Dining Out

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Festival off but pick up Greek food As with just about everything else, the pandemic has forced changes to the annual International Greek Food Festival, but it hasn't forced a total cancellation. by Eric E. Harrison - October 22, 2020

OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Hearty, heartfelt food Home, as they say, is where the heart is. And, during the pandemic, for most of us, where the stomach is as well. by Eric E. Harrison - October 22, 2020

LR-AREA RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: Old hot dogs; mold, hair in refrigerator; raw fish stored above other food Read the latest Little Rock-area restaurant inspections. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 15, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Right time to open up for Bruno's Bruno’s Little Italy, 310 Main St., after firmly sticking to a curbside-to-go-only business model with a delivery service since March, reopened officially on Tu... by Eric E. Harrison - October 15, 2020

OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Outbound odyssey “No matter where you to-go, there you are.” So saith the title character, more or less, in “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.” It’s a ... by Eric E. Harrison - October 15, 2020

OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: Fast times Fast food boomed in the ’50s and ’60s as the American lifestyle became more dependent on the automobile. We re-arranged our cities, we were going to the moon, w... by Philip Martin - October 13, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Main Street reopening of ‘holdout’; The Joint in danger of closing Allsopp & Chapple, the last still-closed “holdout” on the 300 block of Little Rock’s Main Street, was to have reopened Wednesday. by Eric E. Harrison - October 8, 2020

OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Keep on food truckin' Our reports on on-the-fly dining in past weeks have included food-truck fodder, but this week, we’ve decided to place our focus entirely on food trucks. by Eric E. Harrison - October 8, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Lassis Inn's 'classic' nod now official Little Rock's Lassis Inn owners Elihue Washington Jr. and Maria Washington accepted an "America's Classics" Award from the James Beard Foundation Friday during ... by Eric E. Harrison - October 1, 2020

OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Welcome Back Our focus this week is primarily on places that had been closed for an extended period of time this spring and summer past and have recently reopened. And we’re... by Eric E. Harrison - October 1, 2020

LR-AREA RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: Green mold; undated deli meat; buildup on drink nozzles Read the latest Little Rock-area restaurant inspections. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - September 30, 2020

Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants U.S. restaurants are moving warily into fall, hoping their slow recovery persists despite the new challenge of chilly weather and a pandemic that's expected to ... by The Associated Press - September 30, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Food truck in its final days; Trio’s dine-in to return Chef Gilbert M. Alaquinez Jr. is taking his Lab food truck out of service; Friday will be its last day on the road. by Eric E. Harrison - September 24, 2020

OPINION | TAKEOUT TASTINGS: Mussel bound We don’t remember this verse from our hearings of the classic folk tune “Molly Malone,” but it does fit the current situation: She died of a fever, And su... by Eric E. Harrison - September 24, 2020

RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Hangout, taco shop opening Wicked Taco Factory, in the Pyramid Building, 221 W. Second St., Little Rock, once a Subway outlet, opened Monday. by Eric E. Harrison - September 17, 2020

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