Happy November and welcome to EPISODE 100 of the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas podcast!!! I can’t believe we’re finally here!! I want to thank you all, and ask a small favor... Please tell a friend about us and our little podcast here. It’s growing and we’re thankful for everyone that listens and watches. Please subscribe and rate- can’t wait to see where this thing is at episode 200!

Today, we celebrate with tropical drinks behind an art gallery wall, as we’re at Callisto in Bentonville and talking with the VERY engaging Gabe Barrett, who is part-owner and the beverage director, but before we talk with Gabe?!?!

FOOD NEWS!!!

• Brewski’s is holding a Mac & Cheese cookoff on Sunday. We’ll tell you how to enter!


• Happy 1-year anniversaries to Magnolia House in Prairie Grove, Isabella’s in Bentonville, and Gelatissimo in downtown Rogers. One of them is having a HUGER giveaway!


• Yankabilly Smokehouse and Casa Alejo are looking for new spots!


• Viet Buffet in Rogers has announced their opening date!


• We found where Chicken Headz is opening in Bentonville!


• We’ll tell you where Desi Fusion is opening in Springdale


• The Windwood Missionary Baptist Church on Township has a new future, according to the Fayetteville City Lifestyle Magazine


• Last chance to get your tickets to the Kelham Wine dinner at Gaskins on Emma

Bentonville’s Callisto is a family affair. Gabe and Izaak Barrett came from the Phoenix area to start Callisto with their Uncle Braxton, who grew up in NWA. Gabe had an early introduction into what a speakeasy was, and it happened on accident on his 21st birthday. He’ll tell you the story. Also, if you’ve been there, you know that you enter through an art gallery called the Midnight Gallery. It was almost something else, and Gabe will tell us how the speakeasy entry would have been different. Finally, Gabe will get into some elaborate drinks, including how they make their own non-alcoholic rum. That’s episode 100, here on the Flavors of Northwest Arkansas.