The AY Pasta Bucket List, sponsored by Graffiti’s Restaurant, is coming to a close, and we’ve saved one of the best for last. This restaurant is iconic, having put Italian food on the map in Arkansas. Opened in 1949, Bruno’s Little Italy has been a staple of Little Rock’s food scene for…
Here’s a million dollar idea. Build a three story parking deck in Hillcrest, and no one will drive off mad. We needed one on Tuesday while we circled the block for a rare street spot or one behind the new Hill Station at Beechwood and Kavanaugh Blvd. in historic Hillcrest. It’s the old Helmich garage…
by Tyler Hale Arkansas director Jennifer Gerber has lined up her next feature-length film. The Hot Springs-based director has been announced as the director of an upcoming film entitled Shelter, which is set to star Academy Award winner Melissa Leo and Zazie Beetz, who recently starred in Joker. The film is being produced…
As it turns out, Dogpatch USA will not go up for auction on March 3. Surprisingly enough, the former “Li’l Abner” theme park and current ruin has found a “solid buyer,” according to Stewart Nance, one of the holders of the defunct park’s mortgage. The Dogpatch tumult came to a head last February when the…
By Dustin Jayroe and the Department of Arkansas Heritage | Photos By Jamison Mosley The next class of “taste-setters” was announced on February 24 for the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, a program of Arkansas Heritage. Winners were announced in five categories: Gone But Not Forgotten, Food Themed Event, Proprietor of the Year, People’s Choice and…
Attention cheesy connoisseurs, the nationally-relished pizza joint Pies & Pints is coming to Little Rock’s Promenade at Chenal Mall. Pies & Pints offers an extensive selection of domestic, international and craft beers from dozens of breweries, more than enough for Central Arkansas’ most refined beer drinkers. Pies & Pints also serves up a delectable…
Since many revelers are in the Big Easy this week partying it up (Fat Tuesday, the final day of Mardi Gras, is tomorrow), I thought it would be only appropriate to post something with some of the ingredients used in Creole/Cajun cooking. (There is a difference between the two. Do you know what the differences…
Methamphetamine continues to be the illegal drug of choice for Arkansans. Arkansas Drug Director Kirk Lane notes that, while homegrown meth labs are going out of style, they’re being replaced with primo speed from Mexican drug cartels. “It’s a very high purity. It’s a cheap product, and it makes for the perfect storm,” says Lane.…
AY About You Magazine has your complete guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This weekend, go see the Salty Dogs, Jason Boland and the Stragglers and more. Around Little Rock Friday 2/21 Mark Currey/ Esters 1214 Main St./ 6-9/ free Little Rock singer songwriter Mark Currey brings his original songs from his acclaimed southern gothic, Americana roots…
by Nate Olson Baum-Walker Stadium may not be the happiest place on earth, but it is easily the happiest place on the University of Arkansas campus. The Hogs football team seems to be under the right direction with the energetic Sam Pittman at the helm, but a reclamation project won’t happen quickly. Fans…
