New Spanish restaurants will soon be in our midst, as well as ice cream
The Daily Memphian is in its new office and we’re back in the studio to record podcasts for the first time since March 2020, which means we had a lot to say this week.
Topic: Sound Bites
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July 2021
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Larger Restaurant Iris expected to open by end of year
Chef Kelly English has some good news, bad news, and just plain old news for local diners.
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June 2021
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Craft casual comes to town this week when Torchy’s opens
Torchy’s Tacos opens the doors to its first “craft casual” restaurant in Tennessee on Thursday.
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Restaurant Iris’ move, Leonard’s sale and lining up for ‘Flintstone ribs’
Chris Herrington visits Sound Bites and he and Jennifer Biggs catch up with the latest food news and talk about — what else? — food.
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Greys Fine Cheese starts cheese workshop series this week
New East Memphis cheese shop begins a workshop series this week, has added sandwiches for Saturday lunch and will soon have them daily.
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Roar and Pour at Memphis Zoo will feature two local distilleries
Roar and Pour is the first big event at the Memphis Zoo since the onset of COVID.
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May 2021
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Rawk’n Grub returns to a gas station, this time in Olive Branch
Steph Cook is at Rawk’n Grub Side Stage, back inside a gas station, this one in Olive Branch.
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Longtime MIM volunteers remember when Barbecue Fest was this small
Two old friends and longtime Memphis in May volunteers take a few minutes to talk about this year’s festival and about some memorable times in the past.
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Table Talk: A May festival is back and Hog Wild goes east
A deep clean and purge of the kitchen might not spark joy, but can cause an existential questioning of time. And as the world moves on, festivals are planned and Hog Wild East opens.
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April 2021
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Derk Meitzler talks about his newest restaurant, Backlot
Derk Meitzler talks about Backlot, the new sandwich shop to open in the Paramount building, also known as Strait & Associates in “Bluff City Law,” and what else he has coming up.
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Jennifer and Chris talk curries and shortcuts
Curries can be a simple and tasty weeknight dinner, but you need to know a shortcut or two first.
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Majestic Grille owners talk about reopening
Deni and Patrick Reilly, the husband and wife team that own The Majestic Grille, are back on Friday and they have the restaurant shined and ready to welcome guests.
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March 2021
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Catfish, favorite dishes from Memphis Black Restaurant Week
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington revisit their favorites from Memphis Black Restaurant Week and talk about their favorite Southern dish: Fried catfish.
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Kelly English on what a year of COVID has been like for him and his industry
The year since local restaurants were first shut for coronavirus has been hard; Kelly English talks about what it’s been like for him.
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Cynthia Daniels talks Memphis Black Restaurant Week
Memphis Black Restaurant Week is in its sixth year, adapted for COVID this year, but going on with more participating restaurants than ever.
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Nacho average bar snack: Jennifer and Chris talk about nachos they’ve known and loved
Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about nachos, from the ones you make at home to barbecue nachos to dessert nachos, and Chris is so inspired by a curry on Facebook that he makes a comment.
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February 2021
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Table Talk: The long 10-day winter, chai to warm up, cake to end COVID
The snow came and we drank it with booze, The Peanut Shoppe faces a tough decision, and the Rendezvous loses a beloved, 53-year employee.
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Table Talk: Two holidays, two snows, untold numbers of photos this week
We got through Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, two (maybe three) winter storms, yet we cooked and we ate well, and we have the stories and photos to prove it.
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Calvary Waffle Shop is (kind of) back; Michael Donahue and I talk it over
First comes Michael’s birthday, then baseball spring training, the Calvary Waffle Shop, Easter and finally, spring will have sprung.
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Wine works, but other spirits are sweet with dessert too
Beer for dessert? Maybe. Sisco Larson and Kat Gordon talk with Jennifer Biggs about what to pair with your last course.
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Creativity and innovation founded Phillip Ashley Chocolates, then saved it
Phillip Ashley Rix literally had a dream that he would be a chocolatier, so then he made it happen. More than 10 years later, Oprah gave her seal of approval and sales skyrocketed.
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Table Talk: Soup views, restaurant news, and there’s info on FB, too
There’s still a pandemic, but that’s not stopping new restaurants and breweries from opening, and one local business owner has gotten so busy, he’s had to beef up his staff.
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January 2021
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Table Talk: Introducing a talky cousin
We’re talking food on our Table Talk group on Facebook, soup on Sound Bites and eating new burgers in East Memphis.
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Jennifer and Chris taste all the soup so you don’t have to
Jennifer and Chris talk about some of the soup they tasted for a tour of some of the best the city has to offer; listen today and read more on Thursday.
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Reflections on a sandwich quest with Chris and Jennifer
Jennifer and Chris remember some of their favorite sandwiches from an epic sandwich tour and talk about dining out during COVID.
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