{"id":676,"date":"2010-08-17T12:53:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T17:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=676"},"modified":"2010-08-17T12:53:29","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T17:53:29","slug":"boscos-in-little-rock-beer-and-more-in-little-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/general\/boscos-in-little-rock-beer-and-more-in-little-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosco’s in Little Rock – Beer and More in Little Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n
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Bosco's Beer<\/p><\/div>\n

My wife and I went to dinner in Little Rock\u2019s Rivermarket district over the weekend and decided to eat at Bosco\u2019s\u00a0Restaurant and Brewing Co<\/a>.\u00a0 Bosco\u2019s has been in the Rivermarket for several years and is one of the few places around Little Rock that brews their own beer.\u00a0 They are primarily a restaurant but call themselves a \u201cRestaurant for Beer Lovers\u201d since they focus a lot of energy on the micro-brewery they have.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their homemade beers are some of the best in the state and have great flavor to them.\u00a0 They change the beers offered around quite a bit so you can\u00a0expect to find something new to try every few months.\u00a0 For dinner my wife had the Downtown Brown ($4.50) which is a strong and flavorful dark beer.\u00a0 They have many other choices including a sampler which gives you all of their beers in shot glass sizes for trying out.\u00a0 I recommend ordering it if you have never had their beer.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is dark inside with booths and tables to choose from.\u00a0 There is a large bar to one side while the restaurant is on the other side.\u00a0 There also exists a brick oven in the back for pizza making and has stools around it to eat at (and to watch them make pizzas.)\u00a0 I\u2019ve never sat around the pizza area but it looks like it could be fun.\u00a0 Overall the bar has\u00a0a casual feel to it that can be loud but not too much so.\u00a0 The bar can get busy but it does not affect the experience in the restaurant.<\/p>\n

For our appetizer we ordered the Smoked Duck Spring Rolls ($7) and for dinner we both ordered the Cedar Planked Salmon ($20).\u00a0 I didn\u2019t get a photo but the Smoked Duck Spring Rolls came out in about 5 minutes and had a nice flavor to them.\u00a0 They\u00a0were fried till crispy and served on a plate with a slightly spicy red sauce.\u00a0 I wished they served them with more sauce since it tasted so good but it was enough to be pleasing.\u00a0 The spring rolls are small but filled nicely with meat and well balanced.\u00a0 Overall\u00a0I liked the appetizer and would order it again.<\/p>\n

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Cedar Planked Salmon<\/p><\/div>\n

Our dinner arrived about 15 minutes after our appetizer did and both plates look identical.\u00a0 The Cedar Planked Salmon looks like its cooked in the brick oven as the cedar plank it sits on was slightly charred (which was a good thing.)\u00a0 The cedar infused a great flavor into the salmon and the soy glaze over the top was wonderful.\u00a0 I especially like how the seasoning and glaze they used prevents the fish from tasting \u201cfishy\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As you probably know, salmon is one of those fishes that can be overpowering due to the fat and oil content.\u00a0 At Bosco\u2019s, their cedar salmon dish succeeds in keeping this from being a problem and it results in one of the best filets of salmon you can order in town.\u00a0 The garlic mashed potatoes served on the side were great as well and had a nice texture to them.\u00a0 The only complaint I have is that my grilled asparagus had the texture of wood and was inedible.\u00a0 The asparagus needed about 5 more minutes of cooking.\u00a0 I recommend ordering the salmon if you ever go to Bosco\u2019s and plan on doing so again myself.<\/p>\n

For dessert I ordered the Cinnamon Bread Pudding ($6.50) to go as we were tired by this time.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take long to eat but we had been to a friends birthday party earlier and were ready to go home.\u00a0 I tried it when I got home and was very impressed.\u00a0 The bread pudding didn\u2019t look like much but it tasted great.\u00a0 Especially good was the vanilla ice-cream that had specs of vanilla bean in it.\u00a0 I usually don\u2019t get excited about vanilla ice cream but theirs tasted very good.\u00a0 I recommend ordering this dessert in the future.<\/p>\n

Bosco\u2019s is a\u00a0regional chain with locations in Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, and Franklin but is small enough to feel like a one of a kind place and changes enough as well.\u00a0 I\u2019ve enjoyed going there for years and plan to keep going there into the future.\u00a0 Give them a try!\u00a0<\/p>\n

The dress is casual and you do not need reservations.\u00a0 I also\u00a0recommend the Muffaletta sandwich<\/a> for lunch (they do not have it for dinner for some reason,) and the Black Bean Tamale for dinner.\u00a0 I also like the side of Garlic Fries they offer.\u00a0 They are not healthy but taste great.<\/p>\n

Boscos River Market
\n<\/strong>500 President Clinton Ave.
\nLittle Rock, AR 72201
\n501.907.1881<\/p>\n

Hours of Operation
\nMon \u2013 Thur: 11 AM \u2013 11 PM
\nFri \u2013 Sat: 11 AM \u2013 Midnight
\nSun: 10:30 AM \u2013 10 PM<\/p>\n

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By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com My wife and I went to dinner in Little Rock\u2019s Rivermarket district over the weekend and decided to eat at Bosco\u2019s\u00a0Restaurant and Brewing Co.\u00a0 Bosco\u2019s has been in the Rivermarket for several years and is one of the few places around Little Rock that brews their own beer.\u00a0 They are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,205],"tags":[228,226,227,141,112,142,72,131,229],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-reviews","tag-beer","tag-bosco","tag-boscos","tag-bread","tag-little","tag-pudding","tag-restaurant","tag-rock","tag-salmon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}