Stone’s Throw Brewing has partnered with Kent Walker Artisan Cheese to provide regular food service at the nano-brewery in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park Historic District.
Ian Beard, a managing partner in Stone’s Throw, said the brewery, at 402 E. Ninth St., was offering Walker’s menu items in a soft opening last week.
Since Stone’s Throw’s opening over three years ago, it had been using the services of different food trucks on a rotating basis. “We are replacing that with pretty much a permanently parked food truck that will be open every hour we’re open and which will allow people to dine restaurant style,” Beard said. “They order their food with their drink, and it will come to their table instead of going out to the food truck and bringing it back.”
The menu will feature a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches, ranging from Walker’s take on traditional to a tomato and pesto grilled cheese to the Woo Pig! (ham, cheese, lettuce and tomato). Soups and salads will also be offered. Beard expects to add menu items after the trial period, and “it’s Arkansas, so we’ll have cheese dip and nachos, the kind of snacks you’d expect in a bar setting.”
“As far as the customer is concerned,” Beard said, “it will be pretty seamless. It will be just like a regular restaurant.”