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Collierville restaurant owners’ dream vacation turns into COVID nightmare
A Caribbean paradise turned bad for Angela and Tony Sarwar when they found out they had COVID just before they were to return home.
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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August 2021
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Food Bistro news: La Baguette reopens next week
La Baguette reopens next week and, when the dining room renovation is finished, will serve bistro food for dinner.
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Food Recipe Exchange: Café Samovar’s Beef Stroganoff
Jennifer Biggs shares the recipe for Café Samovar’s Beef Stroganoff.
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Coronavirus First ‘vaccine day’ a smooth ride at RP Tracks
If you want to eat at RP Tracks, starting this week, you have to show your vaccination card or negative COVID test. The first day of the new practice went smoothly for the University area restaurant.
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Food Table Talk: Masking up in restaurants and schools; Café Samovar recipe revealed
We’re talking about masks, because what else? Really, though, wearing them properly could be what keeps our restaurants open. But is it enough to keep our kids safe?
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Food Masks are back and we’re out of the studio for now
Jennifer, Chris and Eric talk about new masking rules and how the high local numbers are affecting restaurants — and them.
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News and Features New Eats: Saucy Chicken has new digs in East Memphis
Saucy Chicken has more space and an expanded menu after moving from Crosstown to East Memphis.
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Food To avoid restaurant restrictions, just wear a mask, health dept. says
While the Health Department has the authority to enact stricter rules, Director Taylor says she believes compliance with the new mask mandate will dampen the Delta surge.
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Food My Favorite Things: The Majestic Grille’s fish (and chips) fried just right
It’s a long trip from Boston to Memphis, but the cold-water cod for the fish and chips at The Majestic Grille gets here fast, flown in each week.
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Sound Bites Cristina McCarter has numerous businesses on her plate
Cristina McCarter is a local food entrepreneur, offering tasting tours, gift boxes, and charcuterie boards in her various business and and organizing events like Memphis Dining Week.
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City of Memphis Restaurant owners say they prefer masks over other restrictions
Restaurateurs worry that Shelby County’s new mask mandate might scare customers, but prefer it over more stringent restrictions on their businesses.
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Food Table Talk: Cookbooks, COVID, cold beer and more
It’s one thing to get rid of bookshelves; getting rid of the cookbooks they held turns out to be a little harder.
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Food Recipe Exchange: Butternut Squash with Dukkah
Jennifer Biggs shares her recipe for Butternut Squash with Dukkah.
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News and Features Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on restaurants again
Some restaurants are once again closing because of employees testing positive, and a group of employees walked out of Soul Fish’s Midtown location on Sunday because it didn’t close.
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Food Big Bad Breakfast opening soon; Russell Casey feeds Jackson Browne again
Big Bad Breakfast is behind schedule because of the crippled supply chain, but John Currence should open his first Memphis restaurant within the next month.
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News and Features Cheers for Beers: Sure, it’s a restaurant, but Boscos is also a brewery
Boscos might be a full-service restaurant and bar, but it’s also a brewery and, even more, it was the first new one to open in Tennessee since the repeal of Prohibition.
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Food Table Talk: Vax passports, sandwich sampling, and a leftovers pro tip
Three local restaurants/bars require vaccine cards, an idea for giving new life to leftovers, prosecco on tap has us giddy, and everyone loves a good sandwich.
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Food Recipe Exchange: Asian Paella
Chinese leftovers are given new life when they’re used to make a fusion Asian Paella.
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Business Lenny’s opening its first Walmart location
Lenny’s started in Bartlett in 1998 and now is expanding its brand as it opens inside the Walmart store on Winchester this week.
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$10 Deals $10 Deal: Young chow rice at Golden City
Young Chow rice is a nostalgic and filling lunch or dinner at Golden City in Cordova, and the price tag is $8.50.
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Sound Bites Bari to officially reopen with prosecco on tap
Bari opens Tuesday in its new place at 524 S. Cooper, just a stone’s throw from its old place but with lots more room and its own parking.
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Food Redbirds host a BBQ weekend; Abner’s expands; Bari is back
The Memphis Redbirds are getting in the barbecue spirit with an upcoming weekend ribs competition; they’re even changing the team name for two games.
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Metro Three local bars, restaurants to require proof of vaccination
Three local bar/restaurants have laid down the law: If you want to drink or eat with them, you have to show proof of vaccination or that you’re COVID-free.
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News and FeaturesDowntown restaurants face the challenge of empty offices
Downtown restaurateurs face the same problems their colleagues around town do, but a pared-down office population adds to their woes.
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Food Table Talk: Fig season means fig bread, a nice surprise, a sobering Sound Bites
A pleasant surprise on the scale inspires a renewed interest in cooking at home.
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