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Food Files: Are you HungryAF? This restaurant is for you
HungryAF’s owner said her menu items have “a little razzle dazzle.”
Sophia Surrett
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Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She has been with The Daily Memphian since July 2023, first starting as a business reporter covering various beats. Now, she covers food, restaurants, and hospitality and tourism.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Keeping tallies on Tally, Kroger’s new stocking robot
If you’ve been startled by Kroger’s newest — and autonomous — employee, you’re not alone.
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Food NewsNew restaurant headed for former Alchemy space
Alchemy Memphis closed in June 2025 after serving tapas and cocktails in Cooper-Young for almost 15 years.
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Food NewsHome Place Pastures products now go from ‘farm to Kroger’
Four Kroger stores will now carry pork and beef products from the Como, Mississippi-based farm.
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Food NewsEmpanada trailer brings Argentinian flavor to Midtown
Prior to launching at the Memphis Farmers Market, Argento Foods mostly did small catering orders, but the business recently secured its first food trailer.
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Food News Babalu restaurants have a new owner
Spell Restaurant Group has sold both Babalu locations to longtime employee Jesse Robertson.
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Food NewsFood Files: Midtown’s No Comment to close
A permit also suggests Flying Biscuit Cafe could open in the former Belly Acres spot in the Regalia Shopping Center.
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Food News Gussied Up, Hard Times’ attached bar, to open this month
The retro-inspired Gussied Up will serve as extra space for the Edge District’s Hard Times Deli until 4 p.m. and then operate as a standalone bar starting at 5 p.m.
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September 2026
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Table TalkTable Talk: Local chefs to use surplus foods and produce rejects in food competition
The seventh annual Reharvest Memphis competition at Crosstown Concourse will challenge chefs to create dishes with imperfect produce and surplus ingredients.
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Food News Highland Strip’s getting a ‘high-end honky-tonk’
“Take a honky-tonk, sweep up all the sawdust, replace a couple of shots with a couple of glasses of wine, with some cool Memphis music and Western memorabilia,” said one of the three owners.
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Business Two years after opening, Starbucks on Covington to close
Starbucks is planning to close about 1% of its 18,000 North America locations.
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Food NewsFood Files: American comfort food takes over former Maciel’s space
“Initially, it could be a turnkey business; however, we decided that we wanted to do a bigger restaurant idea,” the restaurant’s owner said.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Ronnie Grisanti’s rolls out an $11 bar menu
Ronnie Grisanti’s executive manager wants to bring people back into the restaurant instead of just watching the “food go out the door.”
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Food NewsFormer Coletta’s sold to Casa Mexicana group
Jerry and Diane Coletta sold the 8,800-square-foot building on Monday, Sept. 21, to Dulce Lucero Mejia and Humberto Camarena Padilla, the owners of a nearby Casa Mexicana location.
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Food News Wing Wars hopes to showcase Memphis as more than barbecue
Carmeon Hamilton’s Wing Wars competition brings local favorites to Stax for bragging rights and big cash awards.
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Food NewsFood Files: Second area Big Bad Breakfast to open soon
Plus, a Mexican restaurant in Collierville is closing.
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Food News Smashburger food truck to open in Poplar Avenue space
Food truck Addiction Smash Burger is opening its first brick-and-mortar location.
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Table TalkTable Talk: The restaurant franchises we’d like to see in Memphis
In some ways, Memphians seem to have a love/hate relationship with restaurant franchises.
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Food NewsHalcyon Bakery aims to elevate Memphis’ pastry scene
A new Cooper‑Young spot will blend French baking, local partnerships and a community‑driven vibe.
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Food Local Ben’s Friends chapter helps restaurant workers struggling with addiction
Restaurant workers are among the most at risk for substance abuse and heavy alcohol use in the United States. The Memphis chapter of Ben’s Friends hopes to help on the path to sobriety.
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Food NewsFood Files: New doughnut shop fills former Downtown coffee shop
Plus, Little Petals looks to new location and Dutch Bros Coffee considers Cordova.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Quesabirria? Yes, please!
“Walking into El Agave off Poplar Avenue felt like a dream, mainly because I had been staring at the lights-on-no-one’s-home San Diego Cantina building for years.”
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Food News Wahlburgers takes over Pyramid dining operations
Wahlburgers Wild never closed, but its parent company, Wahlburgers, reclaimed management of its one-of-a-kind location earlier this year, along with the other dining operations, including the hotel’s breakfast and banquets.
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ReviewsNew Eats: Tiger football value meals
The University of Memphis was offering three new value meals at Saturday’s season home opener, and food writer Sophia Surrett was there to check them out.
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Spirit of MemphisLocal beekeeper hopes to make city a little sweeter
“Bees work for the greater good of the hive ... with communication, teamwork, selflessness, and that’s kind of what we’re wanting to show Memphis,” says Kevin Woods.
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