Brews, Brisket and a Blackberry Fried Pie at Rockin' Pig Saloon in Eureka Springs.

Honestly, there are all the brews at the Rockin' Pig, a great place to kick back in Eureka Springs. I didn't have one, but that did not keep me from enjoying the relaxed attitude at this bar and restaurant out on the US 62 Bypass.

Tall Pines Inn in Eureka Springs Offers A Vintage Experience From The Golden Age of Motorcourt Travel.

Want to enjoy an experience from the past? Hit the road and savor a weekend at the Tall Pines Inn, a restored historic cabin-style motorcourt hotel on the west side of Eureka Springs.

Eureka Springs' Aviation Cadet Museum Honors A Unique American Military Program.

Love history? Have a veteran in the house? Head to a mountaintop field just east of Eureka Springs to see planes, trains and a lot of historical artifacts at the Aviation Cadet Museum and Train Museum.

From My Desk in the 505, A Week at the Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow.

I came to Writer's Colony to see if I could write a novel. What I found was... well, myself.

The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow is a special place for me and other writers.  I've been longing to spend a significant amount of time here for ages.  My first stay here was in July 2012, for just one night.  I was a guest speaker at the Colony for the Fleur Delicious Festival, and I was kindly offered a place to stay.  What I didn't realize then was this would become my secret bedroom, my lair for when I really needed to get the words out.

An Evening at Ermilio's in Eureka Springs.

Any day, and I mean any day during the summertime in Eureka Springs, there's a line outside Ermilio's Italian Home Cooking. It starts before the restaurant opens at five and rarely goes completely away before closing time at nine. And that's every single summer day.

Because of this, I've never taken Grav here... and it's a shame. The boy will not wait for food.

Quick Bite at The Filling Station in Eureka Springs.

I'm a sucker for a good breakfast.  You would be too, if you traveled like I did.  Heck, who needs travel to appreciate a fantastic meal of the day?

If you're looking for a reasonably priced place to grab a bite in the morning hours in Eureka Springs, you might go ahead and give The Filling Station a shot.

You Should Eat Breakfast at Sweet & Savory Cafe in Eureka Springs.

Eureka Springs is dotted with great restaurants, and with good cause. Though just 2000 people call the tiny Ozark burg their permanent home, around 100 restaurants manage to make ends meet and serve up delicious food with great regularity.

In the winter, though, many of those eateries close their doors and darken their windows.  After all, while the town quadruples and even quintuples in size during the late spring, summer and autumn months, January and February are considered a dead time (with the exception of Valentine's Day weekend) and there's not enough business to sustain them all.

Fortunately for locals and breakfast lovers alike, there's the Sweet -n- Savory Cafe. This new establishment, which threw open its doors in April 2014, serves up breakfasts and lunches at a reasonable price.  But don't let the typical diner-style attributes fool you -- Sweet -n- Savory Cafe is on the level of marvelosity you'd expect from a Eureka Springs dining establishment.

Before I go further, I should let you know that this is only half the review I intended. We so enjoyed our late morning repast a week ago that we made plans for a return visit to sample lunch.  Mother Nature intervened, dropped an inch of ice and five inches of snow on us and the Sweet and Savory Cafe wasn't open the day we had planned our return.  We will return.

Grav and I dropped in on a Friday morning to find a busy crowd within the restaurant's yellow-painted walls.  Bold locally-produced art was evident, and we were ushered to a table in the restaurant's eastward room, right next to a standing portable heater that was a blessing.  It was rather cold.

From the first glance at the menu, we were stunned.  We sometimes nod at menus over "Eureka Prices," slightly or moderately inflated rates for items undoubtably aimed at the tourist crowd.  There was none of that here.  Prices were actually lower than we expected, and we gleefully determined we'd try several things and not feel guilty.

One of the two very sweet young ladies waiting tables was working a group in the far corner.  She was warning them that there were just two slices of the quiche of the day, and before she could go into a schpiel about the ingredients thereof, both were claimed.

Our coffee came hot and fresh and with real cream, and after dithering a while we made our choices and went to waiting.  It was pleasant -- not too loud, not too rowdy and the chairs weren't uncomfortable.  Grav went off to shoot the interior and came back pointing his finger skyward and nodding his head. He'd discovered macaroons on the front counter and had reserved two for us. Okay, this was breakfast, but we were going to have dessert, apparently.

Thus continued our wait, as each of the other tables in the eastward

room were served.  Yes, they'd all come ahead of us, and we weren't bothered by that, but the sight of so many good looking plates was making me drool.  Big, fluffy omelets were passing, alongside mounds of bacon, crepes filled with fruit salad and bevies of biscuits.  The scent was salivation-inducing and it was all a bit heady -- but my coffee mug remained full and we sustained our cheerfulness.

And then, all of breakfast arrived at once, three plates of it, with accompaniments to each side.  We stared for mere seconds before pulling out the BACs (the big cameras) and going to work shooting and celebrating this repast we were about to encounter.

And what a repast.  Grav had chosen biscuits and gravy, and the big hand-sized fluffy lumps were accompanied by a full bowl of sausage gravy. What's more, the dish was enough for someone

to eat as a single breakfast, and yet cost just $3.25. Incredible.

Grav said the sage-inflected sausage in the creamy gravy base were substantial, and the biscuits were perfect.  I can agree with him on those -- they were fluffy and a little buttery and rightly hot from just coming out of the oven.

They were so much that Grav actually gave me

most of the pancakes.  Or, I should say, "flannel" cakes.  Now, I've had my share of gluten-free this and that, and usually there's a sad air of disappointment over the whole affair.  Not here. The pancakes, which came three six-inch rounds to an order, were made from a combination

of rice flour and tapioca, decadently spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger and perhaps a bit of clove, and they were both velvety and impossibly light. I thought they tasted like the lightest gingerbread I'd ever consumed, while Grav went on about the pumpkin spice flavor.  Best of all, there was the option that I took, for real Vermont maple syrup to go along with the real butter offered, for something absolutely fanciful and still very, very filling.

Still, that wasn't all we enjoyed.  There was one dish that, from the moment I spotted it on the menu, I knew had to go in my mouth.  That dish was of the seafood crepes.

Oh golly.  Offered with either hashbrowns or grits, this was a pair of delicate rolls packed with shrimp and crabmeat in a Bechemel sauce.  I cannot quite express how velvety and rich this was.  We chose to split one to each of us, and after Grav finished the dish off he

scraped his fork along the surface for more of the rich filling.  I thought he was going to lick the plate. He confessed the thought had crossed his mind.

And then the macaroons arrived.  I was already quite sated after the crepe and two of the pancakes and had already called for a container to take the remaining round home, and here come these two morsels.  Now, if you've had a Mounds bar, you probably have an inkling of

what a dark chocolate drizzled macaroon is like to the taste.  These weren't even close.  The toasted, moist bundles of coconut were rich but not overly sweet, pliant but not chewy, crisply edged but not dry.  They were so perfect I almost ate all of mine.  Sheer willpower and the encouragement of the waitress who suggested home consumption without any compunction is all that kept me from injuring myself on the thing.

We were never rushed, which is why we didn't actually leave before 11:30.  I should have taken a photo of the lunch menu, darn it -- but I do recall so many good things, such as a seafood melt sandwich, burgers, a savory cheesecake and a daily plate lunch special.  In fact, Sweet -n- Savory Cafe seemed so much like a better version of the classic diner or cafe, right down to the prices, that anywhere else it'd be a standout jewel.  Eureka Springs offers so much competition, and frankly from the road the Sweet -n- Savory Cafe looks a bit plain.  But go inside.  Go eat.  And then tell your friends.

You'll find the Sweet and Savory Cafe on the east side of town on US Highway 62, across from the Pine Mountain Theater.  It's open every day except Wednesday (and of course, when the weather is terrible) for breakfast and lunch.

Sweet -n- Savory Cafe
2076 East Van Buren
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(479) 253-7151
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9 Things To Try at Mei Li Cuisine in Eureka Springs.

Hot Asian soups, warm noodle dishes, rolls and wontons? All these things are on the menu at Mei Li Cuisine in Eureka Springs, and they're available in-restaurant or for delivery.

Eureka Springs has a wonderful array of restaurants for every celebration. On Valentine's Day, most of those restaurants were filled to capacity with reservation-fulfilling couples ready to dine lushly.

Grav and I were not one of those couples.  We both had the same idea - to enjoy a reasonably priced local flavor that would undoubtably lack the two-hour wait we saw elsewhere.

We weren't the only ones to have this idea.

This is a view from a previous visit.  The wall to
the right is now lined with green booths.

We dropped in at Mei Li Cuisine at the appropriate Valentine's Day dining hour, right before 7 p.m. on that Saturday night, to find the parking lot full.  There was a booth left inside, though, and we squeezed in and soaked up the menu.  We both knew what Grav wanted... Pad Thai, one of his favorite comfort foods.  But I had other ideas.  I knew the Snowpocalypse was near (Eureka Springs was forecast to get 4-8 inches of snow the following evening) and I wanted leftovers.  Because, as you all know, Asian noodle dishes are always better the next day.

So we chose a small selection of dishes -- combination Pad Thai with chicken, beef and shrimp; beef Pad See Ew (a favorite of mine); and General Chicken.  Not General Tso's... General Chicken.  Not to be confused with Colonel Chicken or even Private Beef.

These each came with a soup and an appetizer.  For fun and profit, or at least for variety, we chose to sample one of each of the soups.  I've written elsewhere about Mei Li's extraordinarily healing hot and sour soup... but it bears mentioning again, this nourishing and deep beef-based mushroom-enhanced soup that needs no salt, no soy, no augmentation at all.  Grav says it's the best hot and sour soup in the state, and the guys at the booth behind me suggested it when our waitress asked which we'd like.

Of course, I'm all about some egg drop soup.  If I am sick, it is the great diviner... consumption either indicates that I'll survive or I won't.  So far, I survive.  Mei Li's is different from most egg drop soups, though.  It's far thicker, richer and enhanced with quarter inch thick cubes of sauteed onion for an additional layer of flavor.

The wonton soup, we hadn't tried before.  Here it was light but completely inundated with scallion flavor, its meatless noodles substantial within.

I was disappointed to hear that Mei Li has gone to a pork egg roll -- their previous beef ones were very good.  Grav says the pork ones are just as good.  The egg roll is the default accompaniment to each dinner, but we

switched it up a bit at the suggestion of our waitress.  She swapped it for a hand-rolled vegetarian springroll with a thin but ample peanut sauce on one dish and for two hearty crab wontons on another.  The wontons were decently packed, not sweet but served with a sweet red sauce similar to a duck sauce.

Then there were the dishes.  The Pad Thai was a bit better than our last go-round, which is saying something, since it was pretty spectacular the previous visit.  We'd opted for combination rather than sticking to one meat, and this was a good choice, with 35-40 count size shrimp along with the sauteed chicken and beef.  There was a nice hint of lime and fish sauce, and in addition to the crushed peanuts and bean sprouts that normally accompany the dish, the cook had included finely chopped red cabbage, which was a good call.

The Pad See Ew, a dish I lean towards, was very garlicky.  The wide soy-fried rice noodles had soaked up a lot of salty-sweet and garlicky flavor, and they were speckled with bits of fried egg.  The beef wasn't quite tender but it did well, upping the hearty factor of a rather good dish.

And then there was the General Chicken.  Yes, there's a little pepper on the menu that indicates it's hot, but it didn't seem so at first.  The individual pieces were very crispy, and the sauce was nice and sweet... but after a moment a fire lit on the tongue from the subtle peppering.  Nice.  The

fried rice with it was soft and plump and just about perfect.

We actually ordered more to go to sustain us through the snow to come... which it has.  Our dinner and our take-out altogether was less than $50.

What I didn't get, though, is what I'm craving now.  That's the curries -- the Red Curry and the Mus um Mun Curry, both just decadently wonderful.  That spice would be wonderful today.  Now I'm checking to see if the roads are going to clear up so we can go.

But the dishes are always

spot-on, and there's good reason why.  See, the family that runs Mei Li Cuisine came to America 30 years ago, and settled in Ohio.  They moved down to Eureka Springs in the fall of 2010, and opened Mei Li Cuisine that November in the old Cafe Soleil spot on US Highway 62.  And though we've eaten there a dozen times and had delivery from them about as often, I have yet to ever have a bad meal with them.  And that's why we chose this little yellow Asian restaurant on the bypass for our Valentine's Day dinner.

Don't wait for Valentine's Day.  Get yours next time you head up to Eureka Springs.

One more thing.  Mei Li has started to offer fried chicken and catfish.  I don't know what to think of this.  Haven't ordered it yet.  Not sure I will, since the Asian dishes are so good.

Mei Li Cuisine
3094 E. Van Buren
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(479) 363-6678

Sleep at the Highest Point in Eureka Springs - the North Penthouse at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa.

Want to stay somewhere with real bragging potential?  How about the highest bed in Eureka Springs? You’ll find it at the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs.

Eureka Springs in Winter - A Wonderland

Travelers visit Eureka Springs in the spring for festivals and warming weather.  They come in the summer to experience nearby lakes and a plethora of shopping. They come in the fall to experience autumn’s brightest colors. But travelers who come to Eureka Springs in winter can have the town all to themselves. See what this Ozarks town has to offer.

Market time at Fleur Delicious

• GRAV WELDON
• SWEET ONIONS: At the Fleur Delicious Farmers Market

Fleur Delicious has kicked off here in Eureka Springs. Been running around today sampling and savoring flavors all across town.

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The big to-do started with the cutting of the French bread ribbon at 10 a.m. at the Eureka Springs Farmers Market. The Market itself was full of great and tasty things — French and blue fingerling potatoes, big softball size peaches, non-cow-tipped beef, several tents of baked goods, fresh flowers, squash and zucchini, sweet onions, fresh herbs and tomatoes. There was a great rackensack style folk band hamming it up and breaking it down for the crowd.

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• Chef Dave Gilderson of The Grand Taverne

Chef Dave Gilderson came out from The Grand Taverne to do a special demonstration. He whipped up seared scallops with lobster butter (he demonstrated how to make that lobster butter, yum!) and took red and purple fingerling potatoes, fresh herbs and fresh eggs purchased at the market itself to whip up potato cakes. Lovely!

There’s much more on the way. I’m going to be heading over to DeVito’s here in a few minutes to shoot the signature martinis of the event, then over to Caribe for a reception for artist Robert Norman. Still haven’t decided which of the great restaurant deals I’ll check out for dinner tonight, but there are so many. You here in Eureka Springs, too? Planning to come this way? Check out the event website for all sorts of great things going on.

A Fleur-y of anticipation.

• ILENE POWELL

I’m really excited about this trip. Fleur Delicious kicks off tomorrow morning in Eureka Springs. A French festival featuring French cooking, French food… oh, there’s French music and French movies and all sorts of other French things, too — but this is what I’m looking forward to.

In the morning it’s a big to-do out at the Eureka Springs Farmers Market, with Chef Dave of The Grand Tavernekicking up some awesome French-inspired dishes made from local produce. Keel’s Creek Winery and Raimondo Cellars will both be represented — the former with wines right there from Eureka Springs and the latter with wines made from family grapes from California up in Gamaliel. I gotta tell you that story soon. Let’s just say I hope Margie brings some of those fabulous flavored oils and vinegars, too.

I digress.

Also looking forward to sharing café au lait and beignets with artists and attendees at a special reception tomorrow night at Caribe. Artist Robert Norman, the fellow who designed the cool poster for the event, will be feted there. I’m also looking forward to trying out some of the festival’s signature martinis, including the Eiffeltini(pictured to the left), which is a blend of Grey Goose Orange, St. Germaine Elderflower liqueur and Mango Passion Fruit Juice. A waiter’s race, some pencil-thin moustaches with berets and a bevy of local restaurants and bed and breakfast establishments putting out their French favorites. You can find so much more on the website. I’ll bring you reports from the festival. As I mentioned, I’m pretty excited about this.

Fleur Delicious: Not just a chance to sport a fake French accent.

• GRAV WELDON

Eureka Springs is breaking out in frogs for July… er, that’s not quite correct. No. What I mean to say is, the little Arkansas village where we all go to escape is celebrating Bastille Day in a unique new way with the celebration of French culture, food and life in general at the Fleur Delicious Festival.

It kicks off the morning of Thursday, July 7th with the Farmer’s Market at Pine Mountain Village, rolls into beignets and café au lait with artist Robert Norman at Caribe that night and goes from there. There will be concerts, performance art, movie showings (Chocolat and Casablanca), French dinners and wines offered by local restaurants and French themed weekends from several local bed and breakfasts.

So what about those frogs? Seems they’ve been adopted as the mascot for the event. It’s not a derogatory thing, just something to come play with. There’s also a contest being sponsored by Massage therapist Alexa Pittinger, challenging male and female locals and locals-at-heart to sport a pencil moustache and a beret for the weekend.

Sounds like fun. I will be there. Will you? More details on the jump — and on the Fleur Delicious Festival website.

Fleur Delicious Weekend in Eureka Springs to Delight All the Senses
A weekend of French-themed activities, meals and beverages. From jazz to French pancakes, it's all good fun, great food and excellent entertainment for the whole family.

(EUREKA SPRINGS, AR)- An idea that started as a little event to celebrate Bastille Day has blossomed into a major new four-day festival entitled Fleur Delicious Weekend. The event is billed as one to delight all the senses. Sponsored by local businesses, the French-themed weekend will blend sophisticated food and beverages, art, and music with light-hearted entertainment and some goofy old-fashioned fun.

Promoter Ilene Powell, who had begun visiting Eureka Springs in 2002, had considered retiring here from New Orleans. Then she lost her home in the Katrina flood and moved here last year, several years ahead of her anticipated schedule.

In post-Katrina New Orleans, she said, many displaced service industry workers had financial troubles, and the local restaurant association started a foundation to raise funds to help them return home.

Powell saw an opportunity for an event to celebrate Bastille Day, but as enthusiasm in the community grew, the single day expanded into a long weekend of food, art, wine and entertainment. She contacted Teresa DeVito to help her plan things, and began recruiting businesses to join the fun.

Powell hopes to eventually see a local foundation created to offer aid to hospitality industry workers in the Eureka Springs area who suffer natural disasters or injury; she wants an annual Fleur Delicious Weekend to provide some of the funding for the foundation.

Although the schedule is not yet complete, Powell said the event kick-starts the senses at the Farmers’ Market at Pine Mountain Village, Thursday, July 7, 7 a.m. — noon, with French music and a cooking demonstration, gorgeous flowers, a cornucopia of organic veggies, baked goods, and locally handcrafted items.

That evening at 6 p.m. Caribe Restaurante y Cantina will serve café au lait with beignets during a presentation of the work of Robert Norman, the Eureka Springs artist who designed the event’s artwork and poster.

Friday at 7 p.m., the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library will present the movie Chocolat at the Annex at 192 Spring St. Admission is free.

Saturday the event jumps into high gear, with jazz in Basin Spring Park from 1- 5 p.m., a Spring Street Waiters’ Race at 3 p.m., and French-themed art during the Second Saturday Gallery Stroll, 6-9 p.m. 83 Spring Street Gallery will host guest artist Willis Miller from 1-4 p.m., with an evening reception during Gallery Stroll. In the spirit of Bastille Day celebration, Miller takes an impressionistic look at the French flag in a piece titles "Still Held Together." The original work will be displayed and prints will also be available.

At 8 p.m. Saturday night, Enthios Art Venue on Greenwood Hollow Rd. will present “The Cirque du Soleil of Eureka Springs.” The performance is billed as live music performance art, and is highlighted by the performance of “Cosmic Roots.” Local artists will be creating art, and contestants will model a French costume show to win prizes for talent and costume design. French pancakes will be served between 6-8 p.m., and diners are encouraged to bring their own beverages. Ticket prices are $15. with $5 off for local residents, and pre-sold tickets discounted $2.

Sunday 9 a.m. — 2 p.m., a Sunday Jazz Brunch in the Crystal Dining Room of the Crescent Hotel includes French champagne and a French food station. The Cottage Inn Restaurant celebrates the weekend with a Bastille Day Tour de France Wine Dinner at 7 p.m.

That same night, starting at 8 p.m., Casablanca airs as the free movie in the park.
Many of the bed and breakfasts in town plan to serve French-themed breakfast, afternoon refreshments, or desserts.

DeVito’s Restaurant, open for lunch and dinner, will offer French wine flights throughout the event. The Stone House will add a French Canadian cheese platter to its offerings, feature several cheeses, hot salami and kelp vegetarian caviar, paired with French wines and genuine Champagne by the glass. Flights will be available during all open hours, 1 —10 p.m. Wed to Sat.

Sparky’s Roadhouse Café will serve French wines, cheese and entrees, including their Eiffel Tower Chicken.

Massage therapist Alexa Pittinger is challenging male and female locals and locals-at-heart to sport a pencil moustache and a beret for the weekend. That simple costume allows revelers to pick up entry forms, available at local shops, to win free massage services being donated by several different therapists.

Pittinger dubbed the prize event Frogs R Us, and said she chose the frog for its symbolic value, even though she knew it might cause a stir because the word is sometimes used as a slur against the French.

“Frogs live in water and on trees, and like canaries in the coal mine, alert us to the earliest signs of pollution. I chose frogs as a symbol because we’re in this tourist economy together. People take offense at things because they feel separate, but we all contribute to the tourist economy here. If any one section of us wasn’t here, the town wouldn’t thrive...like frogs with deforestation and water pollution.”

Pittinger admitted some people expressed offense about the name, but added, “let’s have a teachable moment and let’s hear each other. I asked some French people who live in town, but my sense was it was no big deal to the French. So let’s all work together and be French for this weekend.”

More information is available from Teresa DeVito, 479-253-6807; Ilene Powell, 504-421-246; Fleurdeliciousweekend@yahoo.com; and on Facebook.

Just one more... at Henri's.

• GRAV WELDON

Did you know Eureka Springs has a martini bar? I didn’t, not until I stumbled into the stairwell across from the Basin Park Hotel and made it down to the landing below. I was actually searching out food; martinis weren’t really on my mind.

Henri’s Just One More is a neat little place a story above Main Street and a story below the intersection of Spring and Center. It’s a wi-fi hot spot, a watering hole and a lovely little spot to catch a bite to eat.

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It’s also a grill. On this visit we came hungry and went for some of their Parmesan Wings ($8.95 for 12). These were pretty hearty looking wings, fresh and apparently hand-breaded at the restaurant. They were served up with a parmesan ranch sauce along with carrot and celery sticks. The wings were very good with a lot of meat to them and a nice crisp crust, but we’d recommend that they consider a blue cheese sort of dressing as another alternative.

My dining partner did mention he’d love to see these in a Buffalo sauce, but I disagree… mostly because I really don’t care for Buffalo sauce. But that’s neither here nor there.

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We also ordered sandwiches. The Patty Melt ($6.95) is served up on a dark marbled rye bread, a nice roughly third of a pound patty with Swiss cheese, grilled onions and both 1000 Island dressing and brown mustard (you have your choice of either). We also added bacon after reading the tantalizing bit about all the bacon being Applewood smoked. It was a nice and well-melded sandwich, a good example of the genre though a little odd thanks to the dark rye.

• KAT ROBINSON

We were a little less taken with the Godfather Burger ($6.75), a hamburger patty topped with an ample slice of mozzarella and marinara sauce. The sauce and the cheese were fine… the burger was a little too done for our taste. It wasn’t bad, just not inspiring.

• KAT ROBINSON

What was inspiring were the kettle chips — nice thick fresh potato chips with just the right amount of salt. Very addictive. They come with the sandwiches and they are great.

• GRAV WELDON

We weren’t there for drinks, but that martini list was very appealing with such choices as the Bellini Martini (orange, lemon and lime vodka, peach Schnapps and pineapple juice with a champagne float), Butterscotchtini, a Red Velvet Martini (vanilla vodka, Frangelico and cranberry juice) and all manners of chocolate martinis. I gave in and tried the Pineapple Upsidedown Martini — layers of vanilla vodka, pineapple juice, Frangelico and amaretto. It was quite fine. The choice of flavors was well thought out — I wouldn’t think to put a nutty hazelnut liqueur in such a beverage but here it worked, taking the place of the brown sugar flavor you’d get in a pineapple upside down cake. This wasn’t just a ‘tini, it was dessert.

• GRAV WELDON

It was a little too early in the day for me to do much imbibing… but I’m going to have to make another trip up that way to give the Chocolate Mintini a try. Probably will have to try a Speedy Martini (orange vodka, triple sec, sweet & sour and Red Bull) too. In fact, I may have to plant myself in a corner for a while — trying the stairs after taking in a few of these will like to have me head-over-heels, but not in a good way. Did I mention they have free wi-fi? No? They do. They also have happenings and something called a Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. where the locals and the out-of-towners mingle and chat. Sounds like a plan, man.

The official address for Henri’s Just One More is 19 ½ Spring Street in Eureka Springs. They’re open various hours, always on the weekend and some days during the week. They have awebsite and you can catch specials and specific hours on the restaurant’s Facebook page. (479) 253-5795.