Red Door

Here are the five stories that resonated most with Arkansas Business readers this week. read more >

Loca Luna and Red Door are undergoing major renovations, with reopening timelines now set for Thanksgiving and late spring 2025. read more >

Fidel & Co. has transformed its River Market location into Fidel & CoWork, a coffee-fueled coworking space with flexible plans and perks. read more >

The project comes after Little Rock restaurateur Mark Abernathy sold the restaurant to Remolinos Group in September. read more >

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 >

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 >