Miles Tamboli makes pizza, pasta and holds a degree in public health
Miles Tamboli opened a restaurant just four months before COVID closed his dining room. With a degree in public health, he knows enough to know he’s not reopening it just yet.
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 623 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
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September 2020
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News and Features Outdoor dining space to open off South Main
New outdoor seating off South Main beside Puck Food Hall will be for dining, working or just gathering to enjoy a little distanced socializing and music.
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Food$10 Deal: Global Café
Global Café opened in 2018 to give immigrant food entrepreneurs a place to cook. Two of us split empanadas and Juan’s tacos, and it was more than we could finish.
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Food New Eats: Hazel’s Lucky Dice Delicatessen
Hazel’s Lucky Dice Delicatessen, Karen Carrier’s restaurant named after her mother, opened Monday in her Cooper-Young corral.
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FoodA pandemic can’t diminish the delights at Tsunami in Cooper-Young
Tsunami continues to serve the best Chilean sea bass in town, but any fish that comes from Ben Smith’s kitchen is going to make you happy, even if it’s trimmings in a taco.
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FoodNew Eats: Southall Café
Southall Café is open and serving breakfast and lunch in the heart of East Memphis; the chicken sandwich is top-notch.
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News and Features Most bars remain closed after two months; a few have reopened with a new license
A few limited-service restaurants have reopened under a new TABC rule, but most remain closed two months after they were shut down by the Health Department.
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FoodSouthall Cafe and SOBEast both open this week
East Memphis will get two new restaurants this week as SOBEast and Southall Café both open on Tuesday; Curfew will delay its opening until next week.
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FoodIris beautifully executes its Catalan menu
Chef Kelly English continues to serve Catalan cuisine at Restaurant Iris for the month of September, but other Iris items are on the combined menu at The Second Line.
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Update
News and FeaturesLucchesi’s Beer Garden expanding to current Raffe’s Deli
Basma and Tony Lucchesi will take over the space occupied by Raffe’s Deli, which was opened and owned by her parents for many years.
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News and FeaturesMolly’s La Casita didn’t make it 46 years to lose to COVID
Molly’s La Casita has been around for almost half a century, but COVID has hit it just as hard as newer restaurants. On the bright side, "it could be worse."
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Food Raffe’s Deli loses lease, will vacate by Sept. 27
Longtime restaurant loses its lease and must vacate its center-city location this month.
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News and FeaturesJim Neely learned early that the best paycheck is one he wrote to himself
Jim Neely is 83, the last of his generation of local barbecue legends. He never really intended to be in the restaurant business, but he succeeds in whatever he does.
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Food901 Day, alley seating at the Rendezvous, and a choice of Ireland or Spain this week
901 Day will still go on Tuesday, but there won’t be a large public event. Some local restaurants are celebrating with $9.01 menu items; on Thursday, your choice is Irish and Scotch whiskey or Spanish food and wine.
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News and FeaturesSOB owners focused on their first restaurant during COVID
Ed and Brittany Cabigao permanently closed two restaurants because of COVID, but they’re expanding SOB with SOBEast, coming to the former Interim space in a few weeks.
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Food$10 Deal: Las Tortugas Deli Mexicana
Yeah, you read that right. You can eat a meal for $10 at Las Tortugas, and if you’re sharing, you can even have guacamole.
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News and Features Wahlburgers to go ‘Wild’ at Pyramid
Walhburgers will be in Memphis after all: Wahlburgers Wild, a new concept, is coming to Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.
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News and FeaturesKaren Carrier adds Hazel’s Lucky Dice to her Cooper-Young compound
Veteran restaurateur Karen Carrier has a new place opening in a couple of weeks. She’s going to her roots, opening a Jewish deli and naming it after her mother.
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FoodMemphis on TV; Feed the Front Lines lives on, and more
Three upcoming television shows feature Memphians, two this week and a Netflix series with Melissa Cookston coming up in September; Feed the Front Lines continues; and we even have upcoming events.
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PodcastsAlex Grisanti talks about the new restaurant and his new life
Grisanti talks with Jennifer Biggs about how the business took its toll on him, his recovery, and what he has planned for the new restaurant.
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News and FeaturesRyan Trimm faces a triple COVID challenge in an uncertain future
Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.
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News and FeaturesAlex Grisanti is sober, slimmer, and headed to Southaven
Alex Grisanti is keeping his food truck but is headed back to the kitchen. He’s opening Elfo’s, the first Grisanti restaurant in DeSoto County, next month.
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Neighborhoods High Point Grocery is open and ‘The Neighborhood’ welcomes it
The neighborhood grocery in East Memphis is open and the High Point neighborhood is so happy to see it that it planted a sign.
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News and Features Restaurant Iris becomes a Catalan cafe for a few weeks
Kelly English turns to one of his favorites for a series of ‘pop-ups’ at Restaurant Iris, when he changes the menu to Catalan cuisine for a few weeks.
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News and FeaturesMcMillins’ new dinner series, Restaurant Phoenix Project, launches next week
Spencer and Kristin McMillin continue their volunteerism with their latest venture, the Restaurant Phoenix Project — and there’s a cookbook in the bag from their year at Caritas.
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