Eatery honored for job well done
With bacon-wrapped pork filets and Babe's Blossom Sauce, the Colonial Steak House in Pine Bluff has earned blue-plate status from the Division of Arkansas Heritage.
Source: arkansasonline.com
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With bacon-wrapped pork filets and Babe's Blossom Sauce, the Colonial Steak House in Pine Bluff has earned blue-plate status from the Division of Arkansas Heritage.
It was an idea whose time had come. Six years ago, Stacy Hurst, who headed what at the time was the state Department of Heritage, began visiting with historians, food industry representatives and others about the establishment of an Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. She was impressed with what Alabama was doing to promote that state's food culture and thought that Arkansas should do more.