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Gracious Goodness: Elizabeth's Restaurant
In a world where people eat lunch at their desks, in their cars, or not at all, the lunch experience has been seriously devalued. Fortunately, there are restaurants like Elizabeth's that maintain the tradition of lunch as a time for camaraderie, conversation, and fresh, delicious food. Lunch at Elizabeth's has become a Batesville tradition for all ages, shapes, and sizes of hungry diners. Elizabeth's comfortable dining room transforms lunch into a calming, relaxing experience-something you just can't get at the drive-thru.
Live music has become synonymous with downtown Batesville since the launching of the 2nd Friday Downtown Wander and Wonder Walks. The Pocket Park, Randy's Music, MorningSide Coffeehouse, the Healing Grounds Coffeehouse, and Elizabeth's Restaurant have all participated in hosting musical performances for the monthly event, in most cases free to the public. The historic district's newest live music venue, the Simply Southern Playhouse Music Theater, at the corner of Main and Broad streets, adds a new dimension to what is already developing as an exciting new direction for downtown as an entertainment center.
Batesvilles Burgeoning Antique District
Batesvilles downtown historic district, an open-air museum of early 20th century architecture, can now also boast an emerging antique district that seems capable of rivaling the states finest. A fortuitous mix of established institutions and energetic newcomers has created a nucleus of six extremely diverse shops that are ready to welcome visitors from the antique enthusiast to the junk shop junkie.
The Ozarks region is dotted with communities whose downtown districts have suffered setbacks and decline in recent decades. The pre-eminence of big box retailers and supercenters, the rise of e-commerce, and the enormous demographic shift to weekend and evening shopping have forced downtowns to employ creative strategies to lure shoppers back.
The 2nd Friday Downtown Wander and Wonder Walk, launched on August 8, is a monthly downtown festival with extended shopping hours, free live music, free films, special events, fun activities, refreshments, & lots of local color.
Estas and the Fine Art of Retreating
Websters Dictionary defines retreat as a place for relaxation, contemplation, meditation, renewal, and rejuvenation. Unlike resorts, which frequently define themselves by the number of organized activities they offer and the size of the crowds at those activities, retreats define themselves by what they dont have, crowds, traffic, lines, noise, bright lights, more lines. A retreat is where we go, to borrow a phrase from the Frank Sinatra songbook, to get away from it all. Or, to use an increasingly common metaphor, a retreat is a place to recharge our batteries. A crowded resort is a success; a crowded retreat is a contradiction in terms.
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