Demolition crews from PMI were working Monday at the old Dixie Cafe at 1301 Rebsamen Park Road in Little Rock.

Centennial Bank plans to build a branch on the site.

At the end of 2017, “Dixie Cafe” announced the closure of all 14 of its restaurants in Arkansas, as well as three restaurants in Oklahoma.

In a statement issued then, an official with the company noted declining sales and increasing costs while calling it a “very difficult operating environment for full-service, family-oriented restaurants.”

Conway-based Centennial Bank has paid $ 1.3 million last year for the property. In July she said that the opening of the new branch will take from 12 to 18 months.