Review No. 119: Serranos Mexican Grill 2915 Dave Ward Drive (501) 358-6763 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We headed out to review Playa Azul Mexican Grill but realized upon arrival that this restaurant is now permanently closed, which Yelp hadn’t yet recorded (but Google had). With Mexican on our… Continue reading Serranos Mexican Grill
Author: Jay Ruud
William Blake’s “London”
The Equalizer 2
The Equalizer 2 Antoine Fuqua (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SusannTennyson.jpg’ attachment=313′ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] On a summer weekend dominated not by hugely anticipated blockbusters but rather by a pair of not particularly eagerly-anticipated sequels, Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer 2narrowly beat out Mama Mia 2for box office champion with… Continue reading The Equalizer 2
David’s Burgers (Lewis Crossing)
Review No. 118: David’s Burgers (Lewis Crossing) 1200 Amity Road (501) 703-0571 56.5 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: David’s Burgers has been in Conway for several years, and the company also has restaurants in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Bryant and other central Arkansas towns, ten in all, according to… Continue reading David’s Burgers (Lewis Crossing)
Shakespeare’s Sonnet #30: “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought”
Ant Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp Peyton Reed (2018) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tennyson-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’77’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] If it bothered anyone that Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man was not among the 6,000 superhero characters involved in this spring’s Avengers: Infinity War, your concerns should be assuaged if you stay past the credits and watch the… Continue reading Ant Man and the Wasp
Verona Italian Restaurant
Review No. 117: Verona Italian Restaurant 190 Highway 65 North (501) 358-6801 57.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: I was battling hunger pangs and losing, so I felt like a carb-fest was in order. We’d heard there was a new restaurant in the building across from the movie-theater complex and… Continue reading Verona Italian Restaurant
Cicis
Review No. 116: Cicis 1250 Old Morrilton Hwy (501) 764-0600 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said: Cici’s Pizza, now formally known as just “Cicis,” is a chain of pizza-based buffet restaurants headquartered in Irving, Texas, with about 500 restaurants in 35 different states. There are eight Cicis locations in Arkansas,… Continue reading Cicis
Casablanca
Casablanca Michael Curtiz (1942) [av_image src=’http://jayruud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Shakespeare-180×180.jpg’ attachment=’76’ attachment_size=’square’ align=’left’ animation=’left-to-right’ link=” target=” styling=” caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’] Ruud Rating 4 Shakespeares [/av_image] Casablanca today is a sprawling, teeming metropolitan area of some nine million people. While it doesn’t approach the huge megalopolises of Lagos or Cairo, it is still among the largest cities in Africa, a… Continue reading Casablanca
Katmandu Momo
Review No. 115: Katmandu Momo 1018 W Oak Street 501-205-8679 56.9 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: We’d been seeing our friends check in to the restaurant for a few weeks, so we decided it was a good lunch spot on a hot day. I took a break from my desk,… Continue reading Katmandu Momo