In the upcoming magazine, @rhettybe.bsky.social has a great piece about the Arkansas-Arkansas State game perhaps being the Hogs' last game ever at War Memorial. To keep it as timely as possible, you can already read it online. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

BREAKING: President Whitmore himself will climb into the cockpit and lead American pilots in today's engagement. The Desert Storm veteran flew 27 missions over the Persian Gulf in 1990-91, but his toughest assignment yet may be this morning over the friendly sands of the Mojave.

We don’t celebrate the moon enough.

Three Fold owner/chef Lisa Zhang has abandoned her original plan to gradually add new items and take away current ones at the beloved LR noodle-and-dumpling shop. Instead, she's going for an overnight overhaul of the whole menu. We're excited. buff.ly/A4a9Flh

Spring has sprung and it’s hard to avoid the restless feeling of wanting to get the hell out of dodge, even if only for a few hours. The good news for Central Arkansas: At the intersection of wanderlust and hunger are a plethora of food adventures less than two hours away from Little Rock.

Conan Robinson, owner of Four Quarter Bar, and Jess McMullen of Brood & Barley, are teaming up to bring a new pizzeria and pub to North Little Rock’s Park Hill neighborhood. arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

The University of Arkansas NIL collective has retained Rogers-based attorney Tom Mars to collect damages from freshman quarterback transfer Madden Iamaleava in a situation that could break new ground across collegiate athletics.

Homer’s East Restaurant, “the beloved East Little Rock home cookin’ joint” at 2001 E. Roosevelt Road, announced on social media that it will permanently close following a fire that occurred at the restaurant Thursday afternoon. arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

Stone’s Throw Brewing, located in downtown’s MacArthur Park at 402 E. Ninth St., has been burglarized twice in roughly three weeks and is asking the community to help identify a suspect. arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

Adam Murray, co-owner of Back Home BBQ, told the Arkansas Times that downtown Little Rock’s newest barbecue joint will officially open for business on Friday at 11 a.m. arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

A new mobile app from Central Arkansas-based nonprofit Potluck Food Rescue (think: Uber Eats, but for food rescue) hopes to combat hunger by empowering volunteers drivers in what the company hopes will be a "revolutionary step for food rescue in Arkansas."

You better get in this.

Wrote about a failed sports raffle bill and how it created a kerfuffle between a Saracen Casino exec and the University of Arkansas athletic director.

Afrobites, a restaurant operating out of food trucks in Little Rock and Conway, serves delicious, authentic food from across Africa.

Get in on this Detroit-style pizza party.

This moved me to tears. Truer words have never been written.

Read Daniel Grear’s love letter to Mark’s Do-Nut Shop.

Covid round two so far just as shit as the first. Home test were all negative, but at the clinic “extremely positive.”

Rubbish

Republican Rep. David Ray is again trying to weaken the direct democracy process in Arkansas, this time with a bill that would enhance the state attorney general's power to reject ballot measures before petitions are even circulated for signatures.

There was widespread opposition to the tort reform proposal during public comments with opponents arguing it only benefits insurance companies.

Made a few jokes today on the editorial group chat on Slack that no one acknowledged so i just deleted all of them like 5 hours after the fact. #2025

Enormous bags under my eyes in 2025

As the first month of the year finally comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of the best restaurant dishes the Eat Arkansas team came across over the last four weeks.

For brothers Aaron and Yusuke Jackson, buying Mt. Fuji wasn’t just about business, but preserving a piece of their childhood.

Wrote about my favorite sunrise breakfast spot.

Saw a waiter notebook on the counter checking out at lunch today and the only words on the page were “for fuck’s sake.” Made me want to pick up a shift.

Little Rock's shelter will be closed tonight despite below-freezing temps. Shelters will be open in North Little Rock, Cabot and Jacksonville.

We definitely in a Black Mirror episode

2024 marks the 47th iteration of the Arkansas Times’ annual Best and Worst compilation, a concept that launched in 1977 as The Arkansas Times Catfish Awards. The name changed to Best & Worst of Arkansas in 1984, but the bottomfeeder theme remains.

Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances. They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.

@stephaniesmittle.bsky.social and I happily consumed a lot of soup for this story.

You’re going to want to see No. 1

Wonder if Ben Affleck’s gonna have a new year’s eve cig.

You’re going to want to see No. 1

There are some bits of 2024 that we look forward to leaving behind, but these meals are worth remembering.

Took a side of ranch for the road when I left the Pizza Cafe Christmas party.

Gas station cashier carded me and said, “your hair color and your skin make you look two different ages”— a good note to end the year on, I think.

In 2024, hungry readers of the Arkansas Times turned their attention to a new Filipino pastry shop in Park Hill, a great downtown Mediterranean brunch, the end of the Minute Man franchise, a city reporter’s food diary, the rise of The Bagel Shop and more.

Workers from unionized Starbucks stores in North Little Rock and Benton went on a strike Tuesday morning, joining baristas from more than 300 stores across the country in the final day of an organized five-day work stoppage.

This story has been extensively updated since it was originally posted. Now with quotes from the winners and loser ass Dan Sullivan.

Called someone with a “How’s my driving” bumper sticker, told them they’re doing a great job.

New York Times needs a Fox Mulder on staff. I’m sure the good people of New Jersey know what planes look like.

My favorite stories from Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social food editor Rhett Brinkley @rhettybe.bsky.social are the weird ones. Looky here: arktimes.com/eat-arkansas...

The stated reason for the paper’s departure is a new terms of service agreement at X, which allows the company to harvest user posts to train its large language-learning models.

Normalize being an hour late to work, so many obstacles on any given day.

In a Facebook video posted Monday under the heading “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” the owners of pizza restaurant Certified Pies in West Little Rock detailed what they know about a burglary that occurred at the restaurant earlier that morning while the eatery was closed.

Fueled by an inconceivable amount of caffeine, an off-menu salad at Copper Grill and occasional bourbons over large ice cubes, Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt has tenaciously kept this rag going for 50 years.

With killer sandwiches and a cozy vibe, Rex’s is the kind of dinner setting where one might nod their head upon being seated for the first time and utter something like “this was a good idea.”