There are 22 article(s) tagged Cooper Young:

• November 2024

  • Judge resets controversial Cooper-Young recovery home hearing

    Questions delay the hearing for the Midtown recovery home opposed by neighbors and allegedly in violation zoning rules.

    By Jody Callahan November 19, 2024

• August 2024

  • Plans released for former Central Yards site

    Developer Chance Carlisle addressed concerns about parking for The Cooper, a new mixed-used project in Cooper-Young.

    By Sophia Surrett August 13, 2024

• December 2023

  • Palladio has new owner after 27 years

    Cynthia Ham, the former CEO of BRIDGES, has big plans for the Central Avenue home and garden store.

    By Aisling Mäki December 20, 2023

• August 2023

  • $10 deal: Otherlands’ grits stick to your ribs, not your wallet

    As my mother would likely say, “the grits at Otherlands stick to your bones and hold you over for anything the day throws at you.”

    By Joshua Carlucci August 31, 2023

• April 2023

  • $10 Deal: Maciel’s Midtown is quintessential Cal-Mex on a budget

    This week’s $10 deal takes a native Californian back to his roots. 

    By Joshua Carlucci April 06, 2023

• August 2022

  • As Beauty Shop turns 20, Karen Carrier looks at past, future — and a big party

    Beauty Shop celebrates its 20th anniversary with the re-opening of Back Dō/Mi Yard, Harlan T. Bobo performs at Bar DKDC, and Karen Carrier takes a look at how it started and where she’s headed.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 03, 2022

• June 2022

  • The ‘barbecue’ is back in Bain (just follow your nose)

    Bain Barbecue & Bakery fully lives up to its name later this week, as a converted propane tank smoker named Peggy is on-site and turning out Texas brisket plus more.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 08, 2022

• May 2022

  • Mulan’s Co-Yo lease is month-to-month but they hope to stay longer

    “We’re not out to get the little guy. We all used to be the little guy,” said John Currence, owner of Big Bad Breakfast, the restaurant he announced last month would open in Mulan’s space. 

    By Jennifer Biggs May 05, 2022

• April 2022

  • Area’s second Big Bad Breakfast coming to Cooper-Young

    With the purchase of two corners in Cooper-Young, John Currence has plans to build a Big Bad Breakfast for Midtowners.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 29, 2022

  • Table Talk: Parties are hard, Cooper-Young is changing, and East Memphis is booming

    Have you thrown a big party since COVID? I was out of practice and it was hard; Williamsburg Village in East Memphis keeps hopping; and Cooper-Young is getting bigger and badder.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 27, 2022

• March 2022

  • Let’s Do it again: Sushi restaurant returns with monthly pop-up

    For six hours, Bar DKDC stepped back almost a decade and became Dō. Next month, it happens again.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 24, 2022

• July 2021

  • City Council Scorecard: The impact of Memphis 3.0 where commercial and residential meet

    The Council Scorecard follows the saga of a used car lot in Raleigh that has come to symbolize the complexity of trying to move toward less-intense commercial development on major roads that have neighborhoods just behind them.

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2021

• April 2021

  • Cooper-Young proves ‘perfect’ for Porchfest

    Neighborhood leaders thought the tree-lined streets, where almost every home has a veranda, would be ideal for outdoor mini-concerts.

    By Omer Yusuf April 19, 2021

• December 2020

  • Planning board supports Central Yards project

    The 5.5-acre, $60 million mixed-use proposal for the north edge of Cooper-Young will next be reviewed by the City Council.

    By Tom Bailey December 10, 2020

• October 2020

  • Large, mixed-use ‘Central Yards’ proposed for Midtown gateway

    The development would comprise 5.6 acres near the southwest corner of Cooper and Central, provide extra parking for an area that is often short on spaces, and be intentional about fitting in with the old neighborhood, the developers say.

    By Tom Bailey October 30, 2020

  • Cooper Young runners rev for fun

    Even though the Cooper Young Festival was canceled this year due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual four-miler race went on.

    By Omer Yusuf October 06, 2020

• August 2020

  • Friends, admirers mourn Stoy Bailey, ‘the original community organizer’

    The lifelong Memphian and tireless advocate for Rozelle-Annesdale neighborhood avoided the spotlight.

    By David Waters August 28, 2020

• July 2020

  • Planning board - again - approves Elvis Presley manufacturing site and Cooper-Young four-plex

    After the City Council sent the cases back, the Land Use Control Board for a second time approved two development proposals over the stiff opposition of neighbors.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2020

• March 2020

  • Local small businesses could get help through state disaster loans

    Small businesses in Memphis may soon be receiving assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration in the form of Economic Injury Disaster loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 17, 2020

• July 2019

  • Fewer, more expensive townhouses approved for Cooper-Young

    After neighbors criticized a proposed 10-townhouse development on a quarter-acre, the developers cut the density in half but said the prices must rise.

    By Tom Bailey July 12, 2019

• November 2018

  • Walk this way: Cooper Street gets two new crosswalks near busy intersections

    Two new crosswalks on Cooper Street at the corners of Felix and Oliver avenues wrap up the first phase of an effort by area businesses to make the Cooper-Young neighborhood safer for pedestrians.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 07, 2018

• September 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