Elwood’s Produce Stand opening next to Elwood’s Shack
On Saturday mornings, the restaurant on Summer Avenue will become home to Elwood’s Produce Stand, starting April 17.
Jennifer Biggs
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.
There are 739 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
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April 2021
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News and Features Burger and bourbon go down easy in the elegant Chez Philippe
A small upside to the tragedy and travails of the past year is that for a few more weeks, you can eat food as simple as a cheeseburger in the lap of luxury.
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Food Table Talk: Restaurants’ staffing woes abound, but they’re opening and reopening
Restaurateurs face a hiring crisis, yet restaurants continue to open and reopen around town. Also, Downtown gets a grocery store, everyone loves cheese dip, and Rajun Cajun returns this weekend.
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News and Features The biscuits, the bacon and the long lines return to Bryant’s
Bryant’s Breakfast is back, the biscuits are hot, the bacon is crisp and the lines are long. It’s like it never closed.
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Neighborhoods South Main area to get a grocery store this year
Cash Saver and High Point Grocery owner Rick James is opening a small independent grocery in South Main.
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Food Arbo’s is the new dip on the block, and owner thinks there’s room for all
A new cheese dip has launched in this cheese-dip-lovin’ city. Andrew Arbogast has taken his dad’s recipe and brought us Arbo’s.
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News and Features Restaurant Reboot: Staffing in pandemic’s wake is a ‘disaster’
With enhanced unemployment benefits and better-paying distribution jobs, restaurateurs don’t know when they’ll be fully staffed. Worse, they’re still uncertain when they’ll be back to 100% capacity.
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Food Reopenings, new openings and events — what pandemic?
We’re opening up, literally. New restaurants are opening this week, old places — including Bryant’s — are reopening, and we have new locations, moves, and ticketed events coming.
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News and Features Table Talk: How long do you eat Easter eggs?
A recap of the week that was, plus a little talk about what’s safe to eat and where you draw the line, particularly when it comes to leftover Easter eggs.
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Food $10 Deal: Broadway Pizza plate lunch
A plate lunch with plenty of protein and vegetable options is available for $10 at Broadway Pizza for weekday lunch.
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Food Jennifer and Chris talk curries and shortcuts
Curries can be a simple and tasty weeknight dinner, but you need to know a shortcut or two first.
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News and Features Joes’ Fried Chicken is closed, but only until a new home is found
Joes’ Fried Chicken, Joes on Highland — whatever you wanted to call it — is closed for now but will open again as soon as the owners find a new place.
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Food Majestic Grille owners talk about reopening
Deni and Patrick Reilly, the husband and wife team that own The Majestic Grille, are back on Friday and they have the restaurant shined and ready to welcome guests.
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Food $10 Deal: Taqueria San Felipe
For $4, you can get a torta that’s roughly the size of a regular barbecue sandwich at a small taqueria on the edge of Bartlett.
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FoodNew Eats: Andalusia brings Moroccan flavor to Sanderlin Centre
Andalusia opens, adding Moroccan cuisine to the line-up of good food available on Sanderlin in East Memphis.
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March 2021
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News and Features Table Talk: The Majestic reopens, BBQ tickets are on sale, and Ecco is lovely as ever
Dining at Ecco, a secret about Slim Chickens, Memphis in May Barbecue is back, and The Majestic Grille is opening this week.
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Downtown Limited Memphis in May BBQ tickets available starting today
The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back after sitting out 2020.
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Food Ecco is tucked away alone, but it would be a mistake to forget it
Though Ecco sits off the beaten path, it’s a treasure tucked away in Evergreen. The food is good as ever and there’s plenty of outdoor seating with more coming.
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News and Features MemPops turns 5, offers customers a sweet deal to celebrate
For its fifth birthday, MemPops offers a $2 birthday special in its three brick-and-mortar locations this weekend.
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Food Table Talk: A year in COVID and big news from two favorite restaurants
We look back at the year in COVID, hear what it’s been like for a restaurateur, and get the good news from The Majestic Grille and Bari: One is opening and one is moving.
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News and FeaturesExclusive: Bari finds balance and flexibility in a new space down the street
Bari will leave its home of 19 years in May and move to a former yoga studio on Cooper, where it will have room to expand outdoor seating and parking.
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News and Features Downtown’s Majestic Grille reopening next month
After more than a year, The Majestic Grille is reopening on South Main, all spiffed up and ready to go with most of its original menu and familiar faces.
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Food Catfish, favorite dishes from Memphis Black Restaurant Week
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington revisit their favorites from Memphis Black Restaurant Week and talk about their favorite Southern dish: Fried catfish.
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Food The Parish opens in Hernando, and Parish Grocery moves to Cooper-Young
Parish Grocery is moving from Overton Park to Cooper-Young; The Parish has opened in Hernando; and One & Only BBQ has reopened on Perkins Ext.
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Business After a year on life support, restaurants start to ‘see some light’
It’s been a year since Memphis restaurants were told to close their dining rooms. As a second year of the ‘hustle and pivot’ begins, the vaccines and Health Directive 19 offer relief. Still, as one restaurateur says, ‘I go to bed every night stressed.’
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Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same'
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