Author: Jay Ruud

Review No. 190: Pho Huyen 1600 Dave Ward Drive, Suite H Conway, AR 72034(501) 504-2449 The Situation She Said: We put this place on our list ages ago during the pandemic for the hoped-for days of our return to blogging about Conway restaurants, as I do love a good bún, as it reminds me of lunches… Continue reading Pho Huyen

Review No. 189: Fatburger & Buffalo’s Express 2205 Dave Ward Drive Conway, AR 72034(501) 358-6501 The Situation He Said: Fatburger was founded by Lovie Yancey in Los Angeles in 1947. It was mainly a California based chain until the 1990s. There are now more than 150 Fatburger franchises, with many more planned. It expanded first into… Continue reading Fatburger & Buffalo’s Express

Review No. 188: Chicken Salad Chick 2235 Dave Ward Drive, Suite 301 Conway, AR 72034(501) 382-7899 The Situation She Said: I was headed to Northwest Arkansas for work and would be having a late dinner with friends, so I wanted a heartier lunch. Where better to try than a purveyor of my favorite comfort food: chicken… Continue reading Chicken Salad Chick

Review No. 187: O’Malley’s Irish Grill 803 Harkrider St., Suite 12 Conway, AR 72032(501) 504-6949 The Situation He Said: O’Malley’s is an independent and locally owned restaurant in downtown Conway. It’s another of those that opened here after the pandemic shut down some restaurants and put others out of business, and since we’d been to a… Continue reading O’Malley’s Irish Grill

Review No. 186: Rock N’ Roll Sushi 975 S. Amity Road Conway, AR 72032(501) 358-6820 The Situation She Said: I had been watching Rock N’ Roll Sushi’s progress on Amity Road since its signs first went up, and as a sushi-lover, I was very interested in how things were going. I thought we could kick off… Continue reading Rock N’ Roll Sushi

Review No. 185: Texas Roadhouse 650 Amity Rd. Conway, AR 72032(501) 585-7720 The Situation He Said: Reviving “Eat It, Conway” after nearly a three-year hiatus was a bit daunting. Where to begin? We didn’t have a list of restaurants that had opened in the city since the beginning of the pandemic, and didn’t know if there… Continue reading Texas Road House

Happy New Year, Conwegians! We thought we’d return to our Conway food-review efforts with, what else?, a wrap up of the restaurants we sampled on a recent wintry visit to Helsinki.  Levain Helsinki Runeberginkatu 29 She Said: We landed in Helsinki before we could check into our AirBnb (without our luggage, which decided it wanted a… Continue reading He Said and She Said Explore Finland–In November