There are 7 article(s) tagged Babalu:

• November 2025

  • $15 Deal: Babalu’s messy, savory, cheesy, crispy birria tacos

    These tacos are worth birria and fat-stained fingers and au jus dripping down your chin.

    By Erica Horton November 22, 2025

• October 2024

  • Calkins: This Memphis restaurant owner went to the police. You might be surprised by what he found.

    Rick Spell, who owns three Memphis restaurants, had a recent meeting with the police. And he came away impressed. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 10, 2024

• July 2024

  • Recipe Exchange: The Baba Rita, Babalu’s signature margarita

    With National Tequila Day coming up, Babalu shares the recipe for the restaurant’s signature pomegranate margarita.

    By Jennifer Chandler July 25, 2024

• August 2023

  • East Memphis Babalu finishes makeover this month

    Owner Rick Spell, who opened the location in October 2019, has long planned to renovate the site, but the pandemic halted those plans.

    By Sophia Surrett August 03, 2023

• February 2023

  • Table Talk: Party or pancakes? Mardi Gras is also Shrove Tuesday, so you pick

    For something a little different before Lent begins, go the Shrove Tuesday route with a pancake supper.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 15, 2023

• August 2019

  • Eat Here Brands, owner of Babalu restaurants, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Restaurant group and owner of Babalu restaurants Eat Here Brands LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.

    By Natalie Pilgrim August 01, 2019

• November 2018

  • Bar Talk: Babalu

    'Tis the season for a festive drink, but that doesn't mean you have to whip up pumpkin in a latte. At Babalu, where seasonal cocktails rotate through the menu, they're riffing on a holiday cake this year.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 15, 2018