After more than 22 years, The Grove Grill has closed
An East Memphis restaurant staple for more than 22 years, The Grove Grill closed for COVID-19 and will not reopen.
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.
524 articles by Jennifer Biggs :
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May 2020
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Restaurateurs take advantage of closed dining rooms to get spiffed up
From fresh paint to new floors to expanded bars, Memphis restaurants are getting freshened up while they’ve been shut down.
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Some restaurants opened as rules lifted, but tables were largely empty
While takeout continued, Monday lunch was slow at restaurants that opened for the first day of dine-in since mid-March.
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For Mother’s Day brunch, here are some options to dine in or out
Mother’s Day is Sunday, and if you want to take her out, there are places to go. But there are also plenty of good takeout meals you can enjoy at home.
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Joe’s and Iris host wine dinners from the comfort of your home
Wine dinners have resumed, and now you can participate from your own dining room or even your screened porch. It’s yet another use for Zoom.
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Some restaurateurs are ready to open, some say no way
Restaurateurs have differing opinions on whether the decision to open restaurants on Monday is the right thing to do; some say it’s time, some say it’s too soon.
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April 2020
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: The pork belly one
Three Daily Memphian staffers talk (remotely, of course) about what they're eating these days.
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PPP loans are complicated, especially for restaurateurs
The Paycheck Protection Program loan could be a lifeline to restaurants, or it could be of no use at all. Experts say the loan, and especially its forgiveness criteria, is complicated.
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Las Tortugas reopens Germantown Road location
Tortas and tacos and elote — oh my! Las Tortugas reopened for curbside and delivery, at the Germantown Road location only.
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Restaurants open in adjoining counties, but lunch crowds are small
Restaurants in adjoining counties were able to open Monday; at Las Margaritas in Atoka, the crowd was thin but glad to be eating Mexican food again.
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Indulge your sweet tooth while stuck at home
We’ll stay at home and stay safe from coronavirus, but that doesn’t protect us from cookies and cakes when they’re still pretty easy to get.
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When benefits outweigh employment
Employees receiving generous unemployment benefits can make it hard for restaurateurs to have adequate staff when it’s time to reopen and to meet their PPP forgiveness requirements.
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Quarantine Cuisine: Joes on Highland
Joes on Highland is serving its regular menu and family meals to go, and fried chicken, it turns out, is the rare fried food that travels well.
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Amid pandemic crisis, new bakery experiencing sweet success
Sugar Avenue bakery had a name and a website, but it took a crisis and a desire to do something happy to bring it to fruition.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Isolated with takeout and TV
Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington and Natalie Van Gundy talk takeout and what they’re watching on the tube.
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Some restaurateurs are ready to open, say sooner is better than later
With Tennessee’s safer-in-place order expiring April 30, many restaurants will reopen. Memphis and Shelby County will set a local schedule, but some restaurateurs want to open soon.
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Crazy COVID crisis leads to cockatoo caper for new company
When you start a company that does odd jobs, sometimes you get an odder one than you expected: Two Broke Bartenders can now claim to be cockatoo couriers.
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Restaurateurs reject May 1 reopening recommendation
Gov. Bill Lee will receive a recommendation to allow dining establishments, closed one month, to reopen May 1, but area restaurateurs say that’s too soon.
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Gibson’s and Kelly English team up; new meal deals
Kelly English is passing out Gibson’s, Elwood’s has a Saturday night steak dinner, and Jimmy Gentry’s corn mash comes back next week.
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Pet food pantry is first project for Shelby County coalition
Countywide coalition of animal welfare agencies has set up a food pantry to help feed pets in times of COVID-19.
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Shopping at The Fresh Market? Take your face mask
The Fresh Market, following CDC recommendations to cover your face, is the first grocery in town asking that shoppers put on face masks before coming in the store.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Keeping it in the house
What do you do when the cupboard's kinda bare and you're not supposed to go shopping and even if you do the stores are nearly empty?
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Quarantine Cuisine: Aldo’s and Slider Inn
Pizza from Aldo’s and a Jameson slushie from Aldo Dean’s Slider Inn just down the street makes a great meal to enjoy outside on a nice evening.
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Four-legged co-workers make working from home an experience, good or bad
Working at home with pets can be a blessing or a curse. Just remember, whatever you think, they might just think the same thing.
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Nontraditional suppliers help keep Superlo stores stocked
The local, employee-owned grocery with deep roots in Memphis has rolled up its sleeves and looked to new suppliers to keep its stores stocked.
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