Jimmy Carter, whose kitchen credits include Cajun's Wharf and several Arkansas country clubs, started work Monday at the new executive chef at Samantha's Tap Room & Wood Grill.
Petit & Keet reviving menu from Jacques and Suzanne for two nights
Petit & Keet reviving menu from Jacques and Suzanne for two nights
May 12, 202112:09 pm
Petit & Keet is celebrating its fourth anniversary on May 18 by bringing back the dishes that made
Jacques and Suzanne one of the premier spots for fine dining in Little Rock in the ’70s and ’80s. Petit & Keet’s co-owner, Louis Petit, worked as a head waiter at Jacques and Suzanne before becoming part owner. The “coat and tie” restaurant was opened in 1975 by Swiss husband-wife restaurateurs Jacques and Suzanne Tritten and featured many European staff members (Petit is Belgian), formally attired waiters and two cut-glass chandeliers commissioned and built in Italy. It was located in on the 13th floor of the First National Building (later the First Commercial building, now the Regions Bank building). Jacques and Suzanne won best overall restaurant in the very first edition of the Arkansas Times Readers Poll in 1981.
BrunchFest pass now available to benefit Centers for Youth and Families
BrunchFest pass now available to benefit Centers for Youth and Families
May 6, 202111:28 am
The Emerging Leaders, a young professionals group supporting Arkansas’s oldest nonprofit, Centers for Youth and Families, has adapted its annual
BrunchFest to BrunchFest Passes. Valid from May 22 through August 31, the passes contain coupons to more than 30 local eateries and can be purchased here. The basic BrunchFest Pass is $45, the Sips Package for $55 includes a commemorative cup, and the VIP Package includes a shirt and gift bag for $75. They can be picked up from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, at Heifer Village. The first 100 pass holders (21+) will be offered a free mimosa. Food trucks will be present and music will be provided by B98.5. If you purchase a pass but cannot attend, they can be mailed to you.
RAD Mother s Day brunch box from Raduno.
Mother’s Day is Sunday, so it’s time to start making reservations, planning your picnic and scrambling for locally-made gift ideas.
Raduno Brick Oven & Barroom’s reservations are filling up fast, so call now if you want to dine in. If you want to have a picnic or relax at home, you can order a “RAD Mother’s Day Brunch Box,” which includes a lox appetizer, deviled eggs, half a quiche, Arkansas strawberry pudding and a bottle of champagne. The RAD box is $80 and orders must be in by 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 6. 501-374-7476.
A guide to open-air dining in Central Arkansas @ The Corner Brian Chilson
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of outdoor dining. Last spring, around the same time restaurants started opening up with phased restrictions, studies started to come out suggesting that the coronavirus didn’t spread as easily outdoors. Restaurants already equipped with patios had an advantage, as many noted when driving past Hill Station’s lawn-style patio on Kavanaugh Boulevard last summer. Last June, the city of Little Rock announced an outdoor dining initiative allowing restaurants to expand outdoor dining into parking lots, sidewalks and lawns. Some restaurants started thinking outside the box.