New cafe has soul and a signature roll
“Let me be the first to try to bring this area back and show them that we can have what Midtown and Germantown and Downtown have here in South Memphis,” owner Derrick Craig said about Johnnie Mae's Soul Cafe in Soulsville. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
If it’s possible, South Memphis just got a little more soul. And a little more roll, too.
Johnnie Mae’s Soul Cafe, located at 969 E. McLemore Ave., officially opened Friday, Aug. 15, and is the brainchild of Memphis native Derrick Craig.
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a recent University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers commercial real estate, economic development, residential real estate, restaurant real estate, and hospitality and tourism.
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