Guidebook for Fayetteville

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Guidebook for Fayetteville

Food Scene

There are many fine restaurants in Fayetteville, but it's hard to beat Penguin Ed's for consistently good food at a reasonable price. It's on Mission and Crossover, a mile from the Fayetteville Estate.
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Penguin Ed's Barbeque
2773 E Mission Blvd
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There are many fine restaurants in Fayetteville, but it's hard to beat Penguin Ed's for consistently good food at a reasonable price. It's on Mission and Crossover, a mile from the Fayetteville Estate.
Rick's is simply the best and most interesting bakery in Fayetteville. Good sandwiches and excellent coffee bar, too. Pastries to die for.
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Rick's Bakery
4600 W Rozell St
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Rick's is simply the best and most interesting bakery in Fayetteville. Good sandwiches and excellent coffee bar, too. Pastries to die for.
Hugo's is one of Fayetteville's iconic bar/restaurants on the Fayetteville Square--think Cheers, but with lots of people. Best burgers and fries in town.
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Hugo's
25 1/2 N Block Ave
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Hugo's is one of Fayetteville's iconic bar/restaurants on the Fayetteville Square--think Cheers, but with lots of people. Best burgers and fries in town.
Fun place for a craft beer and a great tasting and interesting pizza. Just south of the Fayetteville Square.
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Wood Stone Craft Pizza
557 S School Ave
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Fun place for a craft beer and a great tasting and interesting pizza. Just south of the Fayetteville Square.
Grandma's is a culinary experience, about a 40-minute drive into the mountains south of Fayetteville. Fun, too. Imagine an all-you-can-eat family-style meal topped off with a great selection of tasty pies.
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Grandmas House Café
21588 US-71
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Grandma's is a culinary experience, about a 40-minute drive into the mountains south of Fayetteville. Fun, too. Imagine an all-you-can-eat family-style meal topped off with a great selection of tasty pies.
Great Chinese food, actually as much as you want, at an excellent price, especially at lunch.
East Buffet
1320 N College Ave
Great Chinese food, actually as much as you want, at an excellent price, especially at lunch.
Just can't go wrong with Taste of Thai. Great Thai food at a reasonable price.
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Original A Taste of Thai
31 E Center St
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Just can't go wrong with Taste of Thai. Great Thai food at a reasonable price.

Drinks & Nightlife

The 21st Amendment is one of many excellent nightclubs in the Dickson Street entertainment district. Once on Dickson you can choose whatever suits your fancy. They are all within a few blocks.
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21st Amendment
406 W Dickson St
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The 21st Amendment is one of many excellent nightclubs in the Dickson Street entertainment district. Once on Dickson you can choose whatever suits your fancy. They are all within a few blocks.
JJ's is relatively new and has emerged as the "in place" to go for the "in crowd." It's a big place about a mile southwest of the NWA Mall with a lot of space indoors and outdoors.
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JJ's Beer Garden & Brewing Co.
3615 Steele Blvd
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JJ's is relatively new and has emerged as the "in place" to go for the "in crowd." It's a big place about a mile southwest of the NWA Mall with a lot of space indoors and outdoors.

Arts & Culture

People travel from all over the world just to see Crystal Bridges. It should be a high priority for any visitor to Northwest Arkansas.
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Museu de Arte Americano de Crystal Bridges
600 Museum Way
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People travel from all over the world just to see Crystal Bridges. It should be a high priority for any visitor to Northwest Arkansas.

Parks & Nature

We are a small MSA with a terrific Botanical Garden. If you have time and enjoy colorful natural settings, put this on your itinerary.
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Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
4703 N Crossover Rd
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We are a small MSA with a terrific Botanical Garden. If you have time and enjoy colorful natural settings, put this on your itinerary.
The Razorback Greenway is the spine of an amazing labyrinth of paved and natural trails that runs throughout Northwest Arkansas. Lots of walkers, hikers, bicyclists (all kinds), and various types of non-motorized vehicles. You can start on Dickson Street, Lake Fayetteville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, or a 100 other trails heads.
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Razorback Greenway
Razorback Regional Greenway
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The Razorback Greenway is the spine of an amazing labyrinth of paved and natural trails that runs throughout Northwest Arkansas. Lots of walkers, hikers, bicyclists (all kinds), and various types of non-motorized vehicles. You can start on Dickson Street, Lake Fayetteville, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, or a 100 other trails heads.
If your are an outdoors person, it doesn't get any better than the Buffalo National River: float, hike, swim, fish, camp, and so on.
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Buffalo National River Wilderness - Ponca Unit
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If your are an outdoors person, it doesn't get any better than the Buffalo National River: float, hike, swim, fish, camp, and so on.

Sightseeing

UA is one of America's great universities and at any give time, it has lots to see and do. For sure, park near campus in one of the high-rise parking lots, then take a walking tour of campus (you can't see much on a drive-through). The Senior Walk is unique to universities. Old Main is UA's most iconic buildings.
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Universidade de Arkansas
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UA is one of America's great universities and at any give time, it has lots to see and do. For sure, park near campus in one of the high-rise parking lots, then take a walking tour of campus (you can't see much on a drive-through). The Senior Walk is unique to universities. Old Main is UA's most iconic buildings.
Eureka Springs is a unique Victorian-era mountain town with 200 interesting shops and it's only a beautiful hour's drive from Fayetteville. It's a must-do day trip if you have the time, even if you don't particularly like to shop.
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Eureka Springs Farmers' Market
44 Kingshighway
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Eureka Springs is a unique Victorian-era mountain town with 200 interesting shops and it's only a beautiful hour's drive from Fayetteville. It's a must-do day trip if you have the time, even if you don't particularly like to shop.
The War Eagle Mill is a fun, kind-of touristy, stop on the way to Eureka Springs. Actually, it's on Hwy 303 about 10 minutes out of the way. Enjoy a great breakfast or lunch in the 3rd floor restaurant, do some shopping, and/or watch the mill's water wheel do its work.
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War Eagle Mill
11045 War Eagle Rd
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The War Eagle Mill is a fun, kind-of touristy, stop on the way to Eureka Springs. Actually, it's on Hwy 303 about 10 minutes out of the way. Enjoy a great breakfast or lunch in the 3rd floor restaurant, do some shopping, and/or watch the mill's water wheel do its work.
Want to see 100 big cats up close, really close. Stop by this wildlife refuge and take the 1-hour tour. You won't see this anywhere else, not even in Africa. It's on the way to Eureka Springs on Hwy 23.
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Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
239 Turpentine Creek Ln
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Want to see 100 big cats up close, really close. Stop by this wildlife refuge and take the 1-hour tour. You won't see this anywhere else, not even in Africa. It's on the way to Eureka Springs on Hwy 23.

Entertainment & Activities

The Walton Arts Center on Dickson Street in Northwest Arkansas's premier live performance venue. A wide variety of reasonably priced and top-level performances are scheduled just about every week throughout the year.
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Centro de Artes de Walton
495 W Dickson St
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The Walton Arts Center on Dickson Street in Northwest Arkansas's premier live performance venue. A wide variety of reasonably priced and top-level performances are scheduled just about every week throughout the year.
The Arkansas Music Pavilion, located just of I49 in Rogers, is part of the Walton Arts Center and offers big-name performances throughout the year in an 11,000 seat open air venue (3000 seats are under a tented area).
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Arkansas Music Pavilion
5079 W Northgate Rd
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The Arkansas Music Pavilion, located just of I49 in Rogers, is part of the Walton Arts Center and offers big-name performances throughout the year in an 11,000 seat open air venue (3000 seats are under a tented area).

Shopping

This large shopping center in north Fayetteville has 100 specialty stores, a food court, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Sears department stores--all indoors. Adjacent to and south of the mall are at least as many retail establishments that cover all the bases, including a Walmart Superstore and a large number of excellent restaurants.
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Shopping Northwest Arkansas
4201 N Shiloh Dr
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This large shopping center in north Fayetteville has 100 specialty stores, a food court, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Sears department stores--all indoors. Adjacent to and south of the mall are at least as many retail establishments that cover all the bases, including a Walmart Superstore and a large number of excellent restaurants.
Pinnacle Hills Promenade is a retail lifestyle center in Rogers, Arkansas. Opened in 2006, it features Cabela's, Dillard's, J. C. Penney, Target, and Best Buy as its anchor stores. It also includes a Malco Theatres movie theater. The Promenade is surrounded by many other retail outlets and excellent restaurants.
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Pinnacle Hills Promenade
2203 S Promenade Blvd
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Pinnacle Hills Promenade is a retail lifestyle center in Rogers, Arkansas. Opened in 2006, it features Cabela's, Dillard's, J. C. Penney, Target, and Best Buy as its anchor stores. It also includes a Malco Theatres movie theater. The Promenade is surrounded by many other retail outlets and excellent restaurants.
This is one of three Sam's Clubs in Northwest Arkansas, all along the I49 corridor, the others being in Springdale (Exit 72) and Rogers (Exit 86). The Fayetteville Sam's Club is at Exit 66. All of the Sam's Club in Northwest Arkansas are state-of-the-art wholesale retail, after all, Northwest Arkansas is it's world headquarters.
Sam's Club
3081 AR-112
This is one of three Sam's Clubs in Northwest Arkansas, all along the I49 corridor, the others being in Springdale (Exit 72) and Rogers (Exit 86). The Fayetteville Sam's Club is at Exit 66. All of the Sam's Club in Northwest Arkansas are state-of-the-art wholesale retail, after all, Northwest Arkansas is it's world headquarters.