Boulevard Bread Co — Restaurant in Little Rock

I was treated so rudely by staff, Manager Will at that due to this first visit experience to this establishment I doubt I will return. My daughter who brought me here wanted me to try the restaurant. Upon ordering and paying over $64 for items I went to sit down. There was a rope hanging from 2 silver poles in front of the side dining area. The only table in front of these ropes had a man sitting at the table. So I went around the rope and sat at at table. About that time a man came with our soups and said, " You went around the rope, you need to sit here" and slammed the soups down on the table the unknown gentleman was sitting at.I said there is someone sitting here, the man(Will) says and they need to be leaving . That side is closed we don't have servers. And Will walked off. The longer I sat there the madder I got. So l asked for the manager when I left and the cashier told me that there was 2 a man and a woman. I chose to speak to the man, unfortunately it was the waiter/server that slammed my food down at an occupied table and told those people it was time for them to leave and me where to sit with people I didn't know. I began by telling him he was very rude, made no eye contact, and very angrily said we always close that side at 3:30 because there is nobody to serve. I explained this was my first visit to this establishment how would I know this and nobody served me or waited on me besides you slamming my food down at another occupied table. I fixed my own drink and served myself and disposed of my trash. He then told me if I wanted to talk to the other manager (woman) that was on the phone help myself! Now I don't know about others but no matter how good the food is with service and inhospitable as this business was they don't have to worry about me returning again. I will be more than happy to share my experience with this business...

Boulevard Bread Co. is a fixture of the Pulaski Heights neighborhood of Little Rock — deservedly popular for its excellent sandwiches, bread, soups, salads, not to mention its bakery with outstanding bread and a deli counter with an array of good cheeses, olives, cakes, cookies, brownies, and so on. For lunch, you order at a counter when you walk in and staff bring your food to your table. Evening meals have wait staff coming to the table and taking your order, with daily specials that are usually scrumptious. The atmosphere is pleasant, though the cavernous dining area and the loud conversations at many tables can make the place raucous and impede conversation. There's a small parking lot, but spaces can be at a premium at lunch time. There is, however, ample parking on nearby side streets and at two other parking lots only half a block away.

I highly recommend the tuna paninis (pictured in one of my photos below), smoked turkey sandwiches, and the vegan hummus sandwich. Friends dote on the pastrami sandwiches.

A few years ago, I took visitors from Los Angeles to lunch at Boulevard, and they offered high praise, indeed, coming as it did from sophisticated LA to little Little Rock: they said that they'd eat there every day if they lived in Little Rock.

A bonus in summertime is a table in the deli-bakery section of Boulevard offering locally grown ripe tomatoes during the...

I went there today for Lunch as I was in the area and wanted to try something new. I ordered the Rustico Panini and it was god awful. For starters, it took over 20 minutes for them to get my panini to me, it was a half panini, not even a full one. The cost of the half panini set me back $9, which is honestly astounding that y'all charge that much. As for the sandwich itself, the bread was great, thats why theres two stars instead of one, but the chicken salad tasted disgusting. It really just tasted like they scooped sauerkraut onto the bread and that was it. It was extremely acidic and tasted almost rancid, plus there was a lot of liquid within the "Chicken salad". So much liquid that I had to put a napkin underneath me because the two bites I tried to take squeezed some of the liquid out and onto my pants. I really wanted to have a good experience here because I love supporting small businesses, but the price of the food for the service and the quality of the food I received is highway robbery. I will not be...