Ouachita Avenue
Ouachita Avenue sits close to the main downtown area, but it has its own feel — local food, drinks, creative shops, coffee stops, historic buildings, and a less obvious side of Hot Springs.
Local Downtown Guide
When locals started sending in suggestions, Ouachita Avenue came up fast. It is one of those areas visitors can easily miss if they only walk Bathhouse Row and Central Avenue.
This guide pulls together some of the food, drinks, coffee, shopping, and creative stops tied to that area so visitors have a better reason to wander a little farther.
Why Locals Mention It
This is where the guide starts feeling less like a tourist list and more like local discovery. Pizza and beer, wine, coffee, vintage finds, historic buildings, and creative stops all sit close together, but the area still feels a little tucked away compared to the busiest tourist stretch.
The Overlooked Local Strip
Ouachita Avenue gets overlooked by visitors who stay only on Central Avenue, but locals pointed it out as one of the cooler pockets of Hot Springs for food, drinks, coffee, shopping, and creative stops.
Ouachita Avenue / Downtown
A historic downtown corridor locals called out as one of the cooler overlooked areas of Hot Springs, with restaurants, shops, historic buildings, creative stops, and nightlife close to Central Avenue.
Good for visitors who want to get slightly off the main Bathhouse Row path without leaving downtown.
Ouachita Avenue
A local shop on Ouachita Avenue with vintage, handmade, clothing, music, and local art energy.
Part of the creative Ouachita Avenue cluster locals pointed out as trendy, different, and often missed by visitors.
📍 246 Ouachita Ave Ste 102, Hot Springs, AR 71901
Ouachita Avenue
A locally loved pizza joint and brewery on Ouachita Avenue with house-brewed beer, pizza, sandwiches, salads, and a strong music/creative identity.
A good example of the off-Central Avenue Hot Springs scene locals want visitors to notice.
📍 236 Ouachita Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901
📞 501-609-0609
Ouachita Avenue
A wine and cocktail bar in the Hot Springs historic district with brunch, drinks, live music, and a cozy downtown feel.
One of the stronger Ouachita Avenue date-night/girls-trip style stops locals pointed toward.
📍 325 Ouachita Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901
📞 501-701-4544
Ouachita Avenue
A long-running Ouachita Avenue restaurant serving Southwest-style cuisine, Mexican originals, and Tex-Mex favorites.
Fits the Ouachita Avenue cluster well because it gives visitors another local food stop just off the usual Bathhouse Row path.
📍 320 Ouachita Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901
📞 501-623-7992
Broadway Street / Downtown
A specialty coffee supply shop focused on home brewing gear, Arkansas roasted coffee, workshops, tastings, and coffee-lover gifts.
More of a coffee nerd/local gift stop than a basic coffee run, which makes it a strong hidden-gem style listing.
📍 432 Broadway St, Hot Springs, AR 71901
Downtown / Central Avenue
A long-running weekly poetry open mic hosted at Kollective Coffee + Tea in downtown Hot Springs.
One of those community staples that makes Hot Springs feel creative and lived-in instead of just touristy.
📍 Kollective Coffee + Tea, 110 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR
Downtown Trip Idea
Start with Bathhouse Row, then walk or drive over toward Ouachita Avenue for food, drinks, coffee, shopping, or a more local-feeling downtown stop before heading back toward Central.
Community Suggestions
If there’s a shop, restaurant, coffee stop, event, or small local place around Ouachita Avenue that belongs on this guide, send it in so we can keep building it from real local suggestions.