Destination: Delicious Podcast: Hard times for restaurants
Jennifer Biggs & Kelly English talk about how the local restaurant business is faring under fears of coronavirus.
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 1348 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
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March 2020
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Restaurant updates: Restaurant Iris, The Second Line temporarily closing
Here’s the latest on changes at area restaurants in response to the coronovirus pandemic.
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Food Rendezvous shuts its dining room; caterers suffering as events cancel
The Rendezvous suspends eat-in service for now; caterers take big hit as events are canceled across the city.
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Food News With business down, restaurants look at meals to go
In trying times, local restaurants are looking to new menus for delivery, discount gift cards and letting diners know they're open – and clean.
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Food MRA asks all Memphis restaurants to follow these rules
Memphis Restaurant Association president asks all Memphis restaurants to read and follow guidelines for safe operation during COVID-19 crisis.
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Food All Andrew Michael restaurants have closed because of COVID-19
The popular restaurants in the Enjoy A|M group have closed because of fears of coronavirus and dwindling diners.
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City of Memphis State of emergency: Strickland closes restaurants, bars, gyms
A historic state of civil emergency from Mayor Jim Strickland Tuesday shuts down restaurants, bars, gyms and urges a suspension of services at places of worship. The move represents an action last used by a Memphis mayor during the 1978 police and firefighter strike.
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CoronavirusCoronavirus daily blog, March 17: Strickland declares state of emergency; third local case confirmed
The state reports the total number of confirmed cases in Tennessee is 73, and a third Shelby County case has also been reported. That individual is isolated at home and did not contract it in Shelby County.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 18: Health Department confirms fourth Shelby case
- Tennessee's 98 cases mostly in patients between 18-49 years old
- Small business emergency declared
- Nike donating $500,000 to Memphis response
- Community Foundation launches response fund
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Food NewsMore landlords stepping up to help struggling restaurateurs
Some landlords are waiving April rent to help restaurateurs weather the COVID-19 storm that closed their dining rooms.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 21: Health official says spread continuing in families, workplaces
The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 42, and the Shelby County Health Department says the increase is "not unexpected because testing has increased, especially by commercial laboratories.”
•MATA to implement social distancing on buses, trolleys
• Gibson’s Donuts to close temporarily
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Food News Restaurateurs cook up ways to help out-of-work employees
Restaurant dining rooms are closed, but owners are finding ways to help laid-off employees, and hope for government solutions to cut through red tape.
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Spirit of Memphis Restaurant workers find friends – and a meal – at Caritas
The Binghampton community center continues to feed the needy in the neighborhood, but is also giving free meals to unemployed restaurant workers — or anyone.
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Food Destination: Delicious Podcast: Dire days for Memphis restaurants
Ernie Mellor and Karen Carrier join Jennifer Biggs (remotely, of course) to discuss what's going on in the dining industry.
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Coronavirus Pandemic 101: How to work from home
Working from home requires discipline and a bit of structure, but a few rules make it easier for those who suddenly find themselves working remotely.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 23: Second St. Jude employee tests positive
The Tennessee Department of Health releases the latest numbers: 93 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Shelby County and 615 cases in Tennessee.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 24: SCS to remain closed ‘until further notice’
The number of confirmed cases in Shelby County is up to 135; confirmed cases are up to 29 in DeSoto County.
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CoronavirusMemphis kindness blog, March 25: Elwood’s Shack delivers food to health workers
A restaurateur who sings online with others around the world, a store manager who puts her customers first and local kids hunting for bears are only a few of the stories of kindness and special moments our reporters will be looking for, as we adjust to a new landscape created by the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Memphis kindness blog, March 24: Food for hospital workers, bear hunts and a cake to remember
As we navigate through this difficult time of dealing with the coronavirus, it is important to capture those instances where Memphians are coming together for each other.
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