Greek restaurant opens in Fayetteville
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe is open for business at 95 E. Joyce Blvd. in Fayetteville.
The restaurant serves Mediterranean-inspired foods including hummus, dolmades, Greek and Mediterranean salads, sandwiches and gyros. Taziki’s serves chicken, beef and lamb as well as tilapia, salmon and shrimp.
The franchise is owned by Little Rock-based JTJ Restaurants, whose principals are Jim Keet and his sons Tommy and Jake Keet.
Brad Compton is the Northwest Arkansas managing partner.
This is the fourth Taziki’s opened by JTJ. The company owns two Taziki’s in Little Rock and one in Conway. Tommy Keet said plans are also in the works to open a restaurant at 100 S.E. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville later this year.
The Fayetteville site seats 110 people inside and 40 on the deck. Between 25 and 30 people work at the restaurant, and Tommy Keet said he is still hiring.
He said the restaurant is fresh-casual. All sauces are handmade and all meat is cut in the store. Taziki’s also offers takeout and catering services.
Taziki’s is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday.
4 local restaurants featured on wine list
Four Northwest Arkansas restaurants are listed in the Aug. 31 issue of Wine Spectator as winners in the magazine’s 2013 Restaurant Wine List Awards. The issue arrives on newsstands Tuesday.
The four are among 10 Arkansas restaurants to receive the Award of Excellence. There are 2,870 winners worldwide. The award recognizes restaurants that offer a well-chosen selection of quality producers, along with a thematic match to the menu in both price and style, usually with at least 100 wine selections.
Northwest Arkansas winners include Bordino’s Restaurant and Wine Bar, 310 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville; River Grille, 1003 McClain Road, Bentonville;
Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 3529 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers; and Vetro 1925, 17 E. Center St., Fayetteville.
Little Rock winners are Anderson’s Cajun’s Wharf, 2400 Cantrell Road, (501) 375-5351; Capers, 14502 Cantrell Road, (501) 868-7600; Ciao Baci, 605 N.
Beechwood St., (501) 603-0238; Copper Grill, 300 E.
Third St., (501) 375-3333;
So Restaurant-Bar, 3610 Kavanaugh Blvd., (501) 663-1464; Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 500 President Clinton Ave., (501) 324-2999.
Minigrants given
to health programs
The Blue & You Foundation, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, announced $1,000 grants made to 55 healthimprovement programs in Arkansas.
Those in Northwest Arkansas included:
Fayetteville Public Education Foundation - Roadrunner Day will integrate fitness and wellness into the daily routine for students of Asbell Elementary School in Fayetteville.
Peace at Home Family Shelter in Fayetteville - Building Bridges will train Washington County emergency-room personnel about victim-centered domestic-violence intervention.
Nonprofit and charitable organizations, schools and government institutions in Arkansas are eligible to apply for the $1,000 minigrant program, which will be available again in early 2014.
Information is available at BlueAndYouFoundation-Arkansas.org.
Briefs are for businesses in Northwest Arkansas that are new, have moved or closed, opened a new branch, changed owners or have been honored by an independent organization. Items can be emailed to [email protected]. Information will be published as space allows.
Business, Pages 58 on 07/21/2013