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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Bogie’s was forced to close after a water main burst flooding the basement of its building. In a way that’s been worse for business than even the pandemic was, and they are celebrating their re-opening with 2000-era prices.
Madonna Learning Center bought Bluff City Toffee just as the holiday season got underway, and its wares will be available during a Friday pop-up.
Behind schedule — what’s not? — Sunrise Memphis finally opens next week in the former Blue Plate Café in the Poplar corridor.
After the East Memphis barbecue restaurant caught fire earlier this year, owner Jimmy Stovall decided to remodel. And at least one new touch nods to the building’s previous life as a gas station.
On this week’s Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs talk about restaurants that have just opened or are within days or weeks of opening their doors.
Two local restaurants have just opened, two more are on the way and another just resumed service after a significant renovation.
A sandwich with green beans? Yep. The longtime favorite was gone for a while, but it’s back at Pop’s Deli with a few changes.
Mac of All Trades is the newest venture for Mac Edwards, who also remains part of The Farmer at Railgarten.
The Villa Castrioti story starts in Cordova in 1989, when Adam and Julie Papriniku opened it in Trinity Commons.
The Biggs and Herrington households like a nice breakfast on Christmas Day, and we say hold the fruitcake. But we respect your right to love it if that’s what makes your Yuletide bright.
Still shopping for gifts? Try an experience — or a Seessel’s pie.
Fat Larry’s in Bartlett serves plenty of barbecue along with home cooking. The plate lunch is a bargain at $10, and the country fried steak is unlike any other: It’s made with pork.
Hot buttered rum is a retro winter favorite, and forget winter is coming: Winter is here. So we’ve got a bonus recipe this week for you.
It’s another one, two punch in our regular reader exchange. This week, it’s milk punch made two ways, one in a batch and the other by the glass.
Water boils are inconvenient at home but a crisis for restaurants; it’s time to address our aging infrastructure and fix this mess. Meanwhile, sip on some hot buttered rum and welcome in 2023.
Restaurants sort of got back to normal in 2022, even if we’re not completely there. But there was plenty of good food to be eaten and these are the dishes that stand out as the best of the best.
It’s a nice hearty burger, too, and even with cheese and a side of fries, it still comes in at less than $10.
Here’s a quick and easy New Year’s Day meal that gives you all the luck and prosperity without the guilt: This is full of flavor and good-for-you vegetables.
After the struggles of 2020 and 2021, the restaurant scene in Memphis showed promise of recovery in 2022.
Sunrise in East Memphis is now open seven days a week and has an expanded menu from the original Downtown location.
With a brand new year stretching ahead of us, it’s good to have a plan, nice to have a wish list, and as a little luck can’t hurt, either.
It’s mostly for fun, but our January event is also a bit of a “lunch and learn” at Dim Sum King.
Queen of Sheba Imperial Restaurant recently opened in Cordova and offers, in addition to an extensive menu, a hearty $10 deal with its shawarma platter.
It was a better year than 2021 and 2020; in fact, 2022 saw a flurry of new restaurants open toward the end of the year and served up some tasty dishes all year long.
Per a reader request, here’s the recipe for barbecued oysters from the old Four Flames restaurant.