The summer is generally a tough time for some local businesses in Fayetteville.
The students are (mostly) gone. Folks are on vacation. It’s hot.
Over the next seven days, the folks at the Fayetteville Independent Business Alliance are hoping to help some of the awesome local places that separate Fayetteville from the rest of Northwest Arkansas (and the world) by promoting awareness of Independents Week in Fayetteville.
Independents Week starts July 1 and runs through the 7th. It’s a campaign created by the American Independent Business Alliance to help promote awareness of the importance of shopping locally, and how doing so is good for the community and the local economy.
Here in Fayetteville, several FIBA members are offering specials or discounts to residents over the next week, as well as passing out information on the importance of shopping locally to the folks who come in to their stores, restaurants, etc.
Here at the Flyer, we like to celebrate Independents Week by providing a place for you guys to give shout-outs to your favorite locally owned places that you think folks should know about.
We started this tradition last year, and we hope to continue it as long as the Flyer is around.
So let’s hear it. What are the non-chain restaurants that you’d take a visiting friend to? What are some local places that don’t get enough credit? What are some of the staples that make Fayetteville such a great place to live?
What are your favorite locally owned businesses in Fayetteville?
El Camino Real for food, Something Urban for dresses and some kickass shoes, Luxe for beauty products.
Richard’s Meat Market!
Ozark Natural Foods, Stone Mill Bread, The Hardware Store, JC’s Small Engine Repair, Hugo’s, Slim Chickens, Penguin Ed’s, Pack RAT, Best Sports.
The guy with the produce stand across from mountain man pawn. His melons are better looking than a lot of the ladies’ around town.
uhhh. thai diner is awesome!
colombia mex. yum.
hugo’s. kosmos. common grounds, hog haus. noodles. el camino real. emelia’s.
i have never been to pesto cafe, but i hear it’s great.
if i could afford it, bordino’s…
(nightbird books)
Rock Bottom Comics!!!!
baba boudans, hugos, colombia mex, magnolia hair cutting place on lafayette
El Camino Real, Flying Burrito, World Treasures, Kingfish…
Uncle Sam’s Safari Outfitters! Screw Pack Rat!
Flying Burrito is a great one also… they have done so well I forget they started here.
Kosmos is awesome as well… they sell the closes thing to a Donner Kabop in Fayetteville.
Momma Dean’s. Hugo’s. Feltner Bros.
Ozark Lanes and Ozark Lanes Cafe on College, Brenda’s Bigger Burger, Burger Plus, Flying Burito, Collier Drug, Pop’s BBQ on 15th St just to name a few…
OSEGUERAS i really like their margaritas.
little bread company, thep tai, vs mobley.
PETRA!! And Columbia mex, Jammin Java, Heartwood Gallery, Greenhouse Grille, and All My Treasures!
Don’t get me wrong. I love oseguera’s. But technically they are from hot springs.
on another note, Geraldi’s is good.
greenhouse grille, thep thai, pesto cafe, jammin java, george’s majestic, ozark natural foods, kxua 88.3 fm, to name a few
geraldi’s isn’t from here either. there are geraldi’s in portland.
Then I stand corrected. That’s a long ways for something like that. I never knew.
These locally owned places, to me, are staples that help make Fayetteville awesome:
Arsaga’s
Sound Warehouse
Petra Cafe
Brainstorm Tattoo
Flying Possum Leather
Dickson Street Bookshop
Hugo’s
Flying Burrito
High Roller Cyclery Inc.
World Treasures
Thai Diner
Smoke & Barrel Tavern
Avaluations
Pesto Cafe
There are probably more that I’m not thinking of.
Damn. After listing all those, I’m missing Fayetteville even more than I usually do. Obviously, a city is more than just the sum of its restaurants and retail. But fantastic local businesses owned by great people can certainly improve quality of life.