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        • Cache Restaurant
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        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
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        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
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        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • Salad Bucket List
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
        • Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
        • ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co.
      • Sandwich Bucket List
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
        • Gadwall’s Grill
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        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
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        • Lakewood Fish & Seafood House
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
      • Soup/Chili Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
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        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
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      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
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      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
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  • Food/Drink
    • Bucket Lists
      • Original Arkansas Bucket List
      • Asian Food Bucket List
        • Chi’s Asian Cafe
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Three Fold
      • Appetizer Bucket List
        • Faded Rose
        • Kemuri
        • Lost Forty
        • Yaya’s Euro Bistro
      • Beer and Bar Food Bucket List
        • Flyway Brewing
        • Lost Forty – PUNCHY Arkansas Hard Seltzer
        • Table 28
      • Breakfast and Brunch Bucket List
        • Petit & Keet
        • Root Cafe
      • BBQ
        • BBQ Bucket List
        • Whole Hog Cafe NLR
        • Smokin’ Buns
        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Burger Bucket List
        • DeLuca’s
        • Ohio Club
      • Burritos and Enchiladas Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • El Porton
        • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Cajun/Creole Bucket List
        • Copper Mule
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Faded Rose
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Catering Bucket List
        • DownHome Restaurant & Catering
      • Catfish Bucket List
        • Catfish Bucket List
        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
      • Chicken Wings
        • Great American Wings
        • Sauce(d)
      • Coffee and Pastries Bucket List
        • Leiva’s Coffee
        • Nexus Coffee & Creative
        • THINK Coffee
      • Dive Bucket List
      • Farm Fresh
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Local Lime
        • Root Cafe
      • Festivals Bucket List
      • Food Trucks
        • Delta Biscuit Company
        • The Lab Food Truck
        • Tacos Godoy
      • Fried Chicken Bucket List
        • Cache Restaurant
        • Homer’s West
        • South on Main
        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
        • Blue Cake Co. / Honey Pies
        • Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
        • Community Bakery
        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
        • U.S. Pizza
      • Prime Cuts Bucket List
        • Allsopp & Chapple
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • Salad Bucket List
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
        • Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
        • ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co.
      • Sandwich Bucket List
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
        • Gadwall’s Grill
      • Seafood
        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Lakewood Fish & Seafood House
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
      • Soup/Chili Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
      • Southern Plates Bucket List
        • Charlotte’s Eats and Sweets
        • Cotham’s in the City
        • Cypress Social
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Steak
        • Steak Bucket List
        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Sonny Williams’ Steak Room
        • Cache Restaurant
      • Sushi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Sushi Cafe West
      • Taco
        • Taco Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • Mexico Chiquito
        • Tacos 4 Life
    • Recipes
    • Taco Tuesday
    • Thirsty Thursday
  • Home/Garden
  • Arts/Culture/People
    • Men of Distinction 2021
    • Heather’s Favorite Things
      • Bentonville
      • Apple AirPods
      • Aromatique’s Winter Collection
      • Branson Part 1
      • Branson Part 2
      • BraveHoods
      • Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream
      • Christmas List Part 1
      • Christmas List Part 2
      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
    • Made in Arkansas
      • Aromatique
      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
      • Natural Way Food Group
      • Organized Chaos Collection
      • Ouachita Chocolate
      • Pink House Alchemy
      • Wicked Mix and Wicked Minis
    • Women Wednesday
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Press Releases / Contests
    • Submit Your Event For Our Online Calendar
    • Submit an upcoming event
  • More
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      • Subscribe to AY Print Magazine
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    • Nominations
      • Nominate Your Dog Photo
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Innovative Home Awards
      • Nominate AY’s Best Realtors 2022
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Intriguing Women
    • Contests
    • Custom Publications
    • About Us
    • Mental Health Guide
    • Digital Issues
    • Archive
      • AY’s Best of 2022
      • Faces of Arkansas 2018
      • Faces of Arkansas 2019
      • Faces of Arkansas 2020
      • Best Realtors 2019
      • About You Magazine Named Platinum Media Sponsor for 68th Annual Home Show
        • 68th Annual Home Show 2020
          • All About Home
            • Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
            • Beyond Brick
            • Bosley Construction
            • Brandy Harp
            • Financial And Professional Services
            • Game Time Wraps
            • Gary Houston Electric
            • Green Living
            • Hartness Construction
            • KellCo Custom Homes Inc.
            • Outdoor Living
            • Precision Door Service of Central Arkansas
            • Richard Harp Homes
            • Staci Medlock
          • Behind The Hottest Neighborhoods
            • Bosley Construction: The Preserve at the Woodlands
            • Schrader Homes
            • KellCo Custom Homes: Stonehill (Sherwood)
            • Light Innovations: A Better Way To Light
            • Brandy Harp: Principal Broker of Jon Underhill Real Estate
            • Richard Harp Homes: Master Certified Green Professional
            • West Lake Village
            • Waterview
      • 2019 Best Healthcare Professionals
        • Northwest Arkansas
        • Northeast Arkansas
        • South Arkansas
        • Central Arkansas
      • Intriguing Women 2020
      • Intriguing Women 2018
      • Intriguing Women 2019
      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Men of Distinction 2020
      • Runway: A Look Back

Author Archives: Kevin Shalin

10 Best Dishes of 2021

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 27, 2021

I’ve done my fair share of eating and writing in 2021, so before we reach 2022, I wanted to look back on a wonderful year of food with my 10 Best Dishes of 2021.   Certified Truth Wings at Certified Pies   I’m just a tad bit obsessed with wings and the ones at Certified…

Time for a Sandwich at Terri-Lynn’s 

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 22, 2021

Yes, I know the ever-popular Terri-Lynn’s does nachos and tamales and barbeque and chili dogs and pie, but this post is going to focus on their sandwiches. The fast-casual restaurant has been around for what seems like forever, and by most accounts, the big draw for regular patrons is the sandwich section of the menu.…

Conversations, Cocktails + Connections

Arts & Culture, Food, January 2022, MagazineBy Kevin ShalinDecember 21, 2021

Conversations, Cocktails + Connections: Get to Know the Ladies Behind the Popular, Cocktail-Centric Podcast Based In Little Rock   Amy Hester and Emily Reeves Dean are best of friends. The two have known each other for more than 20 years, and as I found out over a recent interview at Ciao Baci, they nearly complete…

Face Behind the Place: Joe Vincent II of Rock City Kitchen

Food, January 2022, MagazineBy Kevin ShalinDecember 21, 2021

Face Behind the Place: Joe Vincent II of Rock City Kitchen   The man with many talents takes hard work to another level.   Joe Vincent II is the general manager of Rock City Kitchen and Rock City Tacos. In total, he now oversees three restaurants in the downtown Little Rock area, all under his…

Food Bites

Food Bites: New Year’s Eve Menus, Holiday Cocktails, and Future Cooking Classes 

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 21, 2021

We have no shortage of food news throughout Arkansas, so each week, we’ll be providing you with a snapshot of the goings-on inside the culinary world, from events to specials to restaurant openings to awards. Do you have news to share? Please email our editor, Dustin Jayroe, at [email protected]   Get to know Anna Dixon…

Dinner at The Butcher Shop Steakhouse 

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 20, 2021

The Butcher Shop Steakhouse is an old-school, neighborhood restaurant that will harken you back to the mid-1990s. This isn’t a knock, just an observation. The menu is simple, straightforward, and, as you might expect, very steak-centric. It had been a few years since my previous visit, but the restaurant seems as popular as ever, evident…

Server Says: Anna Dixon of Baja Grill in Benton

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 14, 2021

It is time to get to know the heart and soul behind every restaurant experience, the server. Here’s our Q&A with Anna Dixon of Baja Grill in Benton.   How long have you been at Baja Grill in Benton? July of this year. Not long, but it feels like longer.   Where were you previously?…

Fav Five: Cheesecakes

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 13, 2021

We all have our favorite spots, dishes and restaurants, and I am certainly no different. This new monthly series will highlight my five favorites from a variety of categories. In no particular order, here are my Favorite Five Cheesecakes in the Little Rock area.   Fidel & Co   Yes, I just typed that these…

Christmas Pre-Orders & Restaurant Openings 2021

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 9, 2021

Do you need a little help with this year’s Christmas Eve/Christmas meal? If so, here are the restaurants, food trucks and bakeries around Arkansas with pre-order options, as well as places that open on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. Per usual, this is a working list, so if you’d like to be included, please email…

Chi’s Baohouse Looks to Open Early 2022

Blog, Food, Latest News from AYBy Kevin ShalinDecember 8, 2021

  Jacob Chi, managing member of Chi Restaurant Group, shares the upcoming addition of Chi’s Baohouse, a new, fast-casual concept for the group. The first location at 12210 W. Markham in Little Rock (formerly La Madeleine) is expected to open in February or March 2022.    “My parents are the inspiration behind the effort to…

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