Lewis Chase

About Lewis Chase

Lewis Chase is behind Feed and Folly, City Park, The Guisinger, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Lewis Chase co-founded Feed and Folly.

On episode 2 of NWA Founders, the Northwest Arkansas business podcast, published November 12, 2024, Lewis Chase shared the story of the business. The conversation runs 1 hr 25 min. What happens when three longtime friends decide Fayetteville needs more than just another bar? In this episode of NWA Founders, we sit down with Lewis Chase, the visionary co-founder behind some of Northwest Arkansas’s most popular food and drink destinations: Feed & Folly, City Park, and The Guisinger. A Fayetteville native with deep family roots in the city, Lewis didn't start in food, he started in real estate. But after a trip to Colorado and a realization that Fayetteville needed better hospitality experiences, he rallied longtime friends and restaurant pros Matt and Mikey Sutton to bring their talents home. Together, they’ve created spaces that balance fun and function, craft and comfort, each one designed with intention, community, and storytelling at its core.

Jump into the conversation

1. 0:00Growing up in Fayetteville
2. 15:00The Colorado trip that inspired Feed & Folly
3. 30:00Opening Feed & Folly during COVID
4. 45:00Building City Park and The Guisinger
5. 1:05:00Investing in staff and culture
6. 1:20:00Looking ahead

About Feed and Folly, City Park, The Guisinger

• 3 concepts; Feed and Folly opened March 2020, The Guisinger April 2024
• Restaurants/hospitality, Fayetteville
• feedandfolly.com

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