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Table Talk: Missing Houston’s and searching for meaning

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 11, 2024 4:06 PM CT | Published: December 11, 2024 4:05 PM CT

I can still remember when Houston’s opened.

Yes, I just admitted how old I am!

I was in junior high school, and my friends and I would often have our parents drop us off at the East Memphis restaurant for a meal. My orders back then were either the club salad topped with those famous chicken tenders, a hickory burger or a club sandwich. A spinach and artichoke dip always started the meal, and a five-nut brownie a la mode or an apple cobbler ended it.

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Jennifer Chandler

Jennifer Chandler

Jennifer Chandler has been a restaurateur, a cookbook author, a food stylist, a writer and a TV and radio personality.


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