Mighty Rib News Today

From long-awaited openings to tantalizing teases, heres the latest from the Little Rock restaurant scene.

HarvestFest takes over the Hillcrest Business District, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. Expect a host of 125 vendors, 13 food trucks, a dog show, a costume contest, music and even pie.

The Boil, now called The Boil 777, has made a successful transition from a food truck into its storefront operation at 300 River Market Ave., Suite J, Little Rock.

After some soft-opening events last weekend, were expecting Sterling Market to open late this week at 515 Shall Ave., in the former Catheads Diner space in Little Rocks East Village, says co-owner Fidel Samour, who also operates Fidel & Co Coffee Roasters, across the street at 500 Shall Ave., with a "branch office" at 610 President Clinton Ave., in Little Rocks River Market District.

Arkansas has an exceptional food culture. It is one that is interwoven with threads of politics, religion, the arts, local agriculture, and family life. It is spirited by food festivals and long-standing gatherings around watermelon, tomatoes, mountain oysters, raccoon, berries, purple hull peas, peaches, chocolate, armadillo, catfish, cornbread, pecans, turkey, duck, rice, grapes, apples, cheese dip, chili, legumes, herbs, wine, mushrooms, soup, and barbecue as well as a range of cuisine from r...

Homers Kitchen Table, formerly Homers West, opened Tuesday in its new location, half of the defunct Frankes Cafeteria in the Market Place Shopping Center in Little Rock. Its the end result of a long, complicated move up the street from the Galleria Shopping Center.

El Sur Street Food owners Luis Vasquez and Darren Strayhorn, who have been serving authentic Honduran and other Latin American food out of a food trailer, are moving into the former Esters in Little Rock's South Main neighborhood. Target to open is sometime this summer.

Little Rock is soon to get a Big Bad Breakfast.