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Hear music on porches, the Peabody rooftop and at the new Grind City Amp

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:21 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, an animal-free circus comes to the Buckman, crawfish are on Riverside Drive and you can watch every episode of the first season of “Twin Peaks” on a big screen.

Big Bill's Bar-Be-Que is back

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:29:54 -0500

Not only is the famed barbecue restaurant reopening Friday, April 17, but Big Bill himself is now managing the day-to-day kitchen operations.

Table Talk: Joys of spring include fresh new menus

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:02:15 -0500

’Tis the season to flip a menu.

From market to menu: The Farm Table opening Downtown

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:40:36 -0500

An indoor farmers market is becoming a small farm-to-fork restaurant.

Front of house: Alexander Babb of SOB East and Amelia Gene's

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:19:42 -0500

Alexander Babb initially went to bartending school due to a loophole in an informal contract with his father.

Social media and a salmon club: How Smackers made a name for itself

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:29:03 -0500

Smackers has leaned into a celebrity-endorsement strategy that includes Rick Ross, NeNe Leakes and Megan Thee Stallion — but that only works if the food delivers.

City Hall Cheesecake's mission rests on sweet treats and second chances

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:04 -0500

City Hall Cheesecake owner Kim Daly used to be frustrated that ex-offenders weren’t given second chances. Then she decided she could do something about it by buying a bakery.

Dress like Selena, party with Trekkies and get a tattoo at Graceland

adrake@dailymemphian.com (Alys Drake) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:40:42 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, the Stax Music Academy takes over Handy Park, Ballet Memphis performs a Shakespeare classic and Novel’s new club lets you walk and read at the same time.

Table Talk: At Harbor House, soul food helps heal the mind, body

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 12:48:30 -0500

Despite being loved by foodies the world over, soul food also has a reputation for being salt-laden, artery-clogging, butter-soaked cuisine. But a Memphis-born chef wants to prove that’s not all soul food has to be.

Cxffeeblack heads to World of Coffee expo

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 06:58:37 -0500

At the international expo for coffee purveyors, Memphis’ Cxffeeblack plans to pose a question: What would happen to the coffee industry if farmers were paid each time their beans were sold?

At Mempops, spring heats up demand

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:38:09 -0500

“From the middle of April through the Fourth of July, things get kind of crazy,” owner Chris Taylor said. “We’re really busy.”

Kaye's Pints & Scoops to open new scoop shop

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Mon, 6 Apr 2026 21:05:24 -0500

The Scoop by Kaye’s Pints & Scoops doesn’t officially open until May, but the company is doing a pop-up Saturday, April 4.

Easter egg hunts, a pierogi class and thrift shopping to benefit WKNO

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 18:51:41 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, the ’80s are back at Bar Keough, the women of Memphis jazz are at Crosstown Arts and Blue Suede Vintage has retro finds for all sizes.

Black lemonade? Why activated charcoal is showing up on area menus

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:13:47 -0500

Stirred into lemonade and other drinks, activated charcoal is a current wellness trend. But its actual effects are more nuanced than many people assume.

Table Talk: New app sounds off on restaurant noise

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:01:40 -0500

They say we first “eat” with our eyes. Next comes smell. But a new app is helping restaurant-goers with another one of the five senses: hearing.

No joke, Piccadilly's newest to-go location opens April 1

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 04:00:01 -0500

A post-pandemic shift in Piccadilly’s customer behavior led the company to downsize from a larger restaurant on Mount Moriah Road to a drive-thru location on Riverdale Road.

Barbecue? There's an app for that

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:36:44 -0500

Users will be able to customize orders for pickup or for delivery.

Crawfish season's near its boiling point. Here's where to buy them.

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:39:49 -0500

It’s mudbug season, and trucks such as Crawfish Cabin and Memphis Crawfish Co. are crawling in the season’s biggest, better crustaceans.

Trolley Night is back, and a garden party at the Dixon is gonna be golden

bphillips@dailymemphian.com (Bianca Phillips) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:54:27 -0500

In this week’s To-Do List, a Ghanaian artist makes life-sized movie poster art, an author chases ghosts at Elmwood and Soul & Spirits has a street-food fest.

Hot wing festival introduces World Wing Cup

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:24:46 -0500

The inaugural winners of the Wing World Cup will get a trophy, bragging rights and $25,000.