Smashburger sets Bentonville opening
Smashburger is to open at 10 a.m. May 27 at 5500 S.E. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville.
The 2,113-square-foot restaurant will have dining room seating for 62 and patio seating for 14. It will be open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily.
The restaurant will feature a menu of handcrafted burgers, including regional flavors and tastes; chicken; salads; side dishes; and hand-spun shakes.
The menu will include the Razorback Smashburger, Razorback children's sandwich and Arkansaw Hog Sauce.
The burger starts with 100 percent fresh, never frozen, all-natural certified Angus beef and is smashed on a 400-degree flat grill to sear in flavor. Burgers are served on toasted artisan buns and topped with a selection of produce, real cheeses and condiments.
Rick Schaden began the company in 2007 with funding by Consumer Capital Partners, the private equity firm owned by Schaden and his father, Richard. Smashburger operates more than 315 corporate and franchise restaurants in 34 states and seven countries.
Red Fitness offering classes in Rogers
A pair of 23-year-old entrepreneurs recently started a new outdoor fitness club.
Jenny Du and Leon Evans co-founded Red Fitness, a nonmembership club that is supported through donations that pay for equipment, guest instructors and on-site child care. The group meets behind the Cross Church lake in Pinnacle Hills in Rogers. The 45-minute classes start at 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Evans has been a competitive runner for years. He competed in the Kentucky Derby Marathon in April and is training for the Air Force Marathon in September. Du is preparing for her fifth Tough Mudder in Tahoe in June. Both are training for the half Iron Man in Miami later this year.
Email [email protected] for more information or go to www.facebook.com/RedFitness.NWA.
Tyson wins Black Pearl for food safety
Tyson Foods, based in Springdale, received the Black Pearl Award from the International Association for Food Protection for its efforts in advancing food safety and quality through consumer programs, employee relations, educational activities, adherence to standards, and support of the goals and objectives.
The association pointed to Tyson's development of food safety and quality assurance programs as the reasons it received the award.
Physicians' Hospital earns recognition
Physicians' Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville received the 2015 Women's Choice Award for Orthopedics from WomenCertified Inc. for a second consecutive year.
Hospitals qualify as an America's Best Hospital for Orthopedics based on an in-depth proprietary scoring process, utilizing data reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Physicians' Specialty Hospital was selected because of high ratings in areas such as post-treatment complications, patient recommendations, availability of microscopic surgery and adequate post-surgical care.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 719,000 total knee replacements and 332,000 total hip replacements were performed nationally in 2010. The Women's Choice Award identifies America's Best Hospitals in Orthopedics in order to address the growing need for bone and joint care, and disease prevention.
Rhonda McCabe is CEO of Physicians' Specialty Hospital. The hospital is partly owned by physicians and is a short-term, acute-care, inpatient specialty hospital. The hospital has provided orthopaedic and other surgical specialty services since opening in 2009.
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