Dining Out

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: McClard's gets new owner Hot Springs' landmark McClard's Bar-B-Q, 505 Albert Pike, opened Tuesday morning under new ownership. Lee Beasley, who also owns Bone's Chophouse in Hot Springs... by Eric E. Harrison - June 4, 2020

TAKEOUT TASTINGS: All in for call in To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: "Some cause happiness wherever they to-go; others whenever they to-go." by Eric E. Harrison - June 4, 2020

McClard's changing hands; barbecue eatery, founded in 1928, a Hot Springs landmark Hot Springs landmark McClard's Bar-B-Q is changing ownership. by Eric E. Harrison - May 29, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Bars start reopening, with rules Bars were allowed to reopen Tuesday with social distancing restrictions similar to those placed on restaurants. by Eric E. Harrison - May 28, 2020

TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Foraging ahead These are the meals that try men's souls. Women's, too. by Eric E. Harrison - May 28, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: New places, bars reopen; La Pasadita at home in west Little Rock Bar none? Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that bars inside restaurants can resume operations and that free-standing bars will be able to reopen Tuesday. by Eric E. Harrison - May 21, 2020

TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Pizza, please, hold the smoke; Rosie's hams it up To go, or not to go — that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of dine-in dining, or to take out items against a se... by Eric E. Harrison - May 21, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Some open, some don't, in Phase 1 Some restaurants began gingerly (that's cautiously or carefully, and even at Asian restaurants has nothing to do with the aromatic root) reopening their dining ... by Eric E. Harrison - May 14, 2020

TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Food on the fly Some area restaurants this week reopened their dining rooms to accommodate up to a third of their seating capacity while maintaining social distancing between d... by Eric E. Harrison - May 14, 2020

TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Get your motor running with 6 more dining options Man does not live by bread alone. So add some pulled pork with barbecue sauce, pile on some lean corned beef or smother a biscuit with a little gravy and you've... by Eric E. Harrison - May 7, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Too soon to dine in, some say Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on April 29 that restaurants could open to the public for dine-in service starting Monday, under a somewhat stringent set of circu... by Eric E. Harrison - May 7, 2020

Little Rock-area restaurateurs surprised by dine-in decision Several restaurateurs said Wednesday that they were surprised by Gov. Asa Hutchinson's decision to permit restaurants to again allow dine-in customers on May 11... by Eric E. Harrison - April 30, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Higher-end restaurants get cooking We're not sure whether this is an actual sign of anything, but with at least the potential of restaurant dine-in returning in the coming weeks, three higher-end... by Eric E. Harrison - April 30, 2020

Catfish City set to close after more than 36 years in Little Rock Catfish City & BBQ in Little Rock will be closing within the next couple of weeks after the landlord sold the University Avenue building it has occupied for mor... by Eric E. Harrison - April 24, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Whole Hog closes outlet in Riverdale We know for certain that the Whole Hog Cafe, 2516 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, has closed temporarily; there's a sign on the door, echoed by a voicemail message ... by Eric E. Harrison - April 23, 2020

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