Street Food: Hot and spicy cuisine makes the scene
Chile Verde has been an East Memphis staple since before the more recent boom in local food truck options. (Chris Herrington/The Daily Memphian)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
Street Food checks in on local food trucks old and new, with finds including Thai catfish and “street taco” hot wings.
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