Ark. Code Ann. § 3-9-304

A restaurant, as defined in § 3-9-301, that is located within two (2) miles of a city having a population of at least fifty-five thousand (55,000) but not more than sixty thousand (60,000) persons according to the 1970 Federal Decennial Census, and in an area in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is lawful, shall be entitled to make application for and obtain a permit to serve wine or hard cider, or both, with food in such restaurants in the manner prescribed in this subchapter.