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Table Talk: From city streets to coffee cups, Memphis brews up a buzz

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 15, 2025 5:18 PM CT | Published: October 15, 2025 5:18 PM CT

This weekend, caravans of caffeine lovers will wind through the Memphis’ streets in search of the hottest — or the iciest — drip in town.

The third annual Grind City Coffee Tour is about to have the city buzzing for all the right reasons.

The tour is suitable for everyone from the novice, like yours truly, to the connoisseur. About a dozen shops across three neighborhoods will open their doors for the daylong circuit.

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Ellen Chamberlain

Ellen Chamberlain

Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.


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