The farms of Jefferson County stretch for thousands of acres over hundreds of square miles in south central Arkansas, row after row of leafy green fields, billowing amber row crops and myriad garden plots sprouting greens and beans and tomatoes…
Saracen Casino Resort
- PeopleSponsoredSponsored Content
All In: Eagerness to Learn Key to Legends Room Chef’s Culinary Prowess
Chef De’Mon Strickland is no novice when it comes to cooking. As executive room chef at Legends Sports Bar at Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, he runs the kitchen, handling everything from food prep and ordering to scheduling and…
Southwest Oklahoma native Carlton Saffa found himself immersed in the beauty of Arkansas for the first time while driving through the Bobby Hopper Tunnel on what is now Interstate 49. As a senior in high school, he ventured to Fayetteville…
- SponsoredSponsored Content
Home Cookin’: Grandma’s Dishes Set the Stage for Saracen Express Room Chef
Feature photo by Photo by Jamie Lee Helping her grandmother in the kitchen in her hometown of Grady was just the start for Pamela Scott, who now serves as room chef of the employee market and Saracen Express at…
Honoring young business professionals is the dominant narrative in our culture: success and fulfillment are encouraged and recognized at the dawn of adulthood (or even sooner, if you can manage it). But achievements don’t come instantly, and success is becoming…
- AMP NewsBusinessConstruction/Real EstateEconomics
Work Underway to Build Hotel and Event Center at Saracen
Visitors to Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff can start betting on when they will be able to book a room at the new hotel or a conference at the event center (spoiler alert: in about two years). The long-awaited…
- Retail/restaurantsSponsoredSponsored Content
Fusion: Quapaw Kitchen Chef Marries International Dishes with Tastes of Jamaican Homeland
Why try one style when you can blend two? That is the philosophy of Deon Thomas, executive room chef at Saracen Casino Resort’s Quapaw Kitchen, who has been mixing and matching flavors since her childhood in Jamaica, when she discovered…
Online sports betting exploded in popularity across the United States following a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2018 that made the betting legal nationwide. Here in Arkansas, online wagering took off when the state’s three existing casinos debuted their online…
- MagazineSponsoredSponsored Content
Big Easy Flavor: Saracen Executive Sous Chef Brings Creole Background to the Table
When it comes to big, bold, Creole flavors, diners can bet on Tyrone Fox, executive sous chef at Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff. He began working in kitchens at age 14 in New Orleans, where he worked his way…
- BusinessFoodIndustriesMagazinePeopleRetail/restaurants
Top Chop: Seasoned Chef Takes the Cake at Red Oak
Having worked at high-class restaurants such as the Capital One Eleven in Little Rock and Warren Stephens’ award-winning and exclusive Alotian Club in western Pulaski County, MatÃas de Matthaeis is definitely in his element as executive chef at Saracen Casino…