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A listing of local smokefree dining and entertainment venues.
Acadia
3000 Kavanaugh Boulevard (Hillcrest Square building) (501) 603-9630
Small, elegant lunch and dinner spot, "new American" (interesting fusion of Continental and new world ingredients), versus old American (burgers). Vegetarians can make do nicely here, but there are steak and fish entrees. Decent wine list. Moderate prices. The bar is smoke-free too.
Mon-Sat 11am-2pm & 5:30pm-10pm
Acoustic Sounds Cafe
Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive
(501) 227-0000
As you might expect from the venue, this is nonsmoking and also nonalcoholic.
Shows are 2nd and 4th Fridays, call for times; small cover.
Afterthought Bar and Lounge
2721 Kavanaugh Blvd (Historic Hillcrest neighborhood) (501) 663-1196
Bar with live music, attached to Vieux Carre restaurant.
Bar is totally smokefree (as is the restaurant). Patrons may go outside to smoke.
We were the first bar in Little Rock to go totally smokefree. In July, a smokefree law goes into effect for all businesses except bars who restrict entry to those 21 and older. We opted to go smokefree anyway.
Open Mon through Saturday from 4:30 p.m. Live music every night. Classy bar/music venue, but casual and fun. Prices are moderate.
Argenta Star Cafe
312 Main Street (501) 375-7827
Quite nice cafe near the Main Street Bridge. Good deli-style sandwiches and soups, satisfying fare. Yummy desserts baked on site. This is a pleasant, friendly place and gets busy at lunch.
Mon-Sat 7:30am-3pm
Arkansas Burger Company
7401 Cantrell Road (501) 663-0600
Excellent burgers and fried chicken with the usual fine sides. Salads for the salad-minded. Order at the counter and your burger will arrive at your table. Comfy.
Mon-Wed 11am-7pm / Th-Sat till 8pm
Avanti Cybercafe
307 East Markham Street (501) 244-8484
Small cybercafe with serious food (soup, sandwich) and espresso. The layout is more of a lounge than a restaurant.
Mon-Wed 7am-7pm / Th-Sat till 9pm
Beans, Grains and Things
10700 North Rodney Parham Road (501) 221-2331
Bakery, deli and sushi bar. Good sandwiches, modest prices.
Daily 8am-9pm
Boulevard Bread Company
1920 North Grant Street (501) 663-5951
Deli with international flair, and bakery. Small sit-down area (maybe 10 seats ). Great sandwiches, also soups and salads.
Mon-Sat 7am-7pm
Clark's
6805 Cantrell Road (in the shopping center) (501) 663-5111
Surf'n'turf. Bar is smokefree too. Smoking allowed on the patio.
Sun-Th 11am-9pm / Fri-Sat till 10pm
Cotham's
1401 West Third Street (501) 370-9177
Southern cooking near the Capitol, modest prices, very busy.
Mon-Fri 11am-2pm
Dave's Place
210 Center Street (501) 372-3283
Downtown diner, soup, salads and sandwiches.
Weekdays 11am-2pm
Delicious Temptations
11220 Rodney Parham Road (501) 225-6893
Good breakfast, generous sandwiches at lunch, modest prices.
Daily 8am-3pm
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Drawings
Arkansas Arts Center (MacArthur Park) 10th & Commerce Streets (501) 396-0317
Chi-chi lunches. Nice atmosphere.
Mon-Fri 11am-2:30pm
Franke's Cafeteria
11121 North Rodney Parham Road (501) 225-4487
400 West Capitol Avenue (Regions Building) (501) 372-1919
300 South University Avenue (University Mall) (501) 666-1941
Local restaurant chain with buffet.
Live at Riverdale
Riverdale 10 Cinemas
2600 Cantrell Road (501) 680-1311
Live at Riverdale is a new form of entertainment. We have converted 1 of the 10 theaters into a live stage for events such as debates, poetry, hip hop contests, comedy and whatever else we can think of doing! For a schedule of events, check out www.liveatriverdale.com.
Lucky Seven Diner
314 East Sixth Street (501) 375-2526
Small family-run diner offering burgers, chicken, grilled sandwiches, some Greek desserts. Comfy and cheerful, modest prices.
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Mama Bea's Big Burgers
5900 West 12th Street (501) 663-3031
I am a regular customer of theirs for more than a decade!
Mama's is one of central Arkansas' most popular fast food eatery's and
has been for more than twenty years. The 12th street location is it's
newest and is argueably it's best yet. It is spacious, tastefully decorated
and more importantly "smoke free"! They have NO smoking section
what so ever in this favorite feeding outlet. It's posted on both entrances
to the restaurant.
Mama Bea's is regionally famous for its quality fast food selection, featuring
their delicious hamburgers, homemade chili and four wonderful varieties of
buffalo wings,etc. The atmosphere is clean and franchise like, in a good way, despite
the fact that, in reality, Mama Bea's is still a family owned mom and pop.
I believe it is very brave for any privately owned restaurant or bar in this area of the country
to disallow smoking inside its primises because locals expect it. Some even demand it.
For this reason, I take my hat off to the courage of the folks who call the shots at Mama Bea's.
Thanks to Arthur Moore!
Manana
6820 Cantrell Road (501) 280-9888
This is a chain but we don't know the policy of their other locations. Decent Mexican food (chile rellenos, mole, enchiladas, also some crab dishes) and they bring you lots of chips and salsa while you're waiting. Entrees under $10. There's a smoking area out back.
Mon-Sat 10am-10pm / Sun 9am-9pm
New Green Mill Cafe
8609-C West Markham Street (501) 225-9907
Long-established purveyors of chicken fried steak, chili macs, mash potatoes, black eyed peas, and like that.
Mon-Sat 10:30am-2:30pm
The Oyster Bar
3003 West Markham (501) 666-9954
Live music: blues, jazz, folk, Celtic. Dancing. Jam sessions.
River Market
400 East Markham Street
A non-smoking market and mall. Contains a number of restaurants:
-Andina Cafe (501) 376-2326
Restaurant and espresso bar. Soup and salad kind of place, sandwiches run about $5, dinner entrees under $10. Drinks available. The whole market is smokefree. Pleasant atmosphere.
Mon-Sat 10am-10pm / Sun 9am-9pm
-Stock Pot (501) 376-7687
Soup and sandwich place.
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
-Porter's Fish Market (501) 376-9600
Cajun lunches and fresh fish to take home.
Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm
The two above are no-frills; the food is good and the atmosphere is pleasant, but the settings are basic plastic.
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Scallions
5110 Kavanaugh Boulevard (501) 666-6468
Soup and salad of an elegant variety. Soups especially good. Quiche. Moderate prices.
Mon-Sat 11am-2pm
Taqueria Super Seven
1415 John Barrow Road (Barton Square mall) (501) 219-2373
Small, plain, modest Mexican cafe, video store & grocery. Modest (mostly cheap) prices, genuine Mexican food. Mexican music on the jukebox, Mexican clientele.
Daily 10am-10pm
TCBY Cafe
425 West Capitol Avenue (in the Tower) (501) 374-5421
TCBY is known for frozen yogurt. The Cafe also offers full meals, including soups, sandwiches and a lot of healthy vegetables and salads.
Weekdays 7am-5pm
Terrace on the Green
2200 North Rodney Paham Road (Cyprus Plaza) (501) 217-9393
Good, upscale Mediterranean restaurant. A bit noisy & crowded. The whole Plaza is no-smoking.
Mon-Fri 11am-2pm / Mon-Th 5:30pm-9:30pm / Fri-Sat till 10:30pm
Thai Siam
11321 West Markham Street (501) 224-2853
Good Thai restaurant, modest prices. A pleasant, homey place.
Mon-Fri 11am-10pm / Sat 4pm-10pm
Trio's
8201 Cantrell Road (Pavilion in the Park) (501) 221-3330
Elegant, upscale restaurant, Continental shading to "new American". Bar is smokefree too.
Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat / Closed Sundays
Vagabond's
5913 Kavanaugh Boulevard (501) 296-9696
Coffee house, thrift shop and music spot all in one. Open mike nights,
local musicians.
Vino's
7th & Chester (501) 375-8466
Acoustic and alternative music. Some shows are nonsmoking; call ahead.
Movie nights. Small cover.
Whole Hog Cafe
2516 Cantrell Road (Riverdale mall) (501) 664-5025
Kings of BBQ. Modest-to-moderate prices. Good sides (cole slaw and beans). Prepare to chow down.
Mon-Sat 11am-8pm
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