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and some pretty impressive desserts. Seatings are available 5:30-9 p.m.; it’s $30 per person. For reservations, call (501) 313-5645, email justin@ thesoutherngourmasian.com or send a message through the Facebook page (facebook. com/TheSouthernGourmasian).
SQZBX Brewery & Pizza Joint (pronounced “squeezebox”) is up and running at 236 Ouachita Ave., Hot Springs, in a building that formerly housed a piano store and using parts of the pianos husband-wife owners Zac Smith and Cheryl Roorda have repurposed into parts of their bar and some lighting fixtures. Roorda also confirmed to the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record that her workforce includes several employees from the Hot Springs outlet of Dixie Cafe, who were thrown out of work when the whole chain went blooey, with only two days notice, earlier this month. The list includes Barbara Cordero, a 17-year Dixie Cafe veteran (who answered the phone when we called earlier this week), and her husband, a former Dixie Cafe general manager. Hours are 11 a.m.9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The phone number is (501) 609-0609.
And from our mea culpa department: We errantly reported last week that Larry Carter, operations manager of Larry’s Pizza, was also its namesake. That’s actually founder Larry White of Bryant, Carter’s brother-in-law. And a recent Style section piece on the area availability of ramen contained an error: “tonkatsu” in Japanese means a pork cutlet. The pork-bone broth that is a principal ingredient in many preparations of ramen is “tonkotsu.”
Has a restaurant opened — or closed — near you in the last week or so? Does your favorite eatery have a new menu? Is there a new chef in charge? Drop us a line. Call (501) 399-3667 or (501) 378-3513, or send a note to Restaurants, Weekend Section, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, Ark. 72203. Send email to: eharrison@arkansasonline.com