John Beachboard

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. read more >

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

The 133-unit apartment project in the Riverdale area of Little Rock was purchased by to MLG/LF Rivercliff LLC. read more >

MCC Self Storage LLC and Wobbe Lane LLC purchased adjoining industrial flex buildings in west Little Rock. read more >

If philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was right — if, in fact, that which does not kill us makes us stronger — then the Arkansas craft brewers who weathered the pandemic storm of 2020 appear to be tackling 2021 in good shape. read more >

Camp Taco at Lost Forty is the name of Lost Forty’s new restaurant and small-batch brewery in the former Rebel Kettle Brewing space at 822 E. Sixth St. read more >

The Big Orange restaurant in Rogers will have its soft opening — serving staff and friends and family — this week and will open to the public the week after. read more >

SHG Management LLC, led by Kishan Patel, bought the 86-room Legacy Hotel at 625 W. Capitol Ave. The seller is Southern Comfort Inns Inc., led by Amin Amarshi. read more >

Yellow Rock Concepts of Little Rock, the powerhouse restaurant group, has bought estate sale king Roy Dudley’s property at 1311 Rebsamen Park Road in Riverdale. read more >

Margaret McEntire has found herself in the midst of a second redevelopment wave in downtown Little Rock. A player on the River Market scene since 1999, McEntire is now hosting change instead of making it happen. read more >

Consistently providing high-quality food in a casually hip atmosphere, Yellow Rocket’s five restaurants - Big Orange Midtown, Big Orange West, Local Lime, ZaZa (Little Rock and Conway) or Lost Forty Brewing - last year brought in over $10 million in food sales alone. read more >

Yellow Rocket Concepts is a brand that includes several different partnerships. read more >

Yellow Rocket Concept’s five restaurants reported almost $11 million in receipts last year, not including alcohol sales, making the group a central Arkansas restaurant juggernaut. read more >

Yellow Rocket Concepts, the hot Little Rock restaurant partnership, is moving its corporate headquarters to 510 McLean in east Little Rock, the building that will house its Lost 40 Brewing Co. read more >

The ownership picture of the burgeoning Big Orange/Local Lime/ZaZa empire has changed with the purchase by Little Rock businessman Russ McDonough of Herren Hickingbotham’s share in the restaurants. read more >

Big Orange Midtown officially opened July 17 in the Midtowne Little Rock shopping center at 201 University Ave., and co-owner Scott McGehee says business has been so brisk he expects that within 18 months revenue there will outdo that of his other restaurants. read more >

The restaurateurs behind ZaZa, Local Lime and Big Orange in Little Rock plan to open a second, revised version of Big Orange in mid-June on University Avenue in Little Rock. read more >