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Topic: Cooper-Young
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December 2024
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October 2024
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Sound Bites: Short ribs, grits and grilled cheese at The Public Bistro
Need a Memphis first date idea? Kate Ashby’s two Cooper-Young restaurants fit the bill for posh but unfussy spots with approachable food. She’s the guest on this week’s “Sound Bites” dining podcast.
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Blu Tiger Games joins Cooper-Young’s ‘Collectors Row’
A new video game store joins the existing stretch of businesses just east of the intersection of Cooper & Young, which includes 901 Toys, 901 Comics and Goner Records.
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What to Order: Try the baba ghanouj, kabob at La Roche
The little house on Cooper Street has reincarnated yet again, this time as La Roche, a Lebanese-Armenian restaurant.
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September 2024
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Cooper-Young festivalgoers come out rain or shine
For a typical Cooper-Young Festival, organizers anticipate crowds of 125,000 or more with more than 400 vendors. For the 35th annual event this year, the threat of rain and perhaps football depressed early attendance.
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How much does it cost to live in Cooper-Young and other Memphis neighborhoods?
From restaurants to schools and architecture, Memphis has a variety of perks to offer renters looking for a place to stay.
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August 2024
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What to Order: Breakfast Sushi — and more — at Kitchen Laurel
Kitchen Laurel, chef Kevin Sullivan’s restaurant in Cooper-Young, serves creative twists on breakfast fare.
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New spot to get juice squeezes into Cooper-Young
The Juice Joint will offer freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices with natural and local ingredients, acai bowls and smoothies.
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July 2024
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Developer wants to turn Midtown area into Nashville’s The Gulch
Developer Taylor Caruthers said The Gulch’s mixed-use buildings, which have ground-floor retail and apartments on top, inspired him to imitate them.
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Proposed recovery home in Midtown sparks neighbors’ concern
“In the meeting, (a neighbor) asked, ‘Are we getting violent offenders?’ (A company representative) said he’s not allowed to discuss that.”
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June 2024
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Palladio lights up Central Avenue with Memphis artist’s neon sign
The pink neon sign marks the final step in the rebranding of Palladio Interiors and Garden, an iconic Midtown business with a nearly 30-year history.
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April 2024
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Loudean’s bids farewell to Cooper-Young
Sisters June Taylor and Joyce Boggs first opened the Cooper-Young boutique back in 1977 under the guidance of their mother, the late seamstress Loudean Peak.
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February 2024
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250-pound sasquatch stolen from Cooper-Young yard
One neighbor compared the theft to the Mona Lisa being taken from the Louvre.
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December 2023
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The To-Do List: Wurlitzer solstice, Honky-Tonk Christmas and Festivus for the rest of us
This week brings Christmas Day bowling at Bass Pro, a five-course dinner paired with a “Barbie” screening and last-minute shopping for art and other holiday gifts.
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September 2023
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Mummies, Gories and a Tee Vee Repairmann? Rock bands, fans hit Memphis for Gonerfest 20
After starting as a Midtown dive-bar lark two decades ago, Gonerfest turns 20, with rock bands and fans from around the world descending on Memphis for “four days of music and mayhem.”
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Cultivated by community: Flower business opens Cooper-Young shop
Midtown Bramble & Bloom’s urban micro-farm is spread across nine plots owned by different Midtown neighbors, most just a short walk from the new storefront on Young Avenue.
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April 2023
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Front porch singing: Musicians play yard concerts across Cooper-Young
Cooper-Young transformed into a tiny music festival Saturday, April 15, as 100 bands played free public concerts on 40 porches for Porchfest 2023.
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March 2023
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Entrepreneur brings feel of home to Cooper-Young restaurant
Ashtar Garden is expected to open Saturday, Oct. 8 in Cooper-Young and will feature both breakfast and nightlife options.
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November 2022
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Memphis Bigfoot Festival bids furry farewell
Effi Oswald, 12, who came dressed as Bigfoot, noted that the creature’s existence has never been disproven. “I believe in him because he probably lives in the deep woods ... My whole family believes in Bigfoot.”
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October 2022
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Young Avenue Sound is ready for long plays, short stays
The new owners of Young Avenue Sound have renovated the building and kept the recording studios, but they’ve also added Airbnbs.
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Cooper-Young tree becomes Gnome House
Cooper-Young neighbors and passersby might have noticed a new addition to the Midtown community recently.
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Cooper-Young rainbow crosswalk nears completion
Cooper-Young’s rainbow crosswalk will be finished this weekend, making it the state’s first complete commemorative rainbow crosswalk for the LGBTQ community.
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July 2022
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Oh Snap: This week’s best photos
It’s all about work, this week. We’ve got entrepreneurs at Archer Malmo, Lucky Cowboy and Miccos Snow Cones & Shakes, plus some hard-working gardeners swapping plants in Cooper-Young.
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Cooper-Young plant swap combines community engagement and horticulture
Cooper-Young residents and other Memphians swapped freshly cut houseplants, herbs and flowers for their first in-person “plant swap” since 2019.
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Memphis man charged with killing wife in Fiji draws international attention
The death of a Cooper-Young resident is drawing international attention after a Memphis man is accused of murdering his wife on their honeymoon in Fiji.
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