Metropolis Silo Desk + Pantry, which has two places (and one within the works) in Memphis, will open its first Arkansas outlet within the former Pei Wei within the Promenade at Chenal, 17701 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, in partnership with Nashville, Tenn.-based Contemporary Hospitality (Michael Bodner, chairman and companion) and the Keets — father James and sons Tommy and Jake.
The restaurant occupies half of a free-standing constructing that has additionally housed a mattress retailer; the brand new restaurant will occupy 3,600 sq. toes plus a patio, stories Arkansas Enterprise, and make use of 30-35 individuals; goal to open is first quarter of 2023. The house has been vacant for the reason that Pei Wei outlet closed in August 2018.
A go to to the web site, thecitysilo.com, explains that “house owners Rebekah and Scott Tashie have been hanging out since grade faculty, manner earlier than most of us had ever heard of tempeh or #sustainability” and that their “signature method to acutely aware consolation meals” strives for “a contented medium between consuming stylish, wholesome meals that does not fill you up and heavy Southern, nap-inducing meals.”
Scott Tashie says he and his spouse have been frequent guests to Little Rock, “and we fell in love with town and its individuals; they have been so heat and welcoming, and we knew we wished to find our first retailer outdoors our hometown there.”
The menu, spanning the wants of “vegan, vegetarian or an omnivore,” would be the identical one they’re providing on the two Memphis places; it contains all-day, upscale breakfast (together with a Greek yogurt bowl and dishes made with tempeh and with dairy-free cheese choices), small plates, salads (“Kale Caesar!”), acai bowls, a la carte tacos, burgers, sandwiches, espresso concoctions, juice concoctions, smoothies and kombucha cocktails.
And talking of the Promenade at Chenal, we now do have a goal tentative opening date — April 7 — for Sullivan’s Steakhouse, which has taken over the free-standing steakhouse house, 17707 Chenal Parkway, that when housed Del Frisco’s Grille.
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Sometimes we get inquiries as to what is going on on with the Sims Bar-B-Que at 7601 Geyer Springs Highway, Little Rock, badly broken by a fireplace in Could; the latest question got here after a correspondent famous some exercise on the positioning. Now we now have a clue: Vinita Settlers has pulled a constructing allow for the two,800-square-foot constructing searching for to do $375,000 price of labor, together with, in accordance with the allow software (the punctuation is ours), “take away and exchange roof, rebuild smokehouse, add drive-thru window, exchange and improve electrical work, exchange and improve plumbing work, exchange entire HVAC system, transform eating room and kitchen, repave car parking zone — fireplace rehab.”
In the meantime, that listing of constructing permits additionally contains one for The Oyster Bar, 3003 W. Markham St., for $120,000 to “open south wall, with doorways; add retailer entrance (retail) with entry to deck; and add boardwalk for entrance to restaurant from car parking zone.”
Small Central Arkansas brewery StudDuck Beers is staging a faucet takeover at Mockingbird Bar & Tacos, 1220 Essential St., Little Rock, 5-9 p.m. in the present day, with three of its merchandise on faucet: the flagship beverage, Harbor Water, a tough candy tea; Dick’s IPA; and Cherry Tree English Ale. The restaurant will make its full menu out there for pairing. StudDuck founder and head brewer Brad Bassett and representatives from Prestonrose Farm & Brewing Co. shall be available to satisfy patrons and speak beer. Oh, and Mockingbird is now open for weekend brunch, 10 a.m. Saturday-Sunday. (501) 944-8500, data@mockingbirdLR.com, mockingbirdLR.com, facebook.com/mockingbirdbarandtacos.
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The College of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Style of Little Rock, a fundraiser for the UALR Alumni Affiliation Scholarship Fund, will return, 6-8 p.m. March 29 on the Jack Stephens Heart at UALR, 2801 S. College Ave., Little Rock. Dr. Sara Tariq, affiliate dean for scholar affairs within the School of Drugs on the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, would be the honoree. Almost two dozen Central Arkansas eating places, retailers and caterers — together with CBR’z Catering, Neighborhood Bakery, The Pale Rose, Fassler Corridor, Ocean’s at Arthur’s, Rock N’ Roll Sushi, Sauce(d), Scallions, Shake’s Frozen Custard, Smackey’s, The Croissanterie, Trio’s, Cantina Laredo, Cheers within the Heights, The Oyster Bar, Samantha’s, Cocoa Belle Sweets, Doe’s Eat Place, Graffiti’s, LaTerraza Rum and Lounge, Nothing Bundt Muffins and Patti Muffins — will serve small bites, drinks and/or desserts. Basic admission tickets are $75, $35 for UALR alumni who’ve graduated throughout the final 5 years. Tickets and extra data out there at ualr.edu.
Youth Dwelling Inc., a personal nonprofit psychological well being supplier, is fusing two former fundraisers, Eggshibition and The Subsequent Course, into “An Eggs-Quisite Night,” a five-course dinner with wine pairings, April 7, additionally on the Jack Stephens Heart at UALR. A 5:30 p.m. VIP reception precedes dinner service at 6:30. Shane Henderson, govt chef at Ben E. Keith Meals Mid-South in North Little Rock, heads a corps of culinary professionals — he and Kennedy Cotton, govt chef at Heritage Catering, will deal with the primary course; second course would be the work of Sammy Rudd, kitchen supervisor at 4 Quarter Bar, and Cody Rudd, meals companies director at Fox Ridge; Patrick Carter, govt chef, and Jordan Baker, meals and beverage director, at Chenal Nation Membership will deal with the third course; the fourth-coursers shall be Jay McAfee, chef at Ben E. Keith Meals, and Jamie McAfee, govt chef at Pine Bluff Nation Membership; and Beth Morris, baker, and Brayan McFadden, chef, respectively, at Brood & Barley, will present dessert. Every chef is providing non-public eating packages as a part of a “dwell” public sale. Henderson shall be auctioning off his “Tailor-made to Your Tastes” dinner, hosted within the Ben E. Keith take a look at kitchen. (501) 821-5500; YouthHome.org.
Cypress Social, 7103 Cock of the Stroll Lane, North Little Rock, will host a Smoke Wagon Whiskey Dinner, 6 p.m. Could 18, pairing a prix-fixe menu with Smoke Wagon bourbons from Nevada H&C Distilling Co. Grasp Distiller Aaron Chepenik shall be available. Price per individual is $100 (not together with tax and gratuity). Make reservations by calling (501) 916-2670.
And excessive colleges throughout the nation are eligible to use for $5,000 grants from the Rachael Ray Basis to enhance or kick off their ProStart applications. The muse gives grants for as much as 25 ProStart colleges or colleges with culinary arts applications that need to change into a ProStart faculty. Deadline to submit purposes is March 31. Go to tinyurl.com/2zphsup5.
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