Pratt Place Inn nets 4-star designation
Forbes Travel Guideawarded its Four-Star Hotel designation to Pratt Place Inn and Barn in Fayetteville.
Julian Archer owns the inn, an independent, locally owned and operated, seven-room, boutique hotel on 140 acres on top of Markham Hill west of Razorback Road.
Pratt Place also has received the Four-Diamond ranking from AAA every year since opening in 2008, listing by Martha Stewart Wedding for the Pratt Place Barn as one of its top 50 U.S. spots for a destination wedding and numerous local awards.
Forbes Travel Guide, formerly Mobil Travel Guide, is the originator of the Five Star Rating system. Forbes Travel Guide has a team of expert inspectors who anonymously evaluate properties.
Micro grants to aid two farmer vendors
The Siloam Springs Farmers Market, a program of Main Street Siloam Springs, awarded 2015 Ozark Slow Food Micro-Grants to two vendors: Thomas Fairbanks of Opossum Hollow Produce and Roger and Jennifer Remington of R Family Farm.
The vendors were selected after a competitive process and will each receive $800 toward projects that aid the diversification and enhancement of the production and distribution of sustainably grown, locally produced food.
Fairbanks will use the matching grant toward building a layer house to bring farm-fresh, cage-free, non-genetically modified eggs to the Siloam Springs Farmers Market. Opossum Hollow Produce is a small retail-oriented farm that sells fresh vegetables, cut flowers, eggs and honey. Everything is grown without chemical sprays or fertilizers.
The Remingtons will apply the money toward building an egg-washing machine. R Family Farm is a pasture-based farm supplying the local community with beef, pork, chicken, eggs and raw milk. Their animals are free of antibiotics, genetic modifications, steroids and growth hormones.
The Siloam Springs Farmers Market hosts a winter market in which customers can pre-order products for indoor Saturday pickups at 103 E. Alpine St., Suite 2, downtown.
A Dickey's Barbecue now in Springdale
A new Dickey's Barbecue Pit opened last week at 2576 W. Sunset Ave., Suite E in Springdale.
The restaurant is Matt and Neikedra Womack's first Dickey's location. It is open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily.
It serves pit smoked meats, homestyle sides, three sandwich options, meat plates, baked potatoes and salads, family packs, children's meals and drinks and desserts. The chain also offers catering services.
Roland Dickey Jr., CEO of Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc., said couples looking for a change are some of the chain's best owner-operators.
Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc. was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey and has almost 500 locations in 43 states.
Additional Northwest Arkansas locations are at 105 S. Dixieland Road, Lowell; 3316 W. Grove Drive, Suite 4, Fayetteville; 4204 W. Green Acres Road, Suite 140, Rogers; and 1951 U.S. 412 East, Siloam Springs.
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