Popular Northeast Arkansas bar reopens after two years

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) – A bar that has grown with generations of individuals in Northeast Arkansas is again open, with the identical reminiscences and meals Arkansans keep in mind.

As quickly because the door opens, the jukebox is enjoying and grease is scorching within the kitchen. These are the sounds many have heard at Roy’s for over 80 years. The bar shut its doorways about two years in the past.

Tina, an worker on the bar for little beneath a 12 months, defined why the journey to reopen the Paragould institution took longer than anticipated.

“It was due to the pandemic and we stayed closed longer to do some transforming to the flooring and a few stuff that wanted to be achieved,” she mentioned.

Tina mentioned now that the doorways are again open, she hopes they begin seeing the crowds the bar is understood for.

“We’re again open and we’re able to have enjoyable once more and this can be a good ambiance,” she mentioned.

In line with the proprietor of Roy’s, the bar is the second oldest bar within the state, with its historical past written on the partitions. Actually.

Lots of of signatures are piled on prime of one another on each inch of the constructing. Some date all the best way again to when the bar opened in 1941.

It’s greater than the ambiance that introduced within the crowds for thus a few years.

“The Roy burger. Earlier than I even began working right here, I used to be advised that he gained awards with it up to now,” Tina mentioned. “Everybody comes right here for a Roy burger.”

The meals additionally stored toes transferring.

“With some fries, cheese balls. Cheese balls are our different very well-known merchandise that folks are available for,” she added.

The bar is working have the enterprise open throughout lunch, dinner, and late at night time, which have been the unique hours for the institution.

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