Expect to finally see Shambala Vegan Mobile Kitchen up and running next week in the River Market Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock — initially for lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and subsequently, probably the week after, says co-owner Phoebe Glass, breakfast, 7-10 a.m. And they’ll be hosting the Vegan Dinner Club Little Rock, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 10. The phone number is (501) 554-3388.
Todd Taylor of East End Cafe in Hensley and partners Todd and Callie Havens have converted the former Abe’s Ole Feed House, 510 Arkansas 5 North, Benton, into a new restaurant called Silos Cafe. Taylor says the Southern-style home cooking menu is pretty much identical to the one he’s serving up at East End Cafe, including omelets, French toast, biscuits and gravy and pancakes for breakfast; half-pound burgers; more than a dozen sandwiches; and beef, chicken and seafood entrees and combos. Hours are 6 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. The phone number is (501) 794-2219.
Co-owner Jay Nguyen says they’re still putting in the finishing touches but he’s still looking at a Monday target for the opening of the second Ohia Poke, opposite the Nike store in the Promenade at Chenal, in the 17000 block of Chenal Parkway, Little Rock. Hours 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; the menu will be the same as the one downtown, 220 W. Sixth St. There’s still no phone number — Nguyen says that’s one of the finishing touches he mentioned. The phone number for the downtown shop is (501) 502-6330.
We reported March 9, 2017, that Delta Biscuit Co. owner Hayne Begley was looking to launch a food truck sometime early that fall. Expect now to see it on the streets by late October or early November, a little more than a year beyond the original estimate, and two years after Begley first explored the idea of opening a biscuit restaurant in Little Rock. Begley expects to offer a biscuit-centered menu at a location or locations to be determined; he says he hopes to have a permanent morning spot, serving fried chicken biscuits, biscuits and gravy, and possibly more creative options, such as a “hillbilly Benedict”; traveling to different parts of town for lunch, experimenting with items such as biscuit burgers and biscuit chicken pot pies. Tentative hours of operation are 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. weekdays. A website, deltabiscuits.com , is under construction; you can keep track via phone — (501) 712-3535 — or email, deltabiscuitcompany@gmail.com, or via the Facebook page, facebook.com/deltabiscuitco.
DQ restaurants in Sherwood, Little Rock and Cabot will donate $1 from every Blizzard they sell to Arkansas Children’s Hospital today, part of the national Miracle Treat Day promotion to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Tiffany Lee, Miss Greater Hot Springs, will pose for pictures with fans at DQ Sherwood 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Kyla Soden, Miss Texarkana Twin Rivers, will take over 5-7 p.m.
Chef Andre Poirot and Certified Sommelier Jonathan Looney will immerse diners in the Mediterranean for the August “Food, Libations & Conversations,” 6:30 p.m. today in the Baxter Parlor, Capital Hotel, 111 W. Markham St., Little Rock. Poirot’s Mediterranean menu, which he’ll serve “family-style,” will include a hummus-baba ghanoush-olive platter with pita; a poached fish fillet in saffron broth; Poirot’s Chicken and Olive Tagine with couscous; and, for dessert, phyllo-nested marinated berries. Cost is $93. Visit tinyurl.com/ycdrte9b.
Also at the Capital Hotel: a Laurent-Perrier Wine Dinner in One Eleven at the Capital, 7 p.m. Aug. 22. Chef Joel An-tunes’ menu pairs five courses with wines that “will reflect two centuries of vinicultural evolution complemented by the finest in contemporary technology/winemaking” from one of France’s most prominent Champagne houses. Check it out at tinyurl.com/ ya5knyz6. Cost is $168 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservation must be confirmed with a credit card. Call (501) 370-7068 or email judy.milks@capitalhotel.com.
And Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe, marking its 10-year anniversary in Arkansas, is giving away a six-day/five-night trip for two to Greece that will include:
A round-trip coach/economy plane ticket out of Little Rock or Northwest Arkansas
Two nights at the Hotel Electra (or similar hotel) in Athens
Three nights at the Petasos Beach Hotel (or similar) in Mykonos
Private airport transfers, round-trip ferry tickets between Athens and Mykonos and private tours of both places.
Visit goo.gl/b4XKde to enter and for more information. The contest concludes Sept. 24; the winner will be announced Sept. 25 at an anniversary event at the first Little Rock Taziki’s, 8200 Cantrell Road.