Arkansas Food Hall of Fame Nominees
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Finalist: AQ Chicken House
Finalist: Bruno's Little Italy
Finalist: Feltner's Whatta-Burger
Finalist: Kream Kastle
Finalist: Neal's Cafe
Finalist: Star of India
3 Bs Bar and Grill
4-Dice Restaurant
Al's Barbecue
Backyard Barbeque Co
Barb's Bar-B-Q
Big Banjo Pizza Parlor
Black Angus Cafe
Bob & Sandy's Beach Club BBQ
Bob & Wanda's Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Bobby's Country Cookin'
Brown's Country Store & Restaurant
Bulldog Restaurant
Burgers & More
Catfish Hole
Cedar Lounge
Cheers in the Heights
Chef's In Downtown Cafe
Chopping Block Steakhouse
City Drug
Cliff House Inn
Community Bakery
Coursey's Smoked Meats
Dairyette
Daisy Queen
Dale's Donut Shop
Dave's Place
David's Burgers
DeVito's Restaurant of Harrison
Diamond Head 2
Dixie Pig
Doc's Place
Doe's Eat Place
Dondie's White River Princess
Faded Rose Restaurant
Fish Nest Family Restaurant
Flossie's Funnel Cakes inc.
Frank's Hickory House BBQ
Fred's Fish House
Fred's Hickory Inn
Frontier Diner
Gadwald's Grill
Grapevine Restaurant
H.B.'s Bar-B-Q
Hall's BBQ
Hamburger Station
Heards Country Market
Proprietor of the Year
Finalist: Peter Brave of Little Rock
Finalist: Sami Lal of Little Rock
Finalist: Matt McClure of Bentonville
Matt Fuller
Mark Herrington
Don Bingham
David Greer
Nick Sanchez
Sherry Stott
Darrell Vowell
Isaac Dickerson
Joe Fennel
Katherine Zeller
Maudie Schmitt and Carla Williams
Lance LaRoche
Judy Adams
Cattleman's Steakhouse
Chuck and Bernice Hocking
Suzanne Boscarolo
Suzanne Raiford
Anthony Valinoti
David Brown
Don Dugan
Paul Wilson
Mike Rohrbach
Georgina Jones Price
Kenny and Lisa Vines
Rodney and Autumn Slane
Food-Themed Event
Finalist: Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival
Finalist: Our Lady of the Lake Church's Annual Spaghetti Dinner
Finalist: Tontitown Grape Festival
Arkansas A La Carte
Arkansas Cornbread Festival
Bite NWA
Blessed Sacrament Church Bazaar
Diamond Chef Arkansas
Fayetteville Roots Festival
Foghorns Paws for a Cause
Herb Harvest Fall Festival at the Ozark Folk Center State Park
People's Choice
21 West End
3 Bs Bar and Grill
67 Grill
Albatross Burger
Allen’s Barbeque & Grill
Allen’s Restaurant
Amego Locos
Andy’s of Crossett
Angels in the Park
Anglers Catfish & Steakhouse
Angus Jack
Arena Sports Bar & Grill
Ari’s Little Italy
Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
At the Corner
Ava’s at Fianna
Baja Grill
Baker’s Bar-B-Que
Bangie's Trading Post
Beech St. Bistro
Bentonville Butcher & Pint
Berserker Barbecue
Big Poppa’s BBQ
Big Springs Trading Company
Big’s of Batesville
Birdeye Store
BJ’s Market Cafe
Black Angus Café
Black Swan Catering
Blacksheep BBQ Smokehouse & Grill
Blackwoods Gyros & Grill
Blue Bell Café & Country Store
Blue Water Bayou Bistro
Boar’s Nest
Bob and Wanda’s Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Bocca Italian eatery & pizzeria
Bombadil’s Café
Bordinos Restaurant & Wine Bar
Brave New Restaurant
Bread Basket Cafe
Brewski’s Pub & Grub
Brewsters 2 Soul Food Café
Brick House Grill
Brick Oven Pizza
Brothers BBQ
Brown’s Catfish
Bulgogi Korean BBQ
Bulldog Restaurant
Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Cache Restaurant
Cafe 1217
Cafe 1891
Cafe Amore
Cafe Rue Orleans
Cajun Boilers
Capers Restaurant
Capital Bar & Grill
Capos Tacos
Carla’s Café
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Casa Lopez Mexican Grill
Casey’s General Store
Catfish Hole
Cathead’s Diner
Cathy’s Corner
Cavanaugh Pizza
Charbroiler Restaurant
Charlie Mae’s
Charlie’s Café
Chester Country Cafe
Chicken Wang’s III
Chopping Block Steakhouse
Chow At One Eighteen
Chow Hall BBQ
Chow on the Square
Chuck’s Diner and Steakhouse
Clark Creek Farms’ Cafe
Clayton’s Downtown Grill
Colton’s Steak House
Connie’s Cafe
Country Girls Cafe
Courthouse Cafe
Crazy Cream Rolled Ice Cream
Creekside Cafe & Coffee Shop
Crossroads Café
Crosswoods Restaurant & Sports Club
Daddy T’s Pizza Shack
Dairy Dream
Daisy’s Lunchbox Cafe and Bakery
David’s Family Kitchen
Deer Creek Fire & Stone
Delta Biscuit Co.
Delta Crawfish and The Cajun Cafe
DeLuca’s Pizza
Dinner’s Ready Express Catering
Don’s Steakhouse
Dondie’s White River Princess
Dora Express
Dorey's Catfish Catering
Ed’s Catfish
EJ’s Eats and Drinks
El Parian
El Puente
El Villarta Grill
Eudora Grill and Chill
Family Affair
Family Market Deli
Fat Boys Fine Food and Catering
Fat Dawgz BBQ
Fat Jacks Oyster and Sports Bar
Foghorn’s Wings, Burgers & More!
Fowler’s Restaurant
Fox’s Pizza
Fred’s Fish House
Frontier Diner
Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, Fort Smith
Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, Jonesboro
Get N Go Fish Market
Gina’s Place
Grandma’s House Cafe
Granny’s Kitchen, Huntsville
Granny’s Kitchen, Pine Bluff
Greg And Jims Grocery & BBQ
Grotto Wood Fired Grill and Wine Cave
Heidi’s Ugly Cakes
Gone But Not Forgotten
Finalist: Habib's Café
Finalist: Mary Maestri's
Andre's
Arkansas Burger Co.
Arthur's Barbecue
Bearcat Restaurant
Bill and Lill's Steak House
Bread Basket Cafe
Browning's Mexican Grill
Butcher & Pint
Cajun's Warf
Casa Bonita
Catfish N
Clawson's
Fourche Dam Dairy Bar
Hamburger Barn
Hawg's Pizza Pub
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Winner: Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys & Hams
Winner: The Craig Brothers Cafe
Winner: Keeney’s Food Market
Finalist: 4-Dice Restaurant
Finalist: AQ Chicken House Restaurant
Finalist: Bruno’s Little Italy
Finalist: Doe’s Eat Place
Finalist: Kream Kastle
Finalist: The Ohio Club
Finalist: Star Of India Restaurant & Bar
237 Grocery
500 Grill
Backyard Barbeque Co
Bar-BQ Barn
Bass Haven
Big John’s Shake Shack
Big Poppa’s BBQ
Black Angus Resturant
Brave New Restaurant
Brewsters 2 Soul Food Cafe
Brown’s Catfish
Cajun’s Wharf Restaurant
Capital Bar & Grill
Cattleman's Steak House
Charbroiler Restaurant
Cheers in the Heights
Chester Country Cafe
Chuck’s Diner & Steakhouse
The Cliff House Restaurant
Community Bakery
Crossbow Restaurant
Crossroads Cafe & Catering
Dairy Dream
Dairy Queen Store
Daisy Queen
Dale’s Donut Shop
Dam Grill Restaurant
Dam Grill Restaurant
DeLuca's Pizza
DeVito's Restaurant
DeVito’s of Eureka Springs
Downtown Bar And Grill
El Rio Lindo
The Faded Rose
The Faded Rose Restaurant
Fat Jacks Oyster and Sports Bar
Fowler’s Restaurant
Frank's Italian Restaurant
Gadwall's Grill
George's Restaurant
Chef Todd Gold
Grandma’s House Café
The Grapevine Restaraunt
Grider Field Restaurant
Heards Country Market
Proprietor of the Year
Winner: Loretta Tacker
Finalist: Peter Brave
Finalist: Sami Lal
Finalist: Scott McGehee
Finalist: Capi Peck
Mark Abernathy
Jack Allison
Joel Atunes
Paul Baird
Matt Bell
Garner Blanchette
Tomas Bohm
Diana Bratton
David Alan Bubbus
Chris Tanner
Mike Dampier
James DeVito
Gina Diorio-Puckett
Marc Guizol
John Haywood
Food-Themed Event
Winner: Hope Watermelon Festival
Finalist: International Greek Food Festival
Finalist: Our Lady of the Lake Church’s Annual Spaghetti Dinner
Finalist: Tontitown Grape Festival
Arkansas Rice Festival
Chilirhea
Dermott Community Festival
Diamond Chef Arkansas
UA - Pulaski Tech's Diamond Chef Arkansas
Fayetteville Roots Festival
People's Choice
Winner: Honey Pies Bakery & Cafe
28 Springs Restaurant
3 B's Bar and grill
67 Grill
Aj’s oyster house
Allen's BBQ Company
American Artisan Eatery & Gallery
Ari’s Little Italy
August Moon Chinese Restaurant
Backyard Barbeque
Barb's bbq
Big Orange
Big Poppa’s BBQ
Big Springs Trading Company
Branding Iron BBQ & Steak House
The Buckeye Food Trailer
Buffalo Grill
Catfish Tez
Chatz Smoked Meats & Catering
Chester Country Cafe
The Cookie Basket
The Copper Grill
Corner Market
Country Girls Cafe
Deer Creek Fire & Stone
Dondie's White River Princes
El Puerto
Fox & Fork
Hen House Cafe
Gone But Not Forgotten
Winner: Klappenbach Bakery
Finalist: La Scala Italian Restaurant
Finalist: Mary Maestri’s Italiano Grillroom
Finalist: The Shack Barbecue
Finalist: Uncle John's
The Afterthought
Arnold's Catfish Place
Arthur's Barbecue
Barlow Hotel and Restaraunt
Brain Freeze Shaved Ice
Bryce's Cafeteria
Club Cafe
The Corner Cafe
Dad's Hamburger Stand
Don Quixote's Gourmet Restaurant
The Downtowner
El Casina Mexican Restaurant
El Cena Casa
Front Porch Restaurant
Gajun’s Catfish & Shrimp
Gayle’s Family Restaurant
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Winner: Franke's Cafeteria, Little Rock
Winner: McClard's Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs
Winner: The Venesian Inn, Tonitown
Finalist: Feltner's Whatta-Burger, Russellville
Finalist: Doe’s Eat Place, Little Rock
Finalist: Dixie Pig, Blytheville
Finalist: Kream Kastle Drive-In, Blytheville
Finalist: Bruno's Little Italy, Little Rock
Finalist: White House Cafe, Camden
Finalist: Ed Walker's Drive-In, Fort Smith
Finalist: Neal’s Cafe, Springdale
Finalist: DeVito’s, Eureka Springs
4-Dice Restaurant
Atkinson's Blue Diamond Cafe
Brothers B-B-Q
Brown's Catfish
Buffalo Grill
Cheers in the Heights
Clara's Midway Cafe
Dale's Donut Shop
DeVito's of Harrison
Fred's Fish House
Frontier Diner
H.B.'s BAR-B-Q
Proprietor of the Year
Winner: Mary Beth Ringgold, Little Rock
Finalist: Matthew McClure, Bentonville
Finalist: Capi Peck, Little Rock
Finalist: Scott McGehee, Little Rock
Anthony Valinoti
Barb Wilson
Cliff Brown
David Bubbus
Don Neal
George Eldridge
Food-Themed Event
Winner: Gillett Coon Supper
Finalist: Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival, Warren
Finalist: Hope Watermelon Festival
Finalist: International Greek Food Festival, Little Rock
Finalist: World Championship Duck Gumbo Cookoff, Stuttgart
Marshall High School Chocolate Roll Contest and Festival
A Taste of South Logan County
Arkansas Cornbread Festival
Fayetteville Roots Festival
Herb Harvest Fall Festival
People's Choice
Winner: JJ’s Lakeside Cafe
109 Main
21 West End
3B's Bar and Billiards
Arrow's Cafe and Barbecue
Bailey's Country Cookin'
Big Poppa's BBQ
BIG's of Batesville
Chef's Inn
Chester Country Cafe
Dannie's Cafe
Dawn's Diner
DeLuca's Pizzeria Napoletana
Fat Dawgz BBQ
Flyway Brewing Co.
Frontier Diner
Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
Gone But Not Forgotten
Winner: Cotham's Mercantile, Scott
Finalist: Jacques and Suzanne, Little Rock
Finalist: Klappenbach Bakery, Fordyce
Finalist: Coy's Steaks and Seafood, Hot Springs
1620
Acadia
Arthur's Barbecue
Back Door Bar-B-Que
Casa Montez
Casa Taco
Coy's Place
Duchess Drive-In
El Patio
Habib's
Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
Winner: Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales, Lake Village
Finalist: Feltner's Whatta-Burger, Russellville
Finalist: Sims Bar-B-Que, Little Rock
Finalist: Franke's Cafeteria, Little Rock
Finalist: Kream Kastle, Blytheville
Finalist: Bruno's Little Italy, Little Rock
Finalist: Doe's Eat Place, Little Rock
Winner: Lassis Inn, Little Rock
Finalist: McClard's Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs
Finalist: Craig's Bar-B-Q, DeValls Bluff
Finalist: Neal's Cafe, Springdale
Winner: Jones Bar-B-Q Diner, Marianna
DeVito's, Eureka Springs
Augusta Grill, Augusta
BJ'S Market Café, North Little Rock
Bobby's Country Cookin', Little Rock
Brave New Restaurant, Little Rock
Bubba's Barbeque, Eureka Springs
Café Amoré, Eureka Springs
Catfish N, Dardanelle
Cheers in the Heights, Little Rock
DeVito's, Harrison
Dixie Pig, Blytheville
Ermilio's Italian Home Cooking, Eureka Springs
Ferguson's Country Store and Restaurant, St. Joe
Gadwall's Grill, North Little Rock
Gaskins Cabin Steakhouse, Eureka Springs
Gayle's Family Restaurant, Kirby
Proprietor of the Year
Winner: Paul Bash, Ed Moore, Louis Petit and Denis Seyer (Contiental Cuisine Partnership), Little Rock
Finalist: Capi Peck, Little Rock
Finalist: Joe St. Columbia, Helena-West Helena
Finalist: Scott McGehee, Little Rock
Austin and Ashton Samuelson, Conway
Chris Tanner, Little Rock
Donna and Brandon Cox, Eureka Springs
Donnie Ferneau, Little Rock
George Eldridge, Little Rock
Food-Themed Event
Winner: Cave City Watermelon Festival, Cave City, Arkansas
Finalist: Annual Bean Fest & Great Arkansas Championship Outhouse Races, Mountain View
Finalist: World Cheese Dip Championship, Little Rock
Finalist: World Championship Duck Gumbo Cookoff, Stuttgart
World Championship Steak Cook-Off, Magnolia
World Championship Squirrel Cook Off, Gravette
Watson Fish Fry
A Taste for Business, North Little Rock
Chocolate Roll Contest and Festival, Marshall
Fleur Delicious Weekend, Eureka Springs
People's Choice
Winner: Grotto Wood Fired Grill and Wine Cave
AQ Chicken House, Springdale
Bruno's Italian Villa, Benton
Capital Bar and Grill, Little Rock
Crawpappy's Cajun Cuisine, Alma
Dizzy's Gypsy Bistro, Little Rock
Eat My Catfish, Little Rock
Excaliburger, Little Rock
Flossie's Funnel Cakes Inc., Hot Springs
Four Corners Kitchen, Fayetteville
