Street location housed all the production equipment for both bakery locations.

Remember in June when we told you that the court battle over ownership of 7 Brew Coffee Co. of Fayetteville, the rapidly growing coffee shop chain, was headed to mediation? […]

Caverns & Forests is set to open early next month at 711A Main St. in North Little Rock.

Both Arkansas icons, Coy’s opened in 1945 and AQ in 1947.

The 15-credit-hour certificate program requires nine hours of core classes, including a brewing internship, and six hours of electives.

Brothers Aaron and Yusuke Jackson, the new owners of Mt. Fuji in Breckenridge Village, are combining their love of the Japanese restaurant with a dedication to quality and a desire to bring a little “Dallas flair to Little Rock.”

Employment in the restaurant industry in Arkansas has finally exceeded pre-pandemic levels.

The new restaurant concept, Dōblé Mexican Café, will feature many of the same menu items in a smaller format and setting.