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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From the Kitchen
CONTINUE READING: From the KitchenArkansas restaurateurs share recent wins, challenges, and what their customers continue to love Sauce(d) Bar and Oven, The Butcher Shop, Red Moon Tavern, and Zin Wine Bar Little Rock With four unique west Little Rock eateries, Leslie and Kevin Case strive to keep quality, flavor, and local flair at the forefront of all they do How long…
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Get to Know: Merrick’s Menu
CONTINUE READING: Get to Know: Merrick’s MenuOn Instagram, at Merrick’s Menu (@merricksmenu), he shares his latest restaurant visits and recs on what to order with almost 7,000 followers.
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Past Perfected
CONTINUE READING: Past PerfectedChef Rafael Rios and his family diversify Northwest Arkansas’s Mexican food offerings, while remaining true to their heritage
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Let’s Visit Ferndale Market
CONTINUE READING: Let’s Visit Ferndale MarketUpon their retirement, Dr. Michelle Krause and her husband, Kent, had the idea to move to Northwest Arkansas and start a naturally grown farm stand. But life had other plans, and the pair thought, Why wait?
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Come One, Come All
CONTINUE READING: Come One, Come AllFor Ryan Watley, CEO of Go Forward Pine Bluff, bringing the Magnolia Food Market & Bar to fruition was a labor of love.
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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 FireJason Cummings didn’t set out to create another hot sauce. He set out to create the right one.
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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.
