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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 di...

Best Restaurants in Arkansas 2021 Best Restaurants in Arkansas 2021 Matthew Martin This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Arkansas Times’ Readers Choice restaurant contest. The issue went to press at a time when restaurants have, for just shy of one year, been faced with a pandemic and the necessary safety rules that have limited their customers. So, this year, we have a new category to join our traditional bests: Best Pandemic Dining. Our readers have praised Trio’s Restaurant and The Hive in Bentonville for keeping diners safely spaced. They’ve toasted ...

Crafting cocktails at home with Arkansas bartenders  Crafting cocktails at home with Arkansas bartenders  Kat Wilson Whether you’re starting 2021 with a Dryuary or toasting the New Year until the fetid smell of 2020 has worn off, January’s become a time to get thoughtful about alcohol — what we love, what we hate and what role it plays in our newly pandemic-stricken social lives. It’s also the month when, in 1919, Arkansas ratified the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing prohibition in the state and ushering in a formalized relationship betw...

Bernie Sanders meme arrives in Arkansas Bernie Sanders meme arrives in Arkansas January 21, 20216:27 pm Grace, style and fashionable coats were on display at the inauguration yesterday of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris as the first female, first South Asian American and first African-American vice president in U.S. history. Lady Gaga’s red ballgown skirt billowed. J-Lo’s “suffragette white” Chanel suit stunned. Amanda Gorman’s jewelry glittered. And then there was Michelle Obama, the first lady we’ve missed desperately for four years, strol...

The Fold reverts to takeout only after members of staff test positive over the holidays The Fold Over the Christmas holiday, three employees of The Fold Botanas & Bar, which had announced Dec. 26 it would be closed through Dec. 29, tested positive for COVID-19. On New Year’s Day, the restaurant announced on Facebook it would revert to takeout only for the time being. It cited the recent employee infections and the rise in COVID-19 cases everywhere. Here’s the Facebook announcement: Happy New Year Everyone! Due to our recent closure caused by our staff’s exposur...