$10 Deal: Queen of Sheba’s Cordova location may be fancier but try the family shawarma
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.
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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Food Daily Memphian’s 2023 reader lunch series starts at Dim Sum King
It’s mostly for fun, but our January event is also a bit of a “lunch and learn” at Dim Sum King.
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Table TalkTable Talk: A restaurant wish list for 2023
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.
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FoodNew Eats: Sunrise East has new lunch options and delivers with The Dip
Sunrise in East Memphis is now open seven days a week and has an expanded menu from the original Downtown location.
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December 2022
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FoodWhew to 2022: Memphis restaurant openings, closings and other happenings
After the struggles of 2020 and 2021, the restaurant scene in Memphis showed promise of recovery in 2022.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Natalie’s New Year’s Meal
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.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: The Monday burger at Forest Hill Grill is a winner
It’s a nice hearty burger, too, and even with cheese and a side of fries, it still comes in at less than $10.
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Food NewsBiggs’ Best: The cream of the crop in 2022
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.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Tired of water boils, done with Christmas, but ready for 2023
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.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Kelly English’s milk punch (and Jennifer’s, too)
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.
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Recipes Recipe Exchange: Hot Buttered Rum, perfect for cold weather
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.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Fat Larry’s makes a mean country fried steak
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.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Ciao Bella opens, plus last-minute gift ideas
Still shopping for gifts? Try an experience — or a Seessel’s pie.
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Sound Bites Merry traditions, from the breakfast table to the cocktail shaker
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.
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FoodLocal favorite opens second restaurant in The Lake District, just in time for Christmas
The Villa Castrioti story starts in Cordova in 1989, when Adam and Julie Papriniku opened it in Trinity Commons.
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Food Mac is back with new catering, cooking, consulting business
Mac of All Trades is the newest venture for Mac Edwards, who also remains part of The Farmer at Railgarten.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: The Chilean at Pop’s Deli
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.
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Table TalkTable Talk: A Saturday surprise and new restaurant roundup
Two local restaurants have just opened, two more are on the way and another just resumed service after a significant renovation.
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Sound Bites Sunrise, Corky’s, The Lobbyist and Cocozza, all now open or coming soon
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.
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Food News Corky’s reopens with a new look after a February fire
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.
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FoodNext week, look for Sunrise in the East when the restaurant’s second location opens
Behind schedule — what’s not? — Sunrise Memphis finally opens next week in the former Blue Plate Café in the Poplar corridor.
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Food Madonna Learning Center is now in the candy business and offering a sweet deal
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.
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FoodBogie’s Deli Downtown reopens after two months
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.
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RecipesRecipe Exchange: Jimmy Gentry’s Butter Cakes
To celebrate the opening of The Lobbyist, Jimmy Gentry’s new restaurant, here’s a favorite cake recipe from P.O. Press.
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FoodCocozza holds soft open in Harbor Town, and is ‘just going to get prettier’
The former pandemic-era pop-up comes into its own with a new location and a menu full of favorites.
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