Food and Dining Editor
Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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Downtown Dining Week is back Nov. 1-7, but the format will be different this year as each restaurant can decide how it participates instead of offering a meal for the standard $20 plus change.
Oxford is a short (shorter than you think) drive south of Memphis and a great place to see some new sights, eat some good food, shop a little and get home the same day.
One of the South’s legendary chefs is opening his first Memphis restaurant. John Currence plans to open Big Bad Breakfast late this year or early next.
The midway might not be here, but fair food is on its way and you can enjoy all your deep-fried favorites beginning Wednesday evening at Landers Center.
Rock’n Dough has opened in the former Fox Ridge Pizza in Cordova with the same favorites, from pizza to beer and more, that it has in Germantown, and it continues to expand.
Jennifer Biggs talks with Karen Carrier about how she’s gotten through COVID, her winter plans, and how she ended up in the restaurant business.
Because of COVID, Desiree Robinson of Cozy Corner received her award from the American Barbecue Hall of Fame outside the lobby of her restaurant on N. Parkway, but she was excited anyway.
With rising COVID numbers in Europe, loss of holiday parties, outdoor seating concerns in winter and diners who are increasingly canceling, restaurateurs worry about the coming months.
SOBEast’s menu isn’t exactly the same as SOB’s Downtown menu, but the duck fried rice made the trip and it’s a fine little shareable.
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about what they’ve been cooking, how recipes are little more than suggestions, and as it happens, about tacos and Asian food.
New Asia, a favorite Chinese restaurant known for its authentic dishes and a large Chinese-American selection, has finally reopened its Germantown dining room.
Coming events include a reinvented St. Ann Fall Fest with food from Coletta’s, and another Restaurant Phoenix Project event, this time to benefit Claire’s House. Plus, New Asia and Sakura dining rooms reopen.
Reopening a restaurant as large as The Majestic Grille isn’t in the cards just yet, not when we’re playing a COVID hand, but Patrick & Deni Reilly are getting by with a little Italian place.
High Point Grocery isn’t trying to compete with liquor stores, but has added a small wine section to give shoppers a convenient option.
Outdoor seating on Huling outside Puck Food Hall needs to be enjoyed while the weather begs you to get out and eat, work a bit, maybe even have a cocktail. And you can order from neighboring restaurants, like Grecian Gourmet, too.
Nick Scott talks with Jennifer Biggs on our new Sound Bites podcast/radio show about what it was like to have Alchemy closed for 11 weeks and about his plans for Salt | Soy, opening soon on Broad.
Bars and restaurants can begin to stay open until midnight under the new Shelby County Health Department directive that goes in effect on Oct. 7; enforcement will be beefed up, Alisa Haushalter says.
A weekend hoe-down on a farm raised money to help Johnny Kirk’s Third Plate Pastures get through a tough spot, and the Restaurant Phoenix Project has three more events planned for the year.
Staying open two more hours at night could make all the difference for bars that were closed for almost three months because of COVID, owners say.
At Tavern 018 in Cordova, the plate lunch is a remarkable bargain at $7; the food is good and most of it is from scratch.
Nick Scott will open Salt | Soy in the former Lucky Cat space on Broad Avenue in about a month. Scott’s Alchemy reopens today in Cooper-Young.
Father Nicholas Vieron lived an extraordinary life and did it with devotion to big causes and enthusiasm for simple pleasures.
Lucky the cockatoo moved to a sanctuary for exotic birds in April, but Hurricane Sally drove him back to Memphis.
The Grove at Germantown Performing Arts Center provides a socially-distanced outdoor dinner and a movie event on Thursdays through Oct. 15.
Shelby County will offer grants up to $10,000 for limited-service restaurants closed during COVID-19; the application process begins Tuesday.