Review No. 121: Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom 1010 Main Street (501) 329-6262 56.7 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation She Said: As often happens to me before a vacation, I lose my food-related discipline and want to eat lots. I decided we should go out to Old Chicago after a movie, since… Continue reading Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom
Author: Jay Ruud
Jericho Brown’s “Another Elegy”
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Spy Who Dumped Me Susanna Fogel (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=”] Whether it was planned or not, the opening of director Susanna Fogel’s new comedy/spy-thriller The Spy Who Dumped Me just one week following the opening of the latest Mission: Impossible flick seems like… Continue reading The Spy Who Dumped Me
Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Review No. 120: Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams 405 East Dave Ward Drive (501) 205-1926 57.1 percent finished reviewing Conway restaurants The Situation He Said:Alden Burge opened his original restaurant on the corner of Highways 29 and 82 in Lewisville, Arkansas, in 1962, selling barbecue, burgers and ice cream as well as smoked… Continue reading Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
Camille T. Dungy’s “Ultrasound”
Mission: Impossible–Fallout
Mission: Impossible–Fallout Christopher McQuarrie (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 a two-and-a-half hour roller-coaster ride is your idea of a good time, then you’re going to love this latest installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, pushing his 56-year-old body through reckless… Continue reading Mission: Impossible–Fallout
Serranos Mexican Grill
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
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)