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It’s Independents Week in Fayetteville: July 1-7

  • by Dustin Bartholomew, Flyer Staff
    on July 1, 2010 at 8:05 pm

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?

 

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  1. iheartnerds says:
    Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    El Camino Real for food, Something Urban for dresses and some kickass shoes, Luxe for beauty products.

  2. Me says:
    Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Richard’s Meat Market!

  3. burgerboy says:
    Thursday, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    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.

  4. High says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:27 am

    The guy with the produce stand across from mountain man pawn. His melons are better looking than a lot of the ladies’ around town.

  5. jabbrwok says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:32 am

    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)

  6. Dr. Henry McCoy says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:53 am

    Rock Bottom Comics!!!!

  7. InPelWeTrust says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    baba boudans, hugos, colombia mex, magnolia hair cutting place on lafayette

  8. Milky says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    El Camino Real, Flying Burrito, World Treasures, Kingfish…

  9. Me says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    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.

  10. Innarested Observer says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Momma Dean’s. Hugo’s. Feltner Bros.

  11. Tony Wappel says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    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…

  12. Anthony says:
    Friday, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    OSEGUERAS i really like their margaritas.

  13. bc says:
    Saturday, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:29 am

    little bread company, thep tai, vs mobley.

  14. skalmt says:
    Saturday, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    PETRA!! And Columbia mex, Jammin Java, Heartwood Gallery, Greenhouse Grille, and All My Treasures!

  15. JaBbrwok says:
    Saturday, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    Don’t get me wrong. I love oseguera’s. But technically they are from hot springs.

    on another note, Geraldi’s is good.

  16. Dgold says:
    Saturday, Jul 3, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    greenhouse grille, thep thai, pesto cafe, jammin java, george’s majestic, ozark natural foods, kxua 88.3 fm, to name a few

  17. dude says:
    Sunday, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:19 am

    geraldi’s isn’t from here either. there are geraldi’s in portland.

  18. JaBbrwok says:
    Sunday, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Then I stand corrected. That’s a long ways for something like that. I never knew.

  19. robertocampana says:
    Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    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.

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