You might remember Travis McConnell, the chef who opened Butcher & Public in the old Argenta Market on Main Street in North Little Rock in 2014. McConnell shared space with Donnie Ferneau’s Good Food by Ferneau for a while, only to leave a few months later and join forces with Arkansas Fresh Café in Bryant.
McConnell, who’d also worked at Little Rock’s Capital Bar & Grill as a sous chef, recently landed in Bentonville, at Bentonville Butcher & Deli at 1201 S. Walton Blvd.
Now, a mixed-drink permit application with the state and social media postings indicate that Bentonville Butcher & Deli is morphing into Bentonville Butcher & Pint, “a restaurant, bar and butcher concept focused on fresh, local meats, beer and cuisine.”
McConnell was out of town at press time and unable to fill in the details. But the Arkansas secretary of state’s office showed April Seggebruch as the registered agent and an officer of Good Meats LLC, dba Bentonville Butcher & Deli, Bentonville Butcher & Pint and Butcher & Pint. Seggebruch, a former Lady Razorback in basketball, is co-founder of Movista, a Bentonville software company.
Seggebruch has been on Arkansas Business’ radar for some time. She was a member of MerchantEyes LLC, a graduate business plan team from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, which took first place in the first Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competition in Las Vegas, held in 2008.