Toot Beirut – Khalid Alkatib & Tony Van Waning

In this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas Podcast, we’re in Rogers at Toot Beirut talking with Owner & Chef Khalid Alkatib and Manager Tony Van Waning, but before we hear from them?!?! FOOD NEWS!!! Memo’s Taco Shop is coming to Springdale! We’ll tell you where! Las Palmas on Sunset has closed, but it’s only temporary. We’ll tell you why! Say goodbye to Applebee’s in Springdale. It’s a wrap for Feltner’s Watta Burger. Taste of Rogers happens this week. We’ll tell you when! Strawberry Fest happens this weekend in downtown Fayetteville! Bites on B Street happens Saturday in Bentonville. We’ll tell you about it! In this week’s Flavors Flashback, we hear from Paula Jo Chitty Henry about starting the first food truck in Bentonville. You know it as Crepes Paulette! Khalid Alkatib is from a family of restauranteurs. He moved to Northwest Arkansas and immediately opened a restaurant, where he prides himself on the authenticity of their Middle Eastern food. How did he end up in NWA? Oh, and do you want to see something impressive? Look at their google reviews. Few in our area can boast what they’ve got. He’ll talk about the early days of putting together the menu as well as what’s most popular on it. We hear from Khalid Alkatib and Toot Beirut Manager Tony Van Waning next here on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast.