Pictured above: "Everyone told me, ‘Oh no, you are crazy to open a restaurant. It’s the pandemic, they are all closing now. I said, ‘I think it will work.' Restaurant...
Category: Face Behind the Place
On Tapas Their Game: AC Hotel Shines for Meetings – Hotel Restaurants Bucket List
It’s often said that the devil is in the details. Fortunately, the exact opposite can be true as well: attention to the smallest of details can be what takes something...
Anthony Valinoti, DeLuca’s Pizzeria and A Burger That Can’t Be Beat
What do you get when you take a guy from Brooklyn, teach him how to cook in Italy and then drop him into a Hot Springs pizza joint? If your first thought wasn’t, “the...
Face Behind the Place: Chef Payne Harding, Cache
It’s two hours before the Friday night dinner crowd, and Little Rock’s River Market is quiet. Cold, rain-drizzled sidewalks abut the shining street where passing...
Face Behind the Place: The Keet Family, Taziki’s Mediterranean Café – Healthy Eats Bucket List
(From left to right) Tommy, Jim and Jake Keet pose together in Taziki's Mediterranean Café at the Highway 10 location. When it comes to Arkansans who have...
Face Behind the Place: Edwards Food Giant
“The thing that runs through all of us is that we love what we’re doing.” Edwards leadership includes left to right Steve Edwards, Jr., Paul Rowton, Gary Proffitt,...
Faces Behind the Place: Lee Beasley, Tori Tisdale Morehart and Dean Jennings
Faces Behind the Place: Lee Beasley, Tori Tisdale Morehart and Dean Jennings McClard's Bar-B-Que DownHome Catering Combines the Best of Two Worlds There are many...
Stoby’s: Faces Behind the Place
Stoby’s: Faces Behind the Place It’s a name that often needs no introduction and conjures up a collection of food memories spanning breakfast plates to burgers...
Brad McCray with Brewski’s: Face Behind the Place
The friendly face of Brad McCray and cheery demeanor quickly give you the feeling that he’s the type of guy you’d like to grab a drink and take it easy with, and...
Face Behind the Place: Ben Brainard with Big Bad Breakfast
One restaurant, three words, several locations across the nation: Big Bad Breakfast. The popular breakfast destination has locations pitched across the South, but has...
Face Behind the Place: Alicia Watson With Vito & Vera
There’s an appealing energy and authenticity to Chef Alicia Watson, owner of Little Rock culinary wellness business Vito and Vera, who in May, won the Food Network...
Face Behind The Place: Don Dugan
Face Behind The Place: Don Dugan of Dugan’s Pub, Dizzy's Gypsy Bistro, Stratton’s Market and South on Main It would be a nice story to say Don Dugan knew early...












