What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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march 15-21, 2020 What's up! 43 Questions about this or other dining features? Contact Karen Rice at 479-571-6474 or krice@NWADG.com Penguin Ed's LOCATION: 6347 W. Wedington Dr. (Penguin Ed's West) PhONe: (479) 251-7429 hOURS: Sunday-Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday-Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. LOCATION: 230 S. East Ave. (Penguin Ed's B&B) PhONe: (479) 521-3663 hOURS: Monday-Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: 2773 E. Mission Blvd. (Penguin Ed's Bar-B-Que) PhONe: (479) 587-8646 hOURS: Sunday-Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Breakfast Saturday & Sunday 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ONLINe: penguineds.com nwacaterpros.com Arriving at 6 a.m. every morning, Amber diligently and meticulously begins her day baking Audrey's cookies. "You really can't be mad about getting up early to bake cookies," she laughs. Amber knows how important the cookies are to Ed and his regulars, and after explaining how she is sort of a control freak, she adds, "when you bite into that cookie, you want it to taste just like you remember. We make them fresh every morning, and consistency is everything." Halzle is passionate about baking, and she literally holds the key to Audrey's secret family recipes. Her favorite, like so many of Ed's cookie-lovers, is the Chocolate Chip Toffee Pecan; but she let me in on a little secret: the Neiman Marcus is the best "breakfast" cookie, and it goes perfectly with a cup of coffee. A full breakfast menu is available on weekends from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Penguin Ed's Mission location, complete with pastries from their bakery. Penguin Ed's restaurant concept began with a limited menu and the intention of serving home-smoked barbecue to the working lunch crowd. The story behind the penguins is a little more bizarre. During what was possibly a heat- induced daze caused by the cramped and over-heated conditions of the original food-trailer, Knight decided to make a paper mache emperor penguin colony. Whether it was just delirium or all part of a master plan, we may never know; but Knight had had a long-standing admiration for the way penguins share the good and the bad together to survive. Knight fondly remembers stories of penguin memorabilia being donated to the restaurants, as many of his 25 plus year collection of 3,000 penguins are gifts; but most notably, he said, "was a gal whose dying wish was to leave her collection of over a hundred penguins to us." Among so many others, some of the most noticeable penguins in their collection are the seven-foot statues that the Knights dress up and march in such events as the Mardi Gras Parade. Nowadays, a full breakfast menu is available on weekends from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Penguin Ed's Mission location, complete with pastries from their bakery. Check out penguineds.com or visit their Facebook page to see each location's weekly specials, study their full menu and cookie flavors, or request a catering event.