If you haven't noticed, we like talking about food. Not only the new and upcoming places, but what are some of the iconic, local spots that our parent's clammer on about? Well, last night, Arkansas Heritage announced the winners for the 2021 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame.

• The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame is celebrating its 5th year of recognizing "unique foods legendary restaurants, remarkable cooks and influential food entrepreneurs" across the Natural State. Northwest Arkansas had several winners and several finalist this year...
• Hall of Fame Inductee: Monte Ne Inn Chicken located in Rogers
• Proprietor of the Year: Matthew McClure of The Hive at 21c in Bentonville
• Some other notable restaurants that were included as finalists: AQ Chicken House of Springdale; Herman's Ribhouse of Fayetteville; Neal's Cafe of Springdale; and the Tontitown Grape Festival as Food-themed event.

If you want to read more about the iconic restaurants that were nominated outside of our beautiful region, you can find them all HERE.