Say McIntosh Restaurant opening in 2024

Robby McIntosh, proprietor of McIntosh Pies & Grill on Wheels, introduced that he and his brother Chris McIntosh — grandsons of the late civil rights activist and restaurateur Robert “Say” McIntosh, aka “The Candy Potato King” of Little Rock — are opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant at 6223 Colonel Glenn Highway in 2024.

Say McIntosh Restaurant will occupy the previous Taco Bell throughout the road from College Plaza and have an expanded menu and a weekly soul meals Sunday, Robby McIntosh stated.

Robby McIntosh started working in his grandfather’s restaurant when he was 11 years outdated and shortly developed a ardour for the meals enterprise. “It’s all I ever wished to do,” he stated.

This inheritor to the candy potato pie legacy first debuted McIntosh Grill on Wheels meals truck in 2020, making a gift of free meals to unhoused folks at Union Rescue Mission’s Nehemiah Home.

That authentic truck is situated at 4200 Asher Ave. In April of this 12 months, the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for McIntosh’s second truck, which resides at 280 S. Shackleford Highway.

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McIntosh stated the choice to open a everlasting location got here whereas he was pondering the thought of buying a 3rd meals truck.

“Within the course of I stored using previous the Taco Bell constructing, and it appeared prefer it was simply winking at me,” Robby McIntosh stated. “I simply prayed about it, and I went with my coronary heart.”

Along with the cheeseburgers, grilled hen sandwiches, BBQ scorching hyperlink sandwiches, candy potato pie and selfmade lemonade served on the meals vans, Robby McIntosh stated the brand new restaurant will embrace fried catfish, hen wings and barbecue objects. The weekly soul meals Sunday will function a number of of his grandfather’s recipes, together with turnip greens, candied yams, purple hull peas, fried okra, macaroni and cheese, fried hen and turkey chops.

The brothers plan to utilize the previous Taco Bell drive-thru window for decide up or on-line orders.

“We’re not a quick meals restaurant, so we don’t need to tie up the drive-thru with lengthy waits,” Robby McIntosh stated.

A mid-January opening is the goal. The brothers say they’ll be open by February 1 on the newest.

Robby McIntosh stated none of this might be potential if not for his relationship with God.

“With out God and my brother Chris, I can’t think about what I’d be doing,” he stated.

A giant grand opening is within the works.

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