There are 19 article(s) tagged Bryant's Breakfast:

• July 2026

  • At several local institutions, cash is still king

    If you’re going to The Pancake Shop or Paula & Raiford’s Hollywood Disco, don’t forget to bring cash. 

    By Sophia Surrett July 13, 2026

• February 2024

  • Sound Bites: Talking breakfast, with Memphis faves and great debates

    Recently, Daily Memphian contributor Christin Yates highlighted 10 Memphis restaurants with a breakfast bent. On Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington muse over restaurants mentioned in the story.

    By Chris Herrington February 22, 2024

  • Family meal: Nine hot spots to grab breakfast

    In honor of National Hot Breakfast Month, The Daily Memphian’s guide to a hot breakfast is heavy on local and family-owned and -operated restaurants. 

    By Christin Yates February 18, 2024

• July 2022

  • Taste of Summer: Turn back time at Nagasaki, enjoy breakfast at Bryant’s

    With some sit-down Japanese, some classic takeout Chinese and the unlikely union of meat-and-three and Thai, the second installment of our Summer Avenue food guide reaches a stretch of the street where “old Memphis” and “international Memphis” are often one and the same.

    By Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs July 27, 2022

  • Bryant’s Breakfast plans expansion

    Bryant’s plate lunches may even make a comeback after the expansion of the Summer Avenue breakfast spot is complete. 

    By Jordan Arellano July 23, 2022

• June 2022

  • Summer Avenue from Highland to Waring: Teppanyaki and tequila

    The second installment of our Summer Avenue tour takes us to diverse places such as Nagasaki, Willie Mae’s, and two favorite Mexican restaurants.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 28, 2022

• December 2021

  • The good, the sad and the plucky: 2021 in food

    2021 brought staff shortages, supply chain delays, COVID surges and sad losses, but also new restaurants and the return of old friends.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 31, 2021

• September 2021

  • Judd Tashie talks La Baguette, Bryant’s, Ciao Bella and more

    La Baguette is open again – and will soon be for dinner – Bryant’s is humming along, and Ciao Bella prepares for a move in January.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 09, 2021

• June 2021

  • Restaurateur, dog lover, storyteller and beloved brother Phil Bryant has died

    Phil Bryant, who served millions of biscuits over the years, handed out free bacon to dogs and loved to spin a tale just for the fun of it, died on Memorial Day.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 08, 2021

• April 2021

  • Oh, snap: This week’s best photos

    Here are a few of our favorite images from this week. Optimism is in the air — and it smells a lot like sizzling burgers and hot biscuits. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 19, 2021

  • Table Talk: Restaurants’ staffing woes abound, but they’re opening and reopening

    Restaurateurs face a hiring crisis, yet restaurants continue to open and reopen around town. Also, Downtown gets a grocery store, everyone loves cheese dip, and Rajun Cajun returns this weekend.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 14, 2021

  • The biscuits, the bacon and the long lines return to Bryant’s

    Bryant’s Breakfast is back, the biscuits are hot, the bacon is crisp and the lines are long. It’s like it never closed.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 14, 2021

  • Reopenings, new openings and events — what pandemic?

    We’re opening up, literally. New restaurants are opening this week, old places — including Bryant’s — are reopening, and we have new locations, moves, and ticketed events coming.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 12, 2021

  • Joes’ Fried Chicken is closed, but only until a new home is found

    Joes’ Fried Chicken, Joes on Highland — whatever you wanted to call it — is closed for now but will open again as soon as the owners find a new place.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 05, 2021

• March 2021

  • Table Talk: Black Restaurant Week, fish for everyone, and the Tashies take over

    The food at Dory, the Tashies acquire two local favorites, and we take you inside some of the restaurants participating in Memphis Black Restaurant Week. 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 10, 2021

  • Bryant’s has sold and the biscuits will be baking soon

    Bryant’s Breakfast has been sold to members of the Tashie family and will reopen soon.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • Bryant’s Breakfast owner, ‘a real character,’ has the job of his life ahead of him

    Phil Bryant is selling the family business because he has another task ahead of him. This time the former CPA, ER nurse and restaurateur is taking on cancer.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 08, 2021

  • The year it all went wrong and we still pulled through

    We started 2020 like any other year, but even if we didn’t know it, the world changed in January and Memphis was set to change within weeks.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 04, 2021

• December 2020

  • Bryant’s Breakfast is for sale (you know there will be a line)

    Bryant’s Breakfast can be yours if you’re ready to jump in the restaurant business; after 50+ years, the Bryants are retiring.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 18, 2020