On South Main Street in the heart of Little Rock, Arkansas, The Root Cafe is the kind of couple-owned restaurant that proves food can be both deeply personal and powerfully community-minded at the same time.
Since opening in 2011, husband-and-wife team Jack Sundell and Corri Bristow Sundell have built one of the most beloved farm-to-table restaurants in Arkansas — a place where every ingredient tells a story and every meal feels like a direct connection to the land and people around it.
How The Root Cafe Won Little Rock’s Hearts
Jack and Corri Sundell didn’t open The Root Cafe just to serve food — they opened it to build something that Little Rock had never quite seen before. 🌿
From day one, their mission was clear: build community through local food — and that philosophy has driven every single decision they’ve made, from the farmers they partner with to the menu they put in front of guests each morning…