In this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we talk to Jerrmy Gawthrop, co-owner of Wood Stone Pizza and formerly of the Greenhouse Grill. But first?

Food News!

• Lasang Pinoy is about to FINALLY open in Rogers
• Get out your records- Sidecar is about to open in Fayetteville
• Dining in the Dark in Fayetteville? Yes, at the Mockingbird Kitchen! Act fast!
• Doomsday Coffee opens in Springdale (we think)!
• A new pop-up opens in Springdale at the Spring Kitchen
• K-Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot opens in Rogers soon. Win dinner for four!
• Still a chance to get your tickets to Dish benefitting the Arkansas Children’s Northwest expansion!

Jerrmy Gawthrop has quite the background. The co-owner of Wood Stone Pizza grew up working in the restaurant scene in NWA and started front-of-house. Then he got pulled into the kitchen, and that’s where his education truly began.

Eventually he would open the Greenhouse Grill, and sleep there. And that’s where he started the Roots Festival with others.

Roots built into more than a music festival, as they brought award-winning chefs to Fayetteville a part of Roots. It was great until it wasn’t. Jerrmy will tell that story.

And where did he get the idea for Woodstone Pizza? It was while cooking on a street in a competition – crazy story. And what did they find when they acquired the uptown Woodstone? Even crazier. Yeesh

And by the way, do you remember the Most Interesting Man in the World beer ads back in the day? Fayetteville’s version just might be Jerrmy.

Watch on YouTube, or listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

On this special edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we have the privilege of supporting a great cause, the expansion of Arkansas Children’s Northwest. They’re holding a big fundraiser called Dish, where you’ll be able to try dishes from 25 restaurants. It’s an amazing opportunity as you’ll be able to try restaurants that you might not have had the opportunity to get to. Tickets are $100 and you can get your at archildrens.org/dish. We talk to event chair Kelly Comer in this episode and she’ll tell us more about the event, entertainment, the silent auction. Please like and share!

In this week’s episode of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we’re at Bauhaus Biergarten in Springdale, talking with original co-owner Chef Jennifer Hill Booker, and new co-owner, Chef Rafael Rios... Plenty to get to there, but FIRST?!?!

FOOD NEWS!!

More beverage news today!!

• There’s a new 7Brew in Springdale that’s the first of its kind.
• Doomsday Coffee will be opening soon in Springdale.
• A Fayetteville favorite, Dodo Coffee, is back in business.
• Part taproom/part boutique Terracotta opens in Bentonville, according to the Bentonville Bulletin.
• Happy anniversary to Columbus House Brewery, New Province Brewery, and Orthodox Farmhouse Brewery.
• The new Ruth’s Chris in Rogers is HUGE and has everything.

Bauhaus Biergarten in downtown Springdale opened in October of 2022 to co-owners Chef Jennifer Hill Booker and Daniel Hintz... Recently, Daniel left Bauhaus, and Chef Rafael Rios of Yeyo’s took his spot... You’ll hear the story of how that went down...

And what does Chef Rafael know about German food and culture? His answer might surprise you.

With new ownership comes new ideas and menu items, we’ll hear about those...

And the beer... no domestic beers there... it’s German and European beers only... we’ll hear about their beer plans as well.

Finally, a few quick notes. We recorded this before Chef Rafael was named a finalist for best chef of the south by the James Beard Foundation, so there’s no mention of that.

We also didn’t record a Mike Engleman Home Pro Tip of the Week this time. We got lost in conversation during a break and lost track of time, so I totally boffed that one... BUT, Chef Jennifer did do one last September, so we’ll use that one. She did it over Zoom, so it’ll sound different. It was audio only, as we didn’t do video last September.

And, if you watch on YouTube, you’ll see people pass through the picture. We set up right by the bathroom... believe it or not, it actually was the best spot to set up..

We talk to Chef Jennifer Hill-Booker and Chef Rafael Rios, next here on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas!