Arkansas
The best (and tastiest) restaurants in Northwest Arkansas for vegans
The Sunshine at Sunny’s in Bentonville — cucumber, tomato, shaved onion, alfalfa sprouts, avocado, hummus and vegan pesto on rosemary focaccia. Photograph: Alex Golden/Axios
We all know the restaurant scene has gotten friendlier for vegans lately, as many institutions have not less than one dish that may accommodate such a weight loss program.
Be sensible: Vegan means no animal merchandise — together with no dairy, eggs, honey, and many others. The weight loss program is more and more common, all however forcing eating places to adapt.
- Considerations concerning the meat business’s impact on the setting, together with ethics, private well being and desire, all contribute to the choice to show to a plant-based weight loss program.
Large Orange
(Rogers)
On the menu: Get pleasure from burgers, fries and shakes alongside your meat-eating buddies. Ask for a vegan patty made with beans and veggies, and take your choose of flavored shakes made with soy ice cream and coconut whipped cream.
Bliss Cupcake Café
(Fayetteville and Rogers)
On the menu: Seize a vanilla, chocolate or cookies-and-cream cupcake.
CAVA
(Fayetteville and Rogers)
On the menu: This Mediterranean fast-casual chain enables you to make your personal salad, pita or bowl with a base of grains or greens. The DIY mannequin makes it simple to go for plant-based proteins, sauces and toppings.
Women Gone BBQ
(Fayetteville)
On the menu: The phrases vegan and BBQ do not often go collectively, however right here they do. Strive the candy potato and quinoa veggie patty on a vegan brioche bun, topped with smoked poblano pepper and a vegan BBQ sauce with sides like baked beans, black-eyed peas and greens.
The Hip Café
(Fayetteville)
On the menu: At this cozy little café, you possibly can simply meet for espresso and a few vegan baked items. Or attempt one among a number of sandwiches just like the roast “beef” with caramelized onion, spinach, horseradish mayo and feta, or the Veg-Head Lotta Good for You with veggies, hummus and spicy mustard.
Pieology
(Fayetteville and Siloam Springs)
On the menu: This chain with two NWA places enables you to customized order a pizza with vegan crust and plant-based components together with Daiya cheese.
Punjabi Kitchen
(Springdale and Centerton)
On the menu: This Indian eatery has tasty-sounding entrees like Moong Masoor — yellow lentils with onions, tomatoes, garlic and ginger.
Sunny’s
(Bentonville)
On the menu: This downtown café with California vibes has a spread of health-conscious smoothies, sandwiches and veggie-heavy choices for breakfast and lunch. Six of the ten menu objects are vegan, and 6 of the seven pre-made dishes could be ordered alone, as sides or as a part of a “choose three for $13” possibility. They embody curried chickpeas or Macro Magic — quinoa, avocado, kale and chickpeas with carrot-ginger dressing.
- Plus: The cookies are vegan!
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Purdue football coach Barry Odom makes first public appearance
Purdue football coach Barry Odom addresses questions from media in first public appearance in West Lafayette
WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football continues to stockpile Arkansas linebackers.
After snagging Razorback Alex Sanford out of the transfer portal, the Boilermakers picked up a commitment from Carson Dean.
Dean was a redshirt freshman for Arkansas this season and played in two games.
Dean, from Frisco, Texas, was a three star prospect by 247Sports out of Hebron High who had 17 offers, including Purdue.
In high school, Dean was an all-district outside linebacker after compiling 85 tackles, including 21 for loss as a senior in 2022.
At the time of his commitment, Barry Odom was Arkansas’ defensive coordinator and Mike Scherer, recently hired as Purdue’s defensive coordinator, was the Arkansas linebackers coach.
Scherer recruited Dean to Arkansas.
Odom’s staff, in need of linebackers after Kydran Jenkins graduated and Yanni Karlaftis transferred to Northwestern.
Sam King covers sports for the Journal & Courier. Email him at sking@jconline.com and follow him on X and Instagram @samueltking.
Purdue is starting to pick up steam on the transfer portal market as former Arkansas linebacker Alex Sanford announced his commitment to the Boilermakers following an official visit to West Lafayette this weekend.
Sanford becomes Purdue’s second transfer portal pickup of the cycle and second from Arkansas, following quarterback Malachi Singleton, who announced his commitment to the Boilermakers earlier this week.
The redshirt freshman linebacker had committed to Arkansas to play for Barry Odom and Mike Scherer when the two were coaching in Fayetteville. Two years later he now follows the Boilermakers’ new head coach and defensive coordinator to West Lafayette at a position of need.
Purdue had a thin linebacker corps this season, which saw Kydran Jenkins and Yanni Karlaftis depart this off-season. Sanford now joins Hudson Miller, Winston Berglund and Owen Davis as players with experience at the linebacker position for the Boilermakers heading into 2025.
Sanford has had a minimal role on defense during his career, playing just nine snaps, but he has carved out a consistent role on special teams. Sanford had the third most special teams snaps of any Razorback in 2024, and 328 across his two seasons, serving on the kick return, kick coverage, punt return and punt coverage units, holding a 65.2 Pro Football Focus grade in that regard.
Sanford will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Boilermakers.
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