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Downtown Dining Week is back for 11th year
With more than 50 restaurants, Downtown Dining Week offers something for everyone and you’re free to pick and choose to create your own night out.
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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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With more than 50 restaurants, Downtown Dining Week offers something for everyone and you’re free to pick and choose to create your own night out.
Ocean Blue in Bartlett is the first stop on our Seafood Boil Trail; here you can get a fried basket or a happy hour cocktail to go with your crab legs.
Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza will serve a variety of homemade pastas, pizzas and a few entrees, all made from local ingredients and served in a beautifully renovated space.
Start eating nachos on Wednesday and don't stop until you finish with Taste of the Boulevard on Sunday — it’s a week to pace yourselves.
Zinnie’s opens on Halloween and will serve beer and food starting at the 5 p.m. opening, with wine and liquor to follow in a few weeks.
Downtown Dining Week starts in two weeks and wise diners know the time to get your reservations is now; November Friday lunch is at Las Tortugas.
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington discuss the sixth episode of “Bluff City Law,” where Della gives a speech at The Peabody Hotel, Elijah is a Tiger and it’s Rendezvous ribs for everybody.
Jennifer Biggs and pastry chef Konrad Spitzbart talk sweets, from cakes to candies.
Red Hook opens its second seafood boil restaurant in Memphis and is headed to Texas for the third one.
Halloween kicks off the candy season; let it be when you start your candy making for the holidays, too.
Seafood from various coasts is on the menu at Coastal Fish Company, which opens Tuesday in Shelby Farms.
Pepe Magallanes prepares the paella he calls pepella this weekend and next, but he starts selling it at Friday lunch and when it’s gone, it’s gone until next time.
Les Bons Amis tamales – crab, shrimp and crawfish – are on the menu at Elwood’s Shells, maybe for the customary one-month appearance, maybe for good.
Central Station is open for business, music is wafting throughout, and wine and cocktails are flowing at Eight & Sand.
Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs discuss the fifth episode of "Bluff City Law," where the levee broke and we've got the blues.
Memphian Lisa Gwatney is leading her category at World Food Championships in Dallas.
Zinnie’s likely won’t open until November, but expect a pre-opening party on Halloween.
Karen Carrier brings a slice of the Caribbean to Memphis with Back Dō/Mi Yard, a Cooper-Young outdoor restaurant and bar opening Wednesday.
Guests at Central Station Hotel will soon find Phillip Ashley Chocolates on their pillows.
Maciel’s Tortas and Tacos serves a chicken soup that stifles the sniffles and soothes your stuffy head.
Isiah Thomas and his Cheurlin Champagne were an unexpected treat of the 2019 Memphis Food & Wine Festival.
Ong Cau Cafe serves up authentic Vietnamese food from the north, south and central regions in a strip center in Cordova.
The Majestic Grille’s Apple Old-Fashioned will make you want to feel a nip in the air.
This is weekend chili, not a pot of this and that you throw together after work. But it's worth the trouble, and we have tips if you want to adapt it for a Tuesday night.
Momma’s Roadhouse in the former Dirty Crow serves up burgers and sandwiches just before you cross the old bridge.