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Photo of Hawksbill Courtesy Arkansas Dept of Parks and Tourism ---- WELCOME ---- Welcome to the first issue of The Best of Northwest No advertiser can pay Arkansas Top 10. We are so excited to share our brand to be included in one of new magazine with you. When one of our advisory our Top 10 lists. If you board member’s asked what model we were using for would like to have us the Top 10 magazine, I enthusiastically told him that include a specific Top 10 we were using the heart model. He said he’d never list in future additions, heard of the heart model. I explained that the Top 10 please contact us via is very close to my heart as it allows us to present to our website. NWA residents, newcomers and visitors the very best of what our beautiful corner of Arkansas has to offer. We believe that our tourists, newcomers and The Top 10 is a natural and much needed off-shoot locals should all be able of our flagship publication and website, the Northwest to get in on the secret of Arkansas Travel Guide. The Northwest Arkansas the best places to eat, play, and stay in NWA. With Travel Guide, with its over sixteen hundred hospitality the Top 10 guide, you have at hand the quickest way industry listings, has been around since 2012, and to ensure that you are not disappointed whether you while it is thorough and useful, it is much like a business are dining, participating in an activity or just wanting a directory, and doesn’t offer a fast way for people to good night’s sleep. locate the best of NWA. We will be launching additional products over the Today, our readers want quick, REAL life information next year that will enhance The Best of Northwest about where to find the very best in any particular Arkansas Top 10, but in the mean time, we hope you category. 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Additionally, the publisher accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage suffered by any business not listed in the Top 10 guide. IMPORTANT NOTE: Details in this publication are based on information supplied to us at press time. Changes occur all the time in the hospitality industry. The Best of Northwest Arkansas Top 10 cannot accept responsibility for facts that become outdated or inadvertent errors or omissions. If we have missed or misstated something, please contact us at NWATravelGuide.com. ADVERTISER DISCLOSURE: No company can pay to be on one of our Top 10 lists. We do offer advertising as advertising helps support our website and gives us the resources to create new reviews that are free for all to enjoy. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: No part of this publication may be replicated, redistributed, or given away in any form without prior written consent of the author/publisher or terms relayed to you herein. If you would like to quote us, please do. Contact us, and provide a link back. NWA Travel Guide l TOP TEN 1 BEST OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOP 10 ISSUE #1 JAN - MARCH 2016 EDITION _________________________________________________________ Director, Lynn West Board of Advisors Mike Abb - Creative director for the Bentonville based hospitality group “RopeSwing” Alan Dranow - Senior Director of the Walmart Heritage Group Debi Arend Havner - Downtown Bentonville, City Planning Commission, Endeavor Care Foundation, Governor’s Mansion Commission, Arkansas Arts Center, AREND LLC Kris Ashmore - Director of Business Operations for J. B. Hunt Lanie Dills – Lanie Dills Publishing Amy Lindsey - General Manager of XNA Airport Services Roger Thomas - TeleComp CEO, Founding Board of the Amazeum Children’s Museum Terry Coberly – Former Mayor of Bentonville Doug Bachman - President of Village Insurance __________________________________________________________ Graphic Artist, Cheryl Goldman Sales Director, Bo Dutton Street Team who, for obvious reasons must remain anonymous. And a very special thanks to Tyler Vanden Heuvel, Ryan West, Adam West, Becky Welty, Bonnie Vanden Heuvel, Shea Newport, Steve Gunter, Linda Boothe, Nancee Helms, Sherry Thomas, Luanne Bachman, Priscilla Rudd, Charles Rudd, Jamei Hopper, Chryl Hoyt, Del Groh, Valerie West, John Miles, Connie Welty, Jane Miles, Vincent West, Alicia Owensby, Liz B. Parker, Kathy Briggs, Jennifer Terry, JC Cross, Rod Welty, Joan White, Philip Elkins, Jeremy Scott, Allen Maronay and Debbie Alsup. Contact us via our Website NWATravelguide.com Copyright © 2016 PUBLISHED BY Lanie Dills Publishing Printed in USA 2 NWA Travel Guide l TOP TEN ------ TABLE OF CONTENTS ------ 1. BBQ ..................................................................6 32. Southern ..................................................40-41 2. Top Rated Restaurants in Bentonville ...................7 33. Restaurants with Best Bars .............................42 3. Breakfast ..........................................................8 34. Sweet Treats ..................................................43 4. Burgers ............................................................9 35. Tex-Mex .......................................................44 5. Brunch ...........................................................10 36. Tacos ............................................................45 6. Chinese ...........................................................12 37. Antiques ........................................................46 7. Catfish ...........................................................13 38. Creative Fun Things To Do .............................48 8. Coffee ............................................................14 39. Art Galleries ..................................................49 9. Chicken ..........................................................15 40. Day Trips .......................................................50 10. Farm-to-Table ..............................................16 41. Live Music .....................................................52 11. Fine Dining ...................................................17 42. Fun Indoor Things For Kids To Do in NWA ....................................................54-55 12. Food Trucks .............................................18-19 43. Fun Outdoor Things For Kids To Do 13. Indian ..........................................................20 in NWA ....................................................56-57 14. Italian ..........................................................21 44. Ladies Night Out ...........................................58 15. Kids Eat Free Bentonville ...............................22 45. Micro-Brewery Hot Spots of NWA ..............60-61 16. Kids Eat Free Fayettville .............................22-23 46. Museums ..................................................62-63 17. Kids Eat Free Rogers ......................................24 47. Cycling Shops ................................................64 18. Kids Eat Free Springdale ................................25 48. Mountain Bike Trails ......................................65 19. Mediterranean ..............................................26 49. Boutiques ......................................................66 20. Mexican .......................................................27 50. Sports Bars ...................................................67 21. Great Food in Unusual Places in NWA ...........28 51. Wine Bars ......................................................68 22. On Trend Restaurants in Rogers .....................29 52. Bentonville Walking and Biking Trails ..............70 23. Best New Restaurants in NWA ........................30 53. B & B’s ..........................................................71 24. Pizza ............................................................32 54. Top Hotels with Indoor Pools ..........................72 25. Top Restaurants in Rogers