There are 14 article(s) tagged Corky's Bar-B-Q:

• June 2024

  • Meat, cheese and spices: A Father’s Day gift guide for foodies

    Father’s Day is Sunday, June 16. What are you getting the dad in your life?

    By Jennifer Chandler June 14, 2024

• March 2024

  • Sound Bites: Black Restaurant Week, Downtown dining tips

    On this “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington highlight a few favorites from the Black Restaurant Week slate and go deep on where they’d eat and where they’d send visitors within walking distance of FedExForum.

    By Chris Herrington March 20, 2024

• May 2023

  • Beyond pulled pork: What else to order at Memphis barbecue joints

    Sometimes you want a pulled pork sandwich, sometimes you don’t. Here are some of the best non-barbecue dishes at the area’s barbecue restaurants.

    By Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington May 12, 2023

• December 2022

  • Sunrise, Corky’s, The Lobbyist and Cocozza, all now open or coming soon

    On this week’s Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs talk about restaurants that have just opened or are within days or weeks of opening their doors.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 14, 2022

  • Corky’s reopens with a new look after a February fire

    After the East Memphis barbecue restaurant caught fire earlier this year, owner Jimmy Stovall decided to remodel. And at least one new touch nods to the building’s previous life as a gas station. 

    By Jennifer Biggs December 12, 2022

• August 2022

  • $10 Deal: Corky’s Swine Dining menu offers tamales, catfish bites and more

    At Corky’s, you can order from the bargain Swine Dining under $10 menu until 4 p.m. daily, and it’s full of full-size servings of restaurant favorites.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 12, 2022

• February 2022

  • Fire closes Corky’s Poplar Avenue location

    Office equipment set off the early-morning fire at the restaurant in East Memphis.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 01, 2022

• October 2021

  • Corky’s BBQ changes hands

    Corky’s BBQ chief executive Jimmy Stovall also leads BBQVC Food Group, which just bought the Memphis restaurant chain.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 01, 2021

• September 2021

  • $10 Deal: Corky’s drive-thru lunch special

    Corky’s has a $6.99 drive-thru special 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. that includes a generous sandwich, an order of fries and a 32-ounce drink.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 21, 2021

• April 2021

  • Restaurant Reboot: Staffing in pandemic’s wake is a ‘disaster’

    With enhanced unemployment benefits and better-paying distribution jobs, restaurateurs don’t know when they’ll be fully staffed. Worse, they’re still uncertain when they’ll be back to 100% capacity.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 13, 2021

• March 2021

  • It’s Lent, so here are some good fish recommendations

    If you give up meat for Lent and only eat fish, do you still get credit if you love it? Does it still count? 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 10, 2021

• June 2020

  • What’s hot? Dry ice sales for nexAir

    Social distancing has meant the shipping of more food to the front doors of more people. Which means Memphis-based nexAir is selling more dry ice. 

    By Tom Bailey June 17, 2020

• November 2019

  • Corky’s to sell Penny Hardaway ‘All The Smoke’ barbecue sauce

    The sauce was specially created with Penny Hardaway exactly to his liking. 

    By Drew Hill November 24, 2019

• December 2018

  • Corky’s creating event space in East Memphis

    Next holiday season, the original Corky’s Bar-B-Q restaurant on Poplar in East Memphis will have room to accommodate private parties and events.

    By Tom Bailey December 23, 2018