RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Tornado-torn Purple Cow to be rebuilt; Gozen Japan House opens on Bowman Road

March 13, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

by Eric E. Harrison

A hamburger, chips and purple vanilla shake at the original Purple Cow at 8206 Cantrell Road: The building, heavily damaged by the March 2023 tornado, is to be demolished and replaced.

(Democrat-Gazette file photo/Staton Breidenthal) — A hamburger, chips and purple vanilla shake at the original Purple Cow at 8206 Cantrell Road: The building, heavily damaged by the March 2023 tornado, is to be demolished and replaced. (Democrat-Gazette file photo/Staton Breidenthal)

Reports from several sources say that the original Purple Cow restaurant, 8026 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, which was heavily damaged by the March 31 tornado, will be demolished to make way for a new building.

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