Digital Edition
We’re so excited to share our fifth (!) edition of PLATED: The Arkansas Dining Guide!
On the Cover: Yeyo’s El Alma de Mexico in Bentonville. Photographed by Rett Peek. Find this cover story on page 35.
PLATED is your resource for all things dining in the state. You’ll find statewide news on the Arkansas food scene, 2026 Food Festival Guide, Arkansas-born brand Supertasterz, plus local highlights on Ferndale Market, Shangri-La, Pine Bluff’s new Magnolia Food Market & Bar, Northwest Arkansas’s foodie Merrick Beaumont and so much more!
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Inside this issue:
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Paradise Found
CONTINUE READING: Paradise FoundWriter: Tiffany Adams Photographer: Bailey Dougan The cafe at Shangri-La Resort celebrates 70 years of homestyle meals in an unrivaled lakeside setting “I have found my Shangri-La.” The phrase exclaimed by Emile Dufek when he arrived with Louise and D.M. Hunter to prospect the land for Shangri-La Resort still rings true. As guests drive up a…
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On Fire
CONTINUE READING: On FireWriter: Virginia Brown Photography: Rett Peek Arkansas-born brand Supertasterz brings the flavor to sauces and drink mixes Jason Cummings didn’t set out to create another hot sauce. He set out to create the right one. The Hot Springs native spent a decade as a food broker, representing dozens of food service manufacturers like Hidden Valley…
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New & Notable
CONTINUE READING: New & NotableWriter: Virginia Brown Photographer: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox & Jamie Lee Arkansas makes waves with two James Beard Award nominations and an ever-growing list of additions to the restaurant scene Benny’s BagelsFayetteville Originally launched in Dallas in the 1990s, Benny’s Bagels is now open in Fayetteville at 826 North Leverett Avenue, in the former Eureka Pizza space. The location is…
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Spring 2026
CONTINUE READING: Spring 2026We’re so excited to share our fifth (!) edition of PLATED: The Arkansas Dining Guide! On the Cover: Yeyo’s El Alma de Mexico in Bentonville. Photographed by Rett Peek. Find this cover story on page 35. PLATED is your resource for all things dining in the state. You’ll find statewide news on the Arkansas food…
Originally launched in April 2024 as an annual publication, the overwhelming feedback we received after our first issue was to come out with a second issue as soon as possible. PLATED is now published digitally twice a year.
