I get asked all the time about different projects going on and today I’m going to focus on some in downtown Benton. You can find stories by using the search blank, but I thought I’d make them convenient in one starting place. In order of opening their days, the first project I’ll talk about is […]
Bryant Restaurant Informs Public They’re Closing
According to an announcement via social media, the Bryant restaurant Desi Den will close their doors for good on Monday, May 29, 2017. See the full announcement. It was just on May 11 that the restaurant told patrons they would be closed for a short time, but they began taking to-go orders a day later. […]
Yet Another New Restaurant Announcement for Benton
Well well, looky here. We told you last week that Red Robin has plans to come to the new mall, the Shoppes of Benton, and we new about Texas Roadhouse and All-Aboard too… But ShoTime Graphics just posted a picture of something MySaline hadn’t heard about yet. Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. Sounds yummy! It […]
Texas Roadhouse to Bring Around 200 Jobs to Benton Area
Back in November 2016, MySaline told you that we’ll have a Texas Roadhouse restaurant coming to the Shoppes at Benton, in addition to many other businesses. Now Arkansas Business has done an indepth story on this new location of Texas Roadhouse, touting a new job count of about 200 people. That’s good news for Saline […]
Longtime BBQ Restaurant Owners Calling It Quits
They started out in 1973 in southwest Little Rock. My friends and I used to walk or ride our bikes up Chicot Road to Smokey Joe’s to get a sandwich and fries and a shake (and to check out the cute boys working behind the counter). The current owners bought the restaurant in 1981 and […]
From the Archives – 2009 Survey of What Businesses Residents Wanted
Since we moved to this new version of MySaline’s website, I’ve been going through old posts and bringing them onto the new site. It gets nostalgic, like sorting through old photographs. Today, I came across this survey, posted by Mike Penn in 2009. He asked for people to add to a wish list for restaurants, […]
21 Passed; 6 Failed Test for Selling Alcohol to Minors
Six businesses in Saline County were recently cited for alcohol violations following undercover compliance checks. Officers with the Benton Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control division of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration conducted the undercover compliance checks. These operations were carried out with undercover […]
A Flat Tire, Protesters, Waffling House, Early Voting, Self-Serving Assessor & That New Italian Place
I posted what I could of my morning news before I had to tend to some pressing errands “in town.” You may recall that I used to live “in town,” but now I live on what I’ll call the “outskirts.” The “sticks.” The “country.” This means if I have to do anything that involves me […]
Italian Restaurant Opens in Benton Where Ed & Kay’s Used to Be
You’ve been waiting around (and asking around) for months, and now there’s finally a new restaurant open where Ed & Kays used to be in Benton. MySaline learned in December that Chef Bruno Baqiri – of Bruno’s Italian Bistro in Little Rock – leased the building at Exit 116 from Kay Diemer to start a new restaurant here. […]
Chef at Bruno’s to Open Eatery in Old Ed & Kay’s Location
It’s been about a year since Kay Diemer decided to take off at lunch and stay gone. She closed the doors to the decades-old restaurant in Benton, famous for their legendary mile-high pies. Locals gained a little bit of closure after learning it was a family-motivated decision. But what would happen to the old building […]
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