North Little Rock’s annual Taste of the Town runs from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29 at Dickey-Stephens Park. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door, space permitting. Vendors include American Pie Pizza, Argenta Market, Moe’s Southwest Grill and Lombardi Lemon Liquers.
Find the winners of the World Cheese Dip Championship held last Saturday at War Memorial Stadium below, and read an account of the event from Eat Arkansas’s Kat Robinson at staging.arktimes.com/cheesedip.
First place (Big Dipper) professional: Dogtown Coffee and Cookery First place (Big Dipper) amateur: The Concheeztadors Second place (Little Dipper) professional: Dizzy’s Gypsy Bistro Second place (Little Dipper) amateur: Team Roberts People’s choice professional: Dizzy’s Gypsy Bistro People’s choice amateur: Team Roberts Best use of meat in a dip, professional: Balcony Restaurant Culinary Team of the Basin Park Hotel Best use of meat in a dip, amateur: Mamma Chelle’s Best decorated booth, professional: Moe’s Southwest Grill Best decorated booth, amateur: DD’s Most innovative dip, professional: Ferneau Most innovative dip, amateur: The Concheeztadors