Mockingbird Kitchen- Chrissy Sanderson & Leigh Helm

In this week’s episode of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas, we’re in Fayetteville at Mockingbird Kitchen talking to co-owners Chrissy Sanderson & Leigh Helm, but before we get to them?!?!

FOOD NEWS!!

• The Compton Hotel opened their three food and bev concepts, with Sestina, The Eddy, and Field Notes. We’ll hear about the concepts from Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Vision Officer of Indigo Road, Steve Palmer.
• Hear how to win free tickets to Downtown Fayetteville’s Holiday Haul Brunch Crawl!
• Speaking of Downtown Fayetteville, Maxine’s is hosting their 12th Annual Nog-Off. We’ll give you the deets!
• The Fry will be opening soon in downtown Bentonville. We’ll tell you when!
• Looks like we’re going to have three restaurant openings in January. We’ll tell you who’s close to opening their doors!
• Happy anniversary to Kosmos Greek Café. It’s a BIG one!
• We go back to last April for this week’s Flavors Flashback to hear from Nellie B’s about moving from California and learning about dirt road deliveries!!

This month is a very momentous one for Mockingbird Kitchen. Chef Chrissy Sanderson and Leigh Helm opened the restaurant a decade ago this month! They’ll talk about what it was like getting the doors open back then, and how they’ve been able to thrive this long.

They’ll also talk about having to turn on a dime because of Covid. In fact, they’ll tell us about the day it happened, what it was like having to deal with something that you can’t prepare for, and how the community stepped up for them. Some fun stories there.

Finally, the food. Upscale, approachable, fresh and scratch-made. I had my introduction to stir-fried farro with shrimp, and I’m an evangelist now- and that Mockingbird Pie? We talk about that and more next here on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.