There are 34 article(s) tagged Memphis restaurants:

• October 2018

  • McEwen’s, Curry N Jerk both temporarily closed after fire

    Neighboring restaurants McEwen’s and Curry N Jerk on Monroe are both closed after an electrical fire.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 03, 2018

  • Donuts and pizza? Garibaldi’s will open next to Gibson’s

    Soon a tiny strip mall in East Memphis will offer all the basics: Garibaldi’s Pizza is opening next to Gibson’s Donuts on Mt. Moriah.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 02, 2018

• September 2018

  • New Eats: Ronnie Grisanti’s Italian Restaurant opens to public

    After a couple of weeks of serving a limited menu to invited guests, Ronnie Grisanti’s Italian Restaurant opens its big mahogany doors and its full menu to the public Friday, Sept. 28.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 28, 2018

  • David Parks joins bar staff at Restaurant Iris

    David Parks, a popular longtime bartender, has gone to work at Restaurant Iris. He’s joined the team that includes bar manager Larin Culp and Jacob Leonard, bartender at The Second Line.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 27, 2018

  • Elwood’s Shells is coming to Cooper-Young

    Cooper-Young is getting a new restaurant and it’s one Memphians have been waiting on so long they might’ve forgotten about it: Elwood’s Shells will open at 916 Cooper in the former Jasmine Thai & Vegetarian Restaurant by the end of the year.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 24, 2018

  • Two new Grisanti’s restaurants to open within days

    Two new Grisanti restaurants are days away from opening. Ronnie Grisanti’s Italian Restaurant at Regalia is scheduled to open Sept. 28 and David Grisanti’s Italian Restaurant in Collierville is ready—but waiting on the cable company.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 22, 2018

  • Pete & Sam’s still serves up the favorites, but it does it better

    Pete & Sam’s celebrates its 70th anniversary this year in a spiffed up restaurant, thanks to the Bomarito brothers taking on local investor partners and a late 2017 fire that caused the place to close for almost five months for cleaning and updating.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 21, 2018

  • Porch & Parlor plans lush interior and early 2019 opening

    The opening of Porch & Parlor in the former Bar Louie spot in Overton Square has been pushed back a bit, from late 2018 to early 2019.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 20, 2018

  • Pete & Sam’s, from the ashes, celebrates 70th anniversary

    In 1948, Sam Bomarito was back from the war, settled back in his hometown and had about $3,000 to put in a business. His cousin, Pete Romeo from Chicago, had about the same. They teamed up and opened Pete & Sam’s, but Pete wasn’t long for a sleepy river town.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 20, 2018