Mark Abernathy

The buyer is Remolinos Group, the organization led by Fidel & Co. Coffee Roasters and Sterling Market owner Fidel Samour. read more >

The Arkansas hospitality industry, like industries across the United States, has worked hard to recruit and retain workers in the tightest labor market in decades. read more >

Mark Abernathy has been in the restaurant business for 50 years but never, he says, has he faced a time like the present: “This is the most unstable, unpredictable situation I’ve ever seen.” read more >

One food and dining trend on which almost all agree is plant-based proteins and plant-based menus in general, including vegan dishes. read more >

Mark Abernathy has known success and failure during his 49 years of experience in the restaurant industry, and he knows what it takes to make a memorable cheese dip. read more >

Finding and keeping good restaurant workers in the current tight labor market is a big problem in Arkansas as well as nationwide. read more >

The sale of Little Rock's Chef Shuttle to Bite Squad highlights the biggest trend in the restaurant industry these days: food delivery. The Nation's Restaurant News calls delivery "one of the fastest-moving trends in industry history. If not the fastest." read more >

While Mark Abernathy fondly remembers the past and Juanita's, he’s all about what’s happening now, and that means his Little Rock restaurants Loca Luna and Red Door. read more >

Juanita’s Mexican Café & Bar broke culinary and musical ground when it opened at 13th and Main streets in 1986, as a visit with one of its founders, Mark Abernathy, reminded us. read more >

Everybody’s a critic. That’s not news to the restaurant industry. But with the Internet and social media, every restaurant customer — whether professional reviewer or amateur — can access a potentially worldwide platform. And that’s something the business takes seriously. read more >

Voters in Little Rock approved a plan to use a portion of the city's existing 2 percent restaurant and hotel tax to repay bonds for a renovation of Robinson Center Music Hall. read more >

Some in Little Rock's restaurant industry object to the idea of using bonds to pay for up to $73.5 million in renovations to Robinson Center Music Hall. Mark Abernathy is among them. read more >