Peter Loibner News Today

Blackberry Market is, or certainly ought to be, a welcome addition to the Argenta food-and-drink scene. It has certainly been thriving in the month or so since it opened in half of a former furniture store in the 300 block of North Little Rocks Main Street.

Restaurateur Ben Brainard confirms he has signed a lease on the former Soul Fish space at 306 Main St., Little Rock, and plans to open a second location of his Big Bad Breakfast franchise.

Down Home Restaurant & Catering, 9219 Stagecoach Road, Little Rock, has formed a partnership with Hot Springs legendary McClards Bar-B-Que that will create McClards and Down Home Catering.

The second location of Three Fold Noodles & Dumpling Co., what the Three Fold folks colloquially refer to as “Three Fold West”, is on the cusp of opening — as early as next week — in the former Panera Bread space in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center in Little Rock.

We'd previously reported that Chi Restaurant Group had been planning to put a second location of Lulu's Seafood Kitchen in the former La Madeleine Country Fresh Cafe, 12210 W. Markham St., Little Rock, but that the covid-19 crisis contributed to any number of delays.

We'd previously reported that Chi Restaurant Group had been planning to put a second location of Lulu's Seafood Kitchen in the former La Madeleine Country Fresh Cafe, 12210 W. Markham St., Little Rock, but that the covid-19 crisis contributed to any number of delays.