Knifebird owner Kate Ashby turns the page
Kyle Bankston, left, and Kate Ashby, right, owners of Public Bistro and Knifebird. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The owners of two popular Cooper-Young restaurants are closing them within a week of each other. Here’s why they think “it’s OK for this chapter to be over.”
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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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