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We reported a couple of months in the past that Lea Lea’s Connoisseur Canines would open a second location at 3400 S. College Ave., Little Rock, in a former hookah bar within the strip heart a bit off the principle drag. Now it seems that proprietor Cherreyl Alexander has closed the unique, at 215 Middle St. downtown, and is shifting, lock, inventory and footlongs, to the brand new location, which ought to open subsequent week. We’re awaiting particulars on working hours and the cellphone quantity.
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The web site for Depend Porkula BBQ, countporkulabbq.com, reveals a Might 26 goal to open for Depend Porkula BBQ on the Blvd., 10840 Maumelle Blvd., North Little Rock, simply shy of the place North Little Rock meets Maumelle. You’ll recall it is a partnership between the barbecue operation’s Walt Todd and Kelly Lovell and JTJ Eating places, and is opening in a strip heart that the Keet household (that is James, Tommy and Jake Keet) now owns. The house has housed a number of eating places, most lately The Hangout Grill & Bar. We’re awaiting particulars on working hours and a cellphone quantity.
The development course of has concerned constructing a smokehouse within the again with two people who smoke, one wood-fired with a 1,500-pound capability, and one propane-fueled, and shifting the entrance door from the facet to the entrance. Monday noticed the resurfacing of the car parking zone (inflicting, by the best way, next-door Morningside Bagels to at the very least briefly lose its patio; bagel-shop proprietor Robin Edwards and procuring heart proprietor Jim Keet promise it’s going to come again).
Lovell says the menu will provide the whole lot you may get at Depend Porkula’s first mounted house, in The Rail Yard, 1212 E. Sixth St. in Little Rock’s East Village (Todd and Lovell began out in 2008 as a meals truck), with some additions; some lunch-only objects downtown shall be accessible all day, together with the prime brisket burger. Hours shall be 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. A cellphone quantity is pending.
Nonetheless in progress: what’s now being referred to as Depend Porkula BBQ on the Crossroads, underneath development at 201 Keightley Drive, Little Rock, which the web site says will open this fall.
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Fidel & Co Espresso Roasters, 500 Shall Ave., additionally in Little Rock’s East Village, is including a second location someday this summer season in partnership with Stoko, a pending co-working house at 610 President Clinton Ave. in Little Rock’s River Market District. A publish on the store’s Fb web page (fb.com/fidelandco) explains: “Whereas East Village will all the time be particular to us because it represents our starting, we’re excited to enterprise into Downtown. For our second location, we shall be accomplice with @stokowork — being nestled inside a co-working house is a novel alternative to attach with our prospects on a deeper stage and to construct long-lasting relationships.” (501) 712-6891.
Is it attainable that the late, much-lamented Cordell’s Delicatessen, which closed in 2004, might reopen? We fielded a question from a reader and chased down postings on Yelp (yelp.com/biz/cordells-little-rock) and MenuPix (menupix.com/littlerock/eating places/343715/Cordells-Delicatessen-Little-Rock-AR) itemizing a Cordell’s at 5805 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock’s Pulaski Heights, and a cellphone quantity, (501) 663-9956, although that didn’t really take us wherever. The large catch, nonetheless: That is the present handle of Heights Taco & Tamale, and it is not very seemingly that institution is both closing or shifting.
This one crept in underneath our radar, however the brand new Little Rock outlet of well-liked Conway soul meals restaurant YGFBFKitchen, 27 Rahling Circle, previously Bone’s Chophouse (which briefly modified its identify to JB ChopHouse earlier than it closed), is wrapping up a three-week smooth opening this weekend, with a grand opening scheduled for Monday. The brand new place will function with “our full schedule and NEW FULL MENU,” in accordance with the Fb web page (fb.com/YourGirlfriendBestFriendKitchen), which additionally reviews that that chef/co-owner MaryAnn Unusual has briefly closed the Conway authentic, at 800 Fourth Ave., to concentrate on the Little Rock opening, with plans to reopen in June. Unusual opened YGFBF, which stands for “Your Girlfriend Finest Pal,” in 2017 as a meals truck. Smooth-opening working hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; after the grand opening, they will be open seven days every week, with presumably later closing hours. (501) 448-2220; YGFBFKitchen.com.
We reported a few months in the past {that a} Chipotle Mexican Grill was within the works for 3929 McCain Blvd., North Little Rock, alongside the road frontage of McCain Mall; now we have discovered that the financial institution constructing at that handle has been demolished to make means for it.
The Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza outlet at 9120 N. Rodney Parham Street, Little Rock, has shut down, in accordance with a few readers, who report “closed” and “on the market” indicators on the door; Google lists it as “completely closed.” The cellphone quantity, (501) 225-7272, has not but been disconnected however returns no reply throughout enterprise hours. The web site, order.papamurphys.com, solely lists Arkansas places in Scorching Springs, Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Rogers.
We additionally reported a couple of months in the past that Kemuri sushi, seafood, robata, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, had taken over the previous Kiyen’s Seafood Steak and Sushi house, 17200 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, with plans to open a second location there. A latest Fb publish (fb.com/kemurirobata) confirms a west Little Rock location will open in early summer season. “The brand new location will characteristic the identical nice Kemuri eating expertise as Hillcrest however with a couple of new menu additions, specials and cocktails!” The principal purpose for the publish is to let potential staff know they’re hiring; apply in individual on the Hillcrest location, 2-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. New hires will begin work there and “transition to West as quickly because it opens.”
An replace on our report on pending Arkansas Whataburger shops: “We are able to affirm a fall 2022 opening in Fort Smith, Ark.,” says a spokeswoman for the chain. Nonetheless no phrase on a possible outlet in El Dorado.
And talking of chain shops, Scorching Springs’ solely Buffalo Wild Wings location, 4104 Central Ave., completely closed Saturday.
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Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Middle, 495 W. Dickson St., hosts its annual “Artwork of Wine Uncorked!,” a night of wine and meals sampling, 7-11 p.m. July 22. A restricted variety of Early Chook tickets can be found at a reduced value of $65; as soon as these promote out, basic admission tickets enhance to $75. Reserve Room Tasting tickets, $150, embody a devoted entrance and entry to the Reserve Room with premier wine picks and extra restaurant choices. Name (479) 443-5600 or go to waltonartscenter.org/special-events/art-of-wine. You should be 21 or older to attend. Pageant proceeds help the middle and its schooling and outreach applications. Previous the pageant: the annual Winemaker’s Dinner July 19, that includes a collaborative menu from chef Elliot Hunt of Atlas the Restaurant and Chef William Mauk of Ella’s Desk.
And the BITE NW Arkansas meals pageant, celebrating the area’s high cuisines, eating places and cooks, returns this summer season and fall as a three-part occasion sequence along side the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, with occasions at Frisco Plaza in Rogers on July 29, on the Jones Middle in Springdale on Sept. 1 and concluding with the BITE [email protected] LPGA, a part of the Women Skilled Golf Affiliation match on the Pinnacle Nation Membership in Rogers on Sept. 23-25. Tickets — $35 every for the July 29 and Sept. 1, providing meals and drinks samples from greater than 30 native eating places and types; $45 for the BITE Expertise, which incorporates foods and drinks sampling and each day grounds entry to the golf match — go on sale Monday. Go to BITENWA.com/tickets or nwachampionship.com/tickets.
Has a restaurant opened — or closed — close to you within the final week or so? Does your favourite eatery have a brand new menu? Is there a brand new chef in cost? Drop us a line. Ship electronic mail to: [email protected]
