$10 Deal: Panda Garden’s lunch special is hard to beat
Panda Garden offers a lunch special with a selection of more than 20 meals, each under $10. The food is good, and the portions are generous.
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.
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May 2021
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Food News Goodbye, Bhan Thai; beloved Midtown restaurant closes after 19 years
Bhan Thai, Molly Smith’s restaurant on Peabody Avenue that opened in 2002, has closed its doors for the last time. Smith officially shut down on the day she usually hosted the fundraiser Cinco de Thai-O.
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Business What? You heard: Whataburger is coming back to the metro area
Whataburger is coming back to the Mid-South: One will open in Southaven in late 2021.
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Food News MIM Barbecue is smaller, but competition will be fierce; fun and sun forecast
Where there’s smoke, there’s 🔥🔥🔥 when it’s in Tom Lee Park. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest returns after a forced 2020 hiatus, proving you can’t keep a good festival down.
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Table Talk Table Talk: A May festival is back and Hog Wild goes east
A deep clean and purge of the kitchen might not spark joy, but can cause an existential questioning of time. And as the world moves on, festivals are planned and Hog Wild East opens.
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Food News Hog Wild heads East and opens new takeout shop
Ernie Mellor opens Hog Wild East for takeout only in the former Garibaldi’s location on Yates Road on Wednesday.
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Food May is here and the events abound
There’s a flurry of events and festivals in mid-May, and you need to get tickets now because they’re all pre-sale and they’ll be gone soon.
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April 2021
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Food News Derk Meitzler talks about his newest restaurant, Backlot
Derk Meitzler talks about Backlot, the new sandwich shop to open in the Paramount building, also known as Strait & Associates in “Bluff City Law,” and what else he has coming up.
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Food News For 45 minutes, it was a literal free for all at Gibson’s Donuts
Doughnuts were free for a while at Gibson’s Wednesday morning, the first local food giveaway campaign sponsored by The Kindness Revolution.
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Table Talk Table Talk: Villa Castrioti headed to Lakeland, Parish Grocery opens in Cooper-Young
Villa Castrioti commits to The Lake District, Parish Grocery has a new location a few doors north of the intersection of Cooper and Young, and they’re selling tomatoes at Elwood’s Produce Stand on Saturdays.
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Food New Eats: Parish Grocery comes to Cooper-Young
Parish Grocery has moved from Evergreen to Cooper-Young and they’re frying up oysters, and getting ready to serve frozen drinks on the patio.
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FoodVilla Castrioti to expand, open second location in The Lake District
Villa Castrioti has inked a deal to open a second location in The Lake District and plans to expand its Cordova restaurant to enlarge the bar area.
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Food 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.
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Food News 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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Table Talk 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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Food News 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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Food News 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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Sound Bites 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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Food News 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 News 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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Table Talk 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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$10 Deals $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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Sound Bites 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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Food News 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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Sound Bites 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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