The Times They Are A-Changin'

More changes coming our way!

As we transition to our new space in Argenta this summer, we will now only offer dinner at our current space on Friday nights. No more Saturday night dinners. Saturday nights have never been steady for us, and unfortunately we've never gotten them off the ground enough to even break even. And, with such a small staff, we just can't work everyone 7 days a week. We all need a day off. So, since we're now open for Sunday Brunch, we're closing on Saturday nights.

Speaking of Sunday Brunch-- it's a hit! Each week is better than the last, and yesterday our Sunday Brunch sales were higher than 3 of our Lunches last week! Why hadn't we thought of this sooner???

We have 2 private dinners this week at the cafe'-- one on Wednesday, the other on Thursday nights. This is what we are aiming to do is to book as many private dinners as we can. So if you have a party coming up and want the whole award-winning restaurant to yourself, just give me a call: 372-7976.

Cheers!

Speaking of Argenta...

I've had a lot of people ask me lately how it's going in Argenta.

It's rolling right along.

Our architects/designers are meeting with the Historical Commission this Thursday to hopefully get the plans passed and start the construction. Because the building is on the National Historic Registry, everything has to be passed first. But, as of right now, we're still on schedule to open in June. Of course, it all depends on how fast the construction goes, and judging from our last experience in our current space, it could take longer than planned as electricians, plumbers, and contractors seem to work on their own schedules :{

In any case, we will be up and running in Argenta in Summer 2008, barring any major snags between now and then.

Cheers!

The News is Out!

Big News! We won Runner-Up for Best Overall Restaurant in the 2008 Arkansas Times Readers' Choice Awards! Hooray! Brave New, Trios, Ferneau are the other winners in Best Overall Restaurant-- we're in good company! Nothing like a great round of free press, and it's great to be recognized by our customers.

The issue comes out this Thursday, so we are planning on rocking and rolling this weekend (including Valentine's Day Dinner), so if you're planning on coming in for dinner, be sure to call and get a reservation.

We hope to ride this great wave of publicity as we transition from downtown Little Rock to Argenta North Little Rock.

Cheers!

February's Here

Wow! Another month has started. We had our first Sunday Brunch today-- it went well! Our Sous Chef Austin waited tables with me, and Chef Jason did his magic in the kitchen. Austin has a lot of front-of-the-house experience, too, and he's happy to make the extra money.

Annaliese and Sophia were our artists today at brunch. You will probably see them painting in the artist corner soon, as they both love to paint and love the attention. Annaliese painted a heart for CAR's silent auction coming up February 9th, and then they both worked on valentines. Ah, the joys of childhood!

We have a big announcement next week-- let's just say an early thank you for your vote!!

Hope to see you soon--

Cheers!