Big Trouble at Little Italy: Short Staffing
At 4 p.m. or so every day that Bruno’s Little Italy is scheduled to be open, the Bruno family has to make a call: Do we have enough staff to serve customers? read more >
At 4 p.m. or so every day that Bruno’s Little Italy is scheduled to be open, the Bruno family has to make a call: Do we have enough staff to serve customers? read more >
John Brandenberger and his wife, Juli, are the new (relatively) owners of Community Bakery, the bakery and restaurant at 1200 Main St. founded in 1947 and one of the linchpins of Little Rock’s SoMa neighborhood. read more >
Arkansas restaurateurs, already contending with a resurgent pandemic, are also wrestling with the challenge of inflation, which is putting pressure on thin profit margins and has caused some to raise menu prices. read more >
It takes more than experience and a family background to start a successful chain. For Robert Smith, owner and founder of the Flying Burger & Seafood restaurant chain, it required a popular concept, hard work and a “miracle.” read more >
At Ottenheimer Market Hall in the River Market, four vendors failed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, but perhaps more surprising — considering that the hall’s doors were closed for more than a year — is that 11 vendors have returned. read more >
Rock City Eats on Saturday resumes its popup dinner series at Community Bakery in downtown Little Rock, with plans to hold a popup dinner there every month. read more >
There’s good news on the restaurant beat. It’s about time. read more >
Frank Webber envisions Shift Modern Cyclery as “less of a bike shop and more of a gathering place for cyclists,” serving local beer, wine and snacks. read more >
Kat Robinson has two more cookbooks, “A Bite of Arkansas: A Cookbook of Natural State Delights” and “43 Tables: An Internet Community Cooks During Quarantine.” read more >
Grandon Kidd, owner of Pasta J’s in Bryant, discusses how his small business survived hardships from a lawsuit to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Last year was a difficult one for many businesses, but not for Arkitchen Commercial Kitchen of Little Rock, operated and co-owned by Jon Lamb. 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 >
Restaurants have turned to technology to help them adapt and survive during the pandemic, and Staley Technologies of Little Rock has been right there with them. read more >
Fried chicken may be the ultimate comfort food. And we all need comfort now more than ever. read more >
Here is my idiosyncratic list of a few Arkansas-centric food-related books that would be good holiday gifts and a nod to one of our craft breweries. read more >
They’re almost at the finish line and hope to be open in the next three or four weeks, said Bobby Glaze, co-founder with wife, Lauren, of Camden’s first craft brewery, Native Dog Brewing. read more >
Tough times can provide opportunities as well as challenges. So it is with JTJ Fresh Distributing of Little Rock. read more >
Kristen Gibson, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, is leading a research effort to find ways to protect dine-in restaurant customers from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. read more >
Restaurateurs come together at the SoMa Outdoor Dining Room in the parking lot at the southeast corner of 13th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock. read more >
The coronavirus epidemic has hit buffets hard. Relying on sneeze guards and the good manners and hygiene of other diners is particularly problematic now. read more >
