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RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Loca Luna shuts down, citing covid
On Jan. 6, a couple of hours after this column had gone to press, Loca Luna owner-chef Mark Abernathy announced in an email to patrons that he was closing the r...
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Eric E. Harrison -
January 14, 2021
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Tasty tavern treats
A side benefit of wearing masks is that in addition to protecting us from microbes, they also filter out — at least partially — cigarette smoke.
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Eric E. Harrison -
January 14, 2021
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: 2020 was a bad year for restaurants, but many came through
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II declared 2020 was an "Annus horribilis," and it certainly was for the hospitality industry.
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Eric E. Harrison -
January 12, 2021
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Ciao bids all 'arrivederci,' closes doors
Becky Mobly, owner of Ciao Italian Restaurant, 405 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, said "ciao" to her customers in a final Facebook post Monday.
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Eric E. Harrison -
January 7, 2021
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Culinary caution continues
It’s a new year, but the same old pandemic.
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Eric E. Harrison -
January 7, 2021
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Restaurant shows dark in evenings
One of our eagle-eyed readers reports seeing the sign and the interior of Hunan Palace Express, 2906 MacArthur Blvd., North Little Rock, "totally dark when I pa...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 31, 2020
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Finding fish (and fowl)
We missed out on indulging in the Italian custom of the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve — blame the pandemic, right? — so as it happens, we've been c...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 31, 2020
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: List of eateries open on Christmas; pizzeria, pub open in Bryant
A couple of recent — we're not entirely sure how recent — openings in Bryant:
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 24, 2020
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Festive feasting
At this festive season of the year, we normally would gather together for feasting, but circumstances this year have made that impractical if not outright dange...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 24, 2020
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Trio's back after brush with virus
Trio’s, 8201 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, reopened Saturday after a too-close encounter with covid-19 that temporarily quarantined owner-chef Capi Peck and partn...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 17, 2020
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Trail headin' south
After taking off for a week, we’re taking off on the takeout trail again. We were headed south of the border before a Southern fried chicken establishment heade...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 17, 2020
East Sixth Brewing Co. shuts doors
East Sixth Brewing Co., 822 E. Sixth St. in Little Rock’s East Village, shut its doors Tuesday afternoon.
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 16, 2020
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Waffle Day set as target for Little Rock shop
Press Waffle Co. has a March 25 target (which happens to be International Waffle Day) to open an outlet at the 1424 SoMa development, 1424 Main St., Little Rock...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 10, 2020
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Oyster Bar now offers lunch along with dinner
The Oyster Bar, 3003 W. Markham St., Little Rock, has opened wider, now serving lunch and dinner, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Reservations are still neede...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 3, 2020
OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Pigging out
This came close to being an all-barbecue edition but at the last culinary moment, we decided we preferred giving thanks for pizza last month, so we redirected a...
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Eric E. Harrison -
December 3, 2020
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