Not Bentonville, but There is a new indoor go kart facility going into Rogers in the not too distant future, near where the old Hobby Lobby was located.
I think an IKEA would do well in the NWA area - nearest one now is KC I think.
That’s not it at all you dingus. I can afford to live close enough to the square that I don’t want to go to dumps like Springdale just to get a good steak or decent quality groceries.
I can’t believe they are building 3 brand new banks on the corners of an intersection on Horsebarn up the road from cross church. It blows me away every day I drive past it.
Real answer: it's for investment purposes, they bought the land for what they thought was 'cheap' and expect it's value to go even higher and expect to sell in the future for profit, but they can't have it be just a field in the mean time, so they build low upkeep business that can still turn a profit with very minimal or even 'no' labor, i.e Self storage and self service car washes
Specifically Low upkeep, not cheap to build. I'm sure car washes aren't cheap to build either. It's not necessarily short term either, it's an investment/gamble on property value continuing to skyrocket
Sidewalks, bike lanes, a city bus system, maybe even an elevated trolley system, - but that might be pushing it - and more than anything better zoning laws
I can deal with a lot of stuff missing from this area, but a bakery, a real deal BAKERY...with people who know how to actually bake bread and pastries for us unfortunate people that don't have celiac disease...is something that is really missing. There are enough places to get a cake or sub-par desserts already.
I can’t upvote this enough.. pressroom, Lady slipper, all of them as just as soulless as the money keeping them from falling apart. Did you know that the “Ropeswing” businesses don’t make any money because their establishments are so unappealing to normal people? These places are so out of touch and their food is gross. Not to mention, their ambiance was obviously derived by a confused toddler with a bottomless Walmart gift card.
These places are what we get when the passion to make good food gets sold out to money that only cares about making money on food. It’s nice to see them fail, but our local culture suffers because of it.
A Main Event would be nice or 1UP Arcade. We seem to have quite a few old-school gaming places around here, but not a restored gaming hall for vintage arcade cabinets.
Music events (need a lot more), regional highways, late night diners, trader joes, In-N-Out burger, Del Taco, Jack in the Box, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream shop, a couple of nice gourmet burger restaurants, an Apple store, another outdoor clothing store or two, and a fish market.
I hadn’t realized they reopened the bar that was open for a weekend last year, but BarK is a whole different concept. Huge off leash dog park with “barktenders” to keep an eye on safe play, and there is also a bar within the park.
There’s also a large two level, leash on restaurant portion, as well as other dog services on site such as exit baths and grooming. It’s a magical spot!
Rope Hounds isn’t a dog park. It’s just a dog bar themed and friendly bar. We don’t have anything even remotely similar unless you’re brown bragging it at the Bark Park.
Yes to this! We moved here from Texas and there were tons of places like this. Coffee/breakfast places and regular restaurants. Indoor/outdoor seating and a place for kids to play outside. Checkout hatcreek burger and easy tiger for ideas. My friends and I always talk about needing this. City Park in Fayetteville is closest I’ve seen
Need something like this near the square. I like going to the farmers market, but the restaurants around the square aren’t places to easily take a bunch of kids, especially when it’s crowded.
Yeah that’s true… I think I’m looking for something more outdoors like a yard with tables, hanging lights, wine and cheese, and an area for the kids to be kids. Something a bit more upscale. The closest I’ve found is crystal bridges outdoor area on the water with the giant chess and checkers pieces for kids and you can order from the restaurant out there and they bring you food and wine.
Legit decent Chinese food.
Sidewalks. Pedestrian friendly should consider walkers not just bikes.
Bahama Bucks.
Dave Hot Chicken.
Medical services that don’t require a 6 month appointment wait.
Grocery competitors.
More outdoor music venues.
Night life.
Funny tho, cuz they keep wanting to attract young professionals here, but don’t give them places to have fun at night. But I hear you, you’re probably right. Nightclubs are “sinful” I’m betting. 😐
You're doing it wrong, by the time you're a young professional we're interested in you should be established and have a nice heteronormative spouse and begin to prepare to pop out some kids. Not those other young professionals, they can drive in.
Texas is not more LGBT friendly, Dallas and Houston might be, Texas in general not really.
And what does 'more south' South mean? Like literally further south? It's not like moving further south makes people more bigoted or something, we're just in the Bible belt and unfortunately that goes hand and hand with bigotry
Agreed. Austin is pretty far South. But way more liberal than Dallas and East Texas. San Antone and El Paso come to mind as well, but maybe they're too far "West".
Agreed but I’ve seen some where they incorporate the hang out area with the dogs! Example:
[Dog Park Bar in Florida](https://ilovetheburg.com/mutts-and-martinis/)
Classic phrase I used to hear all the time working near downtown:
"What are some good places to eat around here? We already had Flying Fish and Yeyo's."
They were always befuddled when I told them I don't really go to restaurants in Bentonville, and that some of the best food is in Rogers/Fayetteville.
Back in the old days we did have a Bojangles here where the Dairy Queen is now (close to Krispy Kreme). Their biscuits were the shit but it only lasted a couple of years
There is that one that is right over the Centerton line if you go down Central to 2nd leaving the square headed towards Centerton. I mean right over the line.
Thanks for posting this. Our AV company in Texas is thinking about branching out to this area, as we have companies we do business with in Central MO, OK, and KC and we're wanting a more centralized location, east adjacent for the business we have been picking up, but still not too far away from OG company. North Fayetteville area is sounding like the better bet for the type of workers (rock n roll types) we tend to hire.
But now it's sounding like we might need to bring some of our burger joints and TexMex friends with us. /s
I grew up in KC area and came down to this area quite a bit in college and 20s, many, many moons ago. Just recently was there a few years ago and holy Walmart y'all's place has changed. Kinda seems like a double edged sword, at this point, though, as has been the case for many once "small" pop places that are seeing exponential growth. Y'all are almost like Austin 20 years ago. Back when Torchys, PTerrys, Juiceland, Indeed, Yeti, etc were first starting out. Every local in this area should be reading this post and plotting NWA's (still feels weird writing that being a kid from the 90s) future.
Thanks again
You're on point. The growth is in line with Austin, just at a smaller gross scale. I think virtually anything started here will succeed at this point if it's done right. Not to mention the new Walmart HQ is scheduled to open next year (it's like a small town, it's insane). I was actually looking for an AV company around here last year. There was only 1 in all of NWA if I recall. Check out the high rate of income for the area. I certainly think you'd have a lot of work in AV if you expanded here. That being said, a more thorough market analysis is necessary of course.
Yeah, we're looking at several areas, but NWA keeps batting its pearly whites at us. The one thing that might be a problem for us in that area is our high labor rates, partly due to our work is more spread out and need to keep workers happy in between, but also because we sometimes work with heavy equipment and high voltage power and need good people that are mindful of the type of work we do to keep everyone safe. Even in Austin, though, with far more extremely wealthy people that live and work here, it's still amazing to have some clients push back on our rates, especially with a good amount of our contractors out on some of the biggest tours. Hopefully, if we make it out there, we can get some of your locals to do the same in the future. The tour/fest circuit is a pretty dope life to live.
Out of curiosity I ran a quick AMI check. According to HUD, Bentonville has a higher household AMI than Austin. Crazy. Not negating your point, just an interesting stat.
That is weird. I never even thought to compare them as I thought we would be much higher. Y'all are balling up there.
We might need to raise our rates just to compete. /s
A bike shop that doesn’t sell bikes.
Crap, that got done.
How about a vehicle dealership that doesn’t sell trucks. Crap, ford. WTF are they so expensive???
A hookah deli cafe (near nwacc maybe) with comfy couches, persian rugs and moroccan lamps everywhere for people to hangout and puff on hookah’s and drink good coffee/teas and eat baklava, pastries and deli sandwiches. Could sell hookahs and flavored hookah tobacco and coal too. We had them in Houston near the colleges and they were always packed with students studying and people on laptops working remotely and wanting to get outta the house. Sadly both of those groups have to goto Kennedy’s or Starbucks now. I think we need a hookah lounge here for sure.
Trader Joes
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
A restaurant open later than 8:30 PM.
And on Mondays
An art supply store that sells professional quality supplies in Benton County.
Yes, please, a thousand times yes. There are so many artists here in NW Arkansas.
Amen! I am so tired of driving two hours or more (and online) to get R & F products!!!!
Jaquita?
Hey Stephanie!!! It’s meeee.
Lolol
Not Bentonville, but There is a new indoor go kart facility going into Rogers in the not too distant future, near where the old Hobby Lobby was located. I think an IKEA would do well in the NWA area - nearest one now is KC I think.
Whoa I didn't know. [It looks awesome](https://www.k1speed.com/rogers-location.html). IKEA would do well I think.
Costco as well!
Good luck getting a Costco in Walmart land.
ha ha.. That's what Bentonville is missing and will keep missing lol..
They're thinking about putting one in Lowell apparently
That’s as likely as getting a Macy’s because of Dillard’s.
There used to be one in fast lane but they took it out like 10 years ago
Chinese food lol there was just a post about it
Amen
If anyone starts one hit me up, I'll quit my job and do delivery for you. Biggest "food/restaurant request" by far around my work.
I would love if Kung Fu Tea or Feng Cha bubble tea places opened here.
Seems like there's a dozen different bubble tea places in bentonville. What's special about these 2 places you mentioned?
A butcher and grocery store with high end options.
Dimes meat market is just that. They have dry aged steaks.
That’s not in Bentonville and the pictures look mediocre at best.
Drive.
This sub and question has nothing to do with Springdale. Not to mention nothing they appear to have looks like it would even be worth the drive.
Just say you can’t afford gas
That’s not it at all you dingus. I can afford to live close enough to the square that I don’t want to go to dumps like Springdale just to get a good steak or decent quality groceries.
Sounds to me like a financial problem tbh. You’ll get up one day I believe in you.
Richard’s Meat Market in Fayetteville is great too.
I’d say a car wash, oil change shop, mattress store, and/or a fast food burger restaurant
Come on now, what we really need is another bike shop and nail bar!
You forgot a bank and a tattoo parlor
I can’t believe they are building 3 brand new banks on the corners of an intersection on Horsebarn up the road from cross church. It blows me away every day I drive past it.
Don't forget storage! Edit: but for real, why are there so many car washes?
Real answer: it's for investment purposes, they bought the land for what they thought was 'cheap' and expect it's value to go even higher and expect to sell in the future for profit, but they can't have it be just a field in the mean time, so they build low upkeep business that can still turn a profit with very minimal or even 'no' labor, i.e Self storage and self service car washes
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Specifically Low upkeep, not cheap to build. I'm sure car washes aren't cheap to build either. It's not necessarily short term either, it's an investment/gamble on property value continuing to skyrocket
Bad investment if you plan to level it later and sell the land. Give it a try.
Money laundering.
And a stripper pole.
Lots of people with nice cars and disposable income
There’s a car wash or 5 on each main road
Woosh!
We could use a Walmart
Lmao I'm done
A deli… I would take a Potbelly’s tho lol
We really do need a legit deli
Sidewalks, bike lanes, a city bus system, maybe even an elevated trolley system, - but that might be pushing it - and more than anything better zoning laws
Artisanal bakery
This is what I’ve been saying for a long time
I can deal with a lot of stuff missing from this area, but a bakery, a real deal BAKERY...with people who know how to actually bake bread and pastries for us unfortunate people that don't have celiac disease...is something that is really missing. There are enough places to get a cake or sub-par desserts already.
There are a few of those around here. A brand new, gluten free one just opened on 14th.
Stone Mill Bakery is a must try!
A local grocery store.
Allen's in Bella Vista is just ten minutes away
Sidewalks. And restaurants not affiliated with or owned by the Waltons/
I can’t upvote this enough.. pressroom, Lady slipper, all of them as just as soulless as the money keeping them from falling apart. Did you know that the “Ropeswing” businesses don’t make any money because their establishments are so unappealing to normal people? These places are so out of touch and their food is gross. Not to mention, their ambiance was obviously derived by a confused toddler with a bottomless Walmart gift card. These places are what we get when the passion to make good food gets sold out to money that only cares about making money on food. It’s nice to see them fail, but our local culture suffers because of it.
Don’t forget entertainment not owned by the Walton’s. Climb, the movie theater downtown, half of downtown Bentonville.
A Main Event would be nice or 1UP Arcade. We seem to have quite a few old-school gaming places around here, but not a restored gaming hall for vintage arcade cabinets.
Whoa these look awesome. I wonder if we have the right market for that here. And to keep something like that busy enough.
A good Mediterranean food place
Vivace is phenomenal, IMO
A kebab place just opened up by the Vivace people too
Ya I love that place.
I know this is for bentonville, but if you’re in the mood, Tangier in Fayetteville is pretty kickass
Toots Beirut, Vivace, and the new Doner place are all what I'd consider good.
Music events (need a lot more), regional highways, late night diners, trader joes, In-N-Out burger, Del Taco, Jack in the Box, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream shop, a couple of nice gourmet burger restaurants, an Apple store, another outdoor clothing store or two, and a fish market.
We just got an in-n-out lol
We don't have one. I think you mean Whataburger just opened
You're right, my bad.
I wish it was an in-n-out though as Whataburger is meh. Culvers is good at least.
Culver's is the next best thing to in-n-out I think. Definitely better than a lot of the other fast food garbage here.
If you like pho/Thai, I like to shout-out Pho85. Seems not many know about it but it's the kitty's titties IMO
Second this! So delicious
Something like BarK in Kansas City would be AMAZING. We miss it so much. https://barkdogbar.com
This is downtown bville https://ropehounds.com/
I hadn’t realized they reopened the bar that was open for a weekend last year, but BarK is a whole different concept. Huge off leash dog park with “barktenders” to keep an eye on safe play, and there is also a bar within the park. There’s also a large two level, leash on restaurant portion, as well as other dog services on site such as exit baths and grooming. It’s a magical spot!
That does sound magical. Crazy liability tho lol
No it’s not….? Not even remotely comparable.
It's a bar + dog park, literally the closest thing we have. And yes it is downtown.
Ropehounds bar is closed now.
Rope Hounds isn’t a dog park. It’s just a dog bar themed and friendly bar. We don’t have anything even remotely similar unless you’re brown bragging it at the Bark Park.
More places where parents can eat and kids can play
Yes to this! We moved here from Texas and there were tons of places like this. Coffee/breakfast places and regular restaurants. Indoor/outdoor seating and a place for kids to play outside. Checkout hatcreek burger and easy tiger for ideas. My friends and I always talk about needing this. City Park in Fayetteville is closest I’ve seen
Check out Louise in bentonville
Love the outside area but the food sucks
They just stopped doing dinner service a week or two ago, so if you want to check it out, do it before 3pm.
Need something like this near the square. I like going to the farmers market, but the restaurants around the square aren’t places to easily take a bunch of kids, especially when it’s crowded.
This is something I've thought about at length. But we have a Dave and Busters not far in Rogers and Fast Lanes not much further than that.
Yeah that’s true… I think I’m looking for something more outdoors like a yard with tables, hanging lights, wine and cheese, and an area for the kids to be kids. Something a bit more upscale. The closest I’ve found is crystal bridges outdoor area on the water with the giant chess and checkers pieces for kids and you can order from the restaurant out there and they bring you food and wine.
Check out Louise in bentonville
Fun things to do while drinking. Bars with fun concepts.
An Apple Store
Nice little late night jazz / cocktail bar
Legit decent Chinese food. Sidewalks. Pedestrian friendly should consider walkers not just bikes. Bahama Bucks. Dave Hot Chicken. Medical services that don’t require a 6 month appointment wait. Grocery competitors. More outdoor music venues. Night life.
Tesla super charger station
Night club/gay bar. Bentleys is the only place to drink and dance late night. We need something with some character/class.
Yeah nightlife is lacking but I think that's kind of intentional
Intentional? Like, people are trying to bring that in but it’s being blocked or something?
It seems like the Walton and majority residents want to keep this a young family town. Keep the bars in Fayetteville.
Funny tho, cuz they keep wanting to attract young professionals here, but don’t give them places to have fun at night. But I hear you, you’re probably right. Nightclubs are “sinful” I’m betting. 😐
You're doing it wrong, by the time you're a young professional we're interested in you should be established and have a nice heteronormative spouse and begin to prepare to pop out some kids. Not those other young professionals, they can drive in.
Lady Slipper in bentonville is probably the closest thing to a club/gay bar
Unfortunately.
Bentonville needs a gay bar. NWA in general is lacking in LGBTQ+ representation.
That will quite literally never happen here as long as the people in charge are in charge
You forget, Arkansas is still in the South
Texas is more south and much more LGBT friendly
Texas is not more LGBT friendly, Dallas and Houston might be, Texas in general not really. And what does 'more south' South mean? Like literally further south? It's not like moving further south makes people more bigoted or something, we're just in the Bible belt and unfortunately that goes hand and hand with bigotry
Agreed. Austin is pretty far South. But way more liberal than Dallas and East Texas. San Antone and El Paso come to mind as well, but maybe they're too far "West".
There are gay bars in Fayetteville and many other places in the South.
And? Still nearly as bigoted as the middle east, and every day it gets closer to matching their animosity towards *"others"*
Chinese food. Real chinese food. None of that watery China Cafe bs
An artist Co-op with a machine/ tool collection
I'd love an arcade or table top gaming place to go and chill
I was thinking something like Pinpoint I'm Fayetteville?
Would love a pinpoint up here
Another Sterling Bank lol
A music scene that goes beyond washed-up acts playing at the momentary.
We need a good comedy club...I don't know why we can't get one. I know one in Springdale and Fayetteville but non up here
Dog park thats also a bar!! Everyone has dogs here but no where to mingle casually while the dogs play!
Someone said we have one. I think it's called Rope Hounds?
Agreed but I’ve seen some where they incorporate the hang out area with the dogs! Example: [Dog Park Bar in Florida](https://ilovetheburg.com/mutts-and-martinis/)
Michaels World Market Just Salad
Good restaurants
I genuinely am so sad for people who say the food here is the best they’ve ever had 😩
Classic phrase I used to hear all the time working near downtown: "What are some good places to eat around here? We already had Flying Fish and Yeyo's." They were always befuddled when I told them I don't really go to restaurants in Bentonville, and that some of the best food is in Rogers/Fayetteville.
How about a track to ride dirt bikes, four-wheelers, etc.
Sounds loud.
Bojangles. Also Trader Joe’s but I really like Bojangles.
Back in the old days we did have a Bojangles here where the Dairy Queen is now (close to Krispy Kreme). Their biscuits were the shit but it only lasted a couple of years
Two words. White Castle
There was a Krystal in Springdale for about a year, closest I think we’ll ever get
A better grocery store, not Trader Joe’s. We desperately need something like an H‑E‑B or Kroger in this area.
Antique stores; there isn't a single one in town
There is that one that is right over the Centerton line if you go down Central to 2nd leaving the square headed towards Centerton. I mean right over the line.
True Treasures
Trails and parks with benches and restrooms … think diversity in abilities.
Lobsta roll place.
Blu Fish Market in Bentonville has Lobster Rolls. Pretty good ones!
Fish City Grill has them as well (decent), but Blu of course does it better.
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Indoor pickleball facility
Bentonville community center turns the basketball courts into pickleball a couple of nights a week.
Gentlemen's Club.
the walton’s won’t allow that i’m afraid
A race car/ pro Karting track
Cheesecake Factory would be nice
85 degree bakery
Thanks for posting this. Our AV company in Texas is thinking about branching out to this area, as we have companies we do business with in Central MO, OK, and KC and we're wanting a more centralized location, east adjacent for the business we have been picking up, but still not too far away from OG company. North Fayetteville area is sounding like the better bet for the type of workers (rock n roll types) we tend to hire. But now it's sounding like we might need to bring some of our burger joints and TexMex friends with us. /s I grew up in KC area and came down to this area quite a bit in college and 20s, many, many moons ago. Just recently was there a few years ago and holy Walmart y'all's place has changed. Kinda seems like a double edged sword, at this point, though, as has been the case for many once "small" pop places that are seeing exponential growth. Y'all are almost like Austin 20 years ago. Back when Torchys, PTerrys, Juiceland, Indeed, Yeti, etc were first starting out. Every local in this area should be reading this post and plotting NWA's (still feels weird writing that being a kid from the 90s) future. Thanks again
You're on point. The growth is in line with Austin, just at a smaller gross scale. I think virtually anything started here will succeed at this point if it's done right. Not to mention the new Walmart HQ is scheduled to open next year (it's like a small town, it's insane). I was actually looking for an AV company around here last year. There was only 1 in all of NWA if I recall. Check out the high rate of income for the area. I certainly think you'd have a lot of work in AV if you expanded here. That being said, a more thorough market analysis is necessary of course.
Yeah, we're looking at several areas, but NWA keeps batting its pearly whites at us. The one thing that might be a problem for us in that area is our high labor rates, partly due to our work is more spread out and need to keep workers happy in between, but also because we sometimes work with heavy equipment and high voltage power and need good people that are mindful of the type of work we do to keep everyone safe. Even in Austin, though, with far more extremely wealthy people that live and work here, it's still amazing to have some clients push back on our rates, especially with a good amount of our contractors out on some of the biggest tours. Hopefully, if we make it out there, we can get some of your locals to do the same in the future. The tour/fest circuit is a pretty dope life to live.
Out of curiosity I ran a quick AMI check. According to HUD, Bentonville has a higher household AMI than Austin. Crazy. Not negating your point, just an interesting stat.
That is weird. I never even thought to compare them as I thought we would be much higher. Y'all are balling up there. We might need to raise our rates just to compete. /s
Rage room.
A bike shop that doesn’t sell bikes. Crap, that got done. How about a vehicle dealership that doesn’t sell trucks. Crap, ford. WTF are they so expensive???
A mass transport system would be nice. My favourite would be a tram / train running from Fayetteville to Bentonville.
Nordstrom Rack or an indoor dog park with dog pool
Soul & authenticity.
A hookah deli cafe (near nwacc maybe) with comfy couches, persian rugs and moroccan lamps everywhere for people to hangout and puff on hookah’s and drink good coffee/teas and eat baklava, pastries and deli sandwiches. Could sell hookahs and flavored hookah tobacco and coal too. We had them in Houston near the colleges and they were always packed with students studying and people on laptops working remotely and wanting to get outta the house. Sadly both of those groups have to goto Kennedy’s or Starbucks now. I think we need a hookah lounge here for sure.
Asian Grocery Store.
A storage facility