There are 12 article(s) tagged Buster's Liquors & Wines:

• October 2025

  • Controversial East Memphis liquor store license denied

    State alcohol board denies liquor license for The Station, a proposed East Memphis liquor store in the center of a contentious legal battle. 

    By Jody Callahan October 24, 2025

  • The fight over new East Memphis liquor store explodes into fireball

    Ethan Edwards wants to open a new high-end liquor store in East Memphis, and he thinks he has the right to do so. Buster’s Liquors co-owner Josh Hammond disagrees, and the fight is getting nasty.

    By Jody Callahan October 23, 2025

• August 2024

  • Recipe Exchange: Mom’s Chicken Salad from Buster’s Butcher

    Sweet yellow onion, celery, Duke’s mayo and lemon juice create a light and mildly flavored chicken salad.

    By Jennifer Chandler August 17, 2024

• September 2023

  • Buster’s Liquors & Wines is opening a new location in East Memphis

    Buster’s Liquors & Wines will open its second location in the Ridgeway Trace Shopping Center on Poplar Avenue.

    By Sophia Surrett September 02, 2023

• August 2023

  • New Buster’s Butcher has sides, soup, sauces, condiments, oils, spices, rubs — and, yes, a lot of meats

    Buster’s Butcher, adjacent to but separate from its parent, Buster’s Liquors & Wines in the University Center shopping complex, is a 2,200-square-foot playground for carnivorous cooks.

    By Chris Herrington August 28, 2023

• June 2023

  • Opinion: Buster’s co-owner asks local officials ‘to get a handle on this crime’

    Buster’s Liquors & Wines co-owner Josh Hammond calls for local law enforcement to do something about Memphis’ crime after a recent burglary at his store.

    By Josh Hammond June 19, 2023

  • Inked: Monster Golf comes to Cordova; Buster’s expands to East Memphis

    According to Monster Golf’s website, players interact with animated monsters, which “talk, wiggle and squawk” as players make their way through the course.

    By Rob Moore June 07, 2023

• April 2023

  • Table Talk: Crawfish festivals and a cookie mystery

    It’s crawfish festival season in Memphis. Plus, if you remember a cookie called a Justine, we need your help.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 12, 2023

• March 2023

  • Table Talk: Bog & Barley opens next month, Celebrity’s closes — maybe temporarily

    Plus, a substantial giveaway from Jersey Mike’s, a Tennessee pizza and beer place makes it into Halo and how much would you pay for your favorite cocktail. 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 23, 2023

  • Buster’s owners opening butcher shop next door

    “We’re excited. We feel like the market is underserved for independent butchers, and it’s great that we’ll have butchers who know to cook,” said one of the store’s owners. 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 20, 2023

• February 2023

  • Hard seltzer sales lead to hard debate

    Years after the wine in grocery stores battle was fought, a new battle is brewing — over spirit-based seltzers. 

    By Christin Yates February 20, 2023

• April 2021

  • A fourth COVID surge would affect the young, workforce

    Current disease modeling of the U.K. variant, 50% more contagious than the original Wuhan strain of coronavirus, shows Shelby County cases could rise to 300 to 400 a day. This can pose a problem for employers already struggling to fill positions. 

    By Jane Roberts April 18, 2021