Emma Avenue Sets the Table Again for Downtown Springdale’s 10th Annual Street Dinner

Ten years ago, someone had a simple idea: set a long table on Emma Avenue, invite the neighborhood, and see what happens. What grew from that is the Downtown Springdale Street Dinner, and this June, it’s celebrating a decade with the most locally rooted menu it’s ever served.

THE DEETS

📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026
🕑 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
📍 Emma Avenue, Downtown Springdale, AR
🎟️ Community Ticket: $50 | Standard Ticket: $100 | Legacy Ticket: $200 | ☔ Rain or shine — tickets are non-refundable
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Four Courses, All Downtown

Every dish on this year’s menu comes straight from a restaurant that actually operates on these streets. Your evening moves through four courses, and it starts before you even sit down.

The first hour is self-guided. You roam the event, grab appetizer bites from Buck’s Bar (classic American wings, three ways), The Odd Soul (soul rolls), Mr. Taco Loco (chips and house-made salsas), and Kin Zabb Thai & Sushi (crab rangoons). Once you settle in, Zelli Pasta’s crostinis and a farm-fresh salad from the Arkansas Food Innovation Center at Market Center of the Ozarks land on the table to start the seated portion.

Then comes your entrée. You choose one: Casa Alejo’s carnitas plate with homemade charro beans, corn tortillas, and pickled onions; the Downtown Bento Box from Rein Sushi & Hibachi and Menya Kitakara, a collaboration featuring sushi, spicy chicken dumplings, beef curry, and a pork belly sando; or Bistro 16’s red wine braised beef cheeks with pommes aligot and heirloom carrots. Shelby Lynn’s Cake Shoppe handles dessert with a chocolate torte to close the meal.

For drinks, TOCA and The Blind Bear are running beverage stations on-site, and each guest gets two complimentary vouchers covering wine, beer, seltzers, or non-alcoholic options. Onyx Coffee Lab has a dedicated coffee station available throughout the evening.

Your Seat, Your Choice

Every ticket — Community, Standard, or Legacy — comes with the same reserved seat and the same four-course dinner. The difference is how much you’re contributing toward making room for others. Standard and Legacy ticket purchases help fund Community Tickets, with a tax-deductible portion included in each. Seating is assigned before the event so your entrée can be delivered directly to you. If you’re coming with a group, grab tickets together or note your preferences at checkout.

Dinner runs through 8:00 PM, followed by live music and dancing until 9:00 PM. After that, the rest of Downtown Springdale is right there if you want to keep the night going.

A Decade on Emma

The Street Dinner is the Downtown Springdale Alliance’s signature fundraiser, and proceeds from every ticket support the year-round programming that keeps Downtown active. This year’s event moves to Sunday for a more relaxed pace, reworks the table layout along Emma Corridor to feel more connected, and introduces a Culinary Coordinator role managing kitchen timing so your food arrives on schedule. It’s also the first year featuring a limited-capacity happy hour at Gaskins on Emma before the main event kicks off, coordinated in advance for select guests.

Tickets have sold out in previous years. Grab yours before they’re gone!