The Hive at 21C- Micah Klasky

On this week’s edition of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast, we celebrate one year! 52 weeks of podcasts down, thousands to go!

We’re at The Hive in the 21C Hotel talking with the super-energetic Executive Chef, Micah Klasky. What a great interview... but first? Food News!!

It’s an unusually busy week of food news, both good news and bad...

• Casa Magnolia opened last Friday in downtown Springdale. We’ll hear from Chef Rafael Rios
• Speaking of Chef Rios, Yeyo’s at the 8th Street Market is closed temporarily, we’ll tell you why.
• Former Fayetteville Food Truck, Dot’s Nashville Hot Chicken is now in a brick and mortar
• Now for the not-so-great news. Con Pilas Coffee House in Springdale officially shut their doors this past weekend, as did Doomsday Coffee in Siloam, and The Fat Chef at Prairie Creek.

Micah Klasky is from the Dallas-area, but spent his formative years growing up in Jonesboro... From a very young age, one of the tv shows he grew up watching was the greatness of Justin Wilson. If you’ve never heard of Justin Wilson, just look him up on YouTube. He was an exceptional Cajun cook and could absolutely spin a yarn. You’ll see what I mean... he was the best.

So, Micah was destined to cook, obviously.

He started making his way through the business because of a mentor that he connected with. It included a seasonal work-trip to the east coast. Micah will tell you that story. He’ll also talk about some of the best advice he’s gotten, and it’s the same advice that I’ve given before when talking to college kids.

What got him from Little Rock to Bentonville in 2014? He’ll tell us.

Also, he’s super-passionate about No Kid Hungry. He talks about 2 fundraisers he’s doing for them, including a chef’s dinner with some insanely talented chefs, and there will be some Michelin Stars represented at that dinner.

Please listen or watch wherever you get your podcasts.