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Weekend midmorning meal choices abound in Little Rock area | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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1 year ago

May 3, 2025

Weekend midmorning meal choices abound in Little Rock area | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Weekend brunch can be sacred or profane. But more and more places are serving it.

We’re starting a series covering area restaurants that are serving Sunday — and in some cases, Saturday — brunch, concentrating each of the next four weeks on particular portions of Central Arkansas.

This week’s focus is on downtown, the South Main neighborhood (informally known as SoMa) and the East Village, all increasingly hot locations for brunch options. (Subsequent weeks’ roundups: Hillcrest/Heights/Riverdale; West Little Rock and far-West Little Rock; and locations north of the Arkansas River. Sorry, Conway, we’re just not there yet, but we’ll work on it.)

To keep things simple, we’re just listing restaurant names, addresses, hours of operation (assume unless we specify otherwise that the restaurant opens at 10 a.m. on Sunday and serves brunch until 2 or 3 p.m.), phone numbers and web addresses where folks can go to get menu and other information. (Otherwise we’d need a Sunday section the size of an old-style telephone directory to get it all in.)

The listing is meant to be as inclusive as possible; we’re not including places that separate breakfast from lunch and we’re leaving out chain places (e.g., IHOP and Cracker Barrel — and yes, Big Bad Breakfast and Buttered Biscuit are technically chains, but they’re locally owned and/or operated, and besides, we’re making up the rules as we go along).

And yes, we’re aware that we will be leaving some restaurants out, which should be construed as the result of poor research and not anything nefarious or of ill intent. (Though we are making no promises, we might be able, at the end of the month, to warp in any places we’ve somehow skipped.)

Bon appetit.

Wildberry pancakes at Flora Jean’s (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison) Interior shots (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison)

Ham and Cheese Omelet with a side of fresh fruit at Big Bad Breakfast on Main Street. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison)

DOWNTOWN

◼️ @ the Corner, 201 E. Markham St. at Scott Street, opens at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, (501) 400-8458, thecornerlr.com

◼️ Flora Jean’s, 433 E. Third St. at River Market Avenue, opens at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, vegetarian/vegan menu, (501) 891-6919, eatcleanflorajeans.com

◼️ Big Bad Breakfast, 306 Main St., 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily, (501) 387-1158, bigbadbreakfast.com

◼️ One Eleven at the Capital Hotel, 111 W. Markham St., 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, (501) 370-7011, capitalhotel.com

◼️ Park Grill at AMFA, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, (501) 396-0390, parkgrillatamfa.com (debit and credit cards only)

◼️ Maryam’s Grill Mediterranean Restaurant, Catlett Prien Tower Building, 323 Center St. (fronts onto Fourth Street), 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, (501) 374-2633, maryamsgrill.com

◼️ Fassler Hall, 311 E. Capitol Ave., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, (501) 246-4757, fasslerhall.com

◼️ Dugan’s Pub, 401 E. Third St., serves brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m., (501) 244-0542; duganspublr.com

Waffle with bacon, eggs and potato cake at The Spot. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison)

SoMa

◼️ El Sur Street Food Co., 1214 Main St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, (501) 812-3066, elsurstreetfoodco.com

◼️ Raduno Brick Oven & Barroom, 1318 Main St., (501) 374-7476, radunolr.com

◼️ Boulevard Bread Bakehouse and Market, 1417 Main St., 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Saturday, (501) 375-5100, boulevardbread.com

◼️ BCW, 1424 Main St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday, (501) 379-4290, bcwlittlerock.com

◼️ The Spot, also 1424 Main St., 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, (501) 222-7413, thespotlittlerock.com

◼️ The Root Cafe, 1500 Main St., opens at 8 a.m. Tuesday-Sunday, (501) 414-0423, therootcafe.com

Sterling Market breakfast plate with two eggs, house-cure ham and milk-bread toast (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison)

EAST VILLAGE

◼️ 42 bar & table, Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., opens at 11 a.m., (501) 537-0042, 42barandtable.org

◼️ Lost 40 Brewing, 501 Byrd St., opens at 9 a.m., (501) 319-7275, lost40brewing.com

◼️ Sterling Market, 515 Shall St., (501) 300-6938, sterlingmarket.com

◼️ Southern Tail Brewing, 900 E. Ninth St., serves Sunday brunch 10:45 a.m.-3 p.m., (501) 912-0980, southerntailbrewing.com.

Crabcake Benedict at 42 Bar & Table (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Eric E. Harrison)

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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3 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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