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During the last six months, John Hudec and his wife and co-owner, Heather, have focused a lot of attention on the Rogers location of Boars Nest Bar, Grill and Barbeque. It is their passion. "We've had a great response," John said. "Popularity is increasing and we've had a great response from folks. Our focus is on making sure everybody is taken care of and our food is topnotch." The couple, who previously operated the Boars Nest locations in Fayetteville and Rogers, have reluctantly shuttered the Fayetteville location, and gone all-in on their Rogers sports bar and restaurant. "We are focused heavily on bar food," John said. "It's really good bar food. Everything is made fresh and made to order. We smoke our own pork belly, pastrami, and tenderloin, as well as our WINGS, chicken, brisket, pork and ribs, for sandwiches. We make our own chips and hand cut fries. If you come in here, you will see it's a family friendly bar with great food." John was a culinary manager in Dallas for many years. When this opportunity arose, he and Heather jumped on it. With TVs in every booth and personal TV remotes at the family friendly establishment, kids can eat, watch what they want and parents can entertain themselves with hard darts, pool or mixing with friends and singing karaoke. "We have a great menu for kids," Heather said. "Children 10-years old and younger eat free, as long as they are with a paid adult. They can order off the kid's menu; sliders, mac and cheese, grilled cheese and chicken tenders - all free." The couple believes they have created a menu with something for everybody. But each of the owners has their own menu favorite. "Our Chili Mac has absolutely the best chili in town," John said. "Our macaroni and cheese is to die for." John said the chili at Boars Nest is second to none. "Our chili is our three-bean brisket chili," he said. "We use our brisket in the chili. It has black beans, pinto beans and kidney beans. It's based on my recipe from growing up in Texas, just not as hot. People can modify it if they want. It's always easy to heat something up, but it's hard to take the heat out of it." Their chili, he said, can be added to many menu favorites. "You can have a bowl of chili," he said. "Or, get our chili mac and cheese. Instead of spaghetti, we use macaroni. You can put it on our cheese fries or nachos, hot dogs or a hamburger. Our burgers are all hand- pattied daily." Continued on page 47 featured dining guide story Advertorial Feature BY DAVE WOODS NWA DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Boars Nest… far more than a sports bar Rogers sports bar, grill and barbeque restaurant serving up wide variety of food and beverage APRIL 8-14, 2018 WHAT'S UP! 43