There are 10 article(s) tagged Derk Meitzler:

• March 2025

  • Greens on wheels: Salad food truck opens in Midtown

    Memphis chef Kelly English said his new menu includes nine signature salad creations, plus a “choose-your-own-adventure” option.

    By Jennifer Chandler March 24, 2025

• September 2024

  • Everything’s coming up Swamp Bar

    Swamp Bar opened in December 2023, replacing the tapas joint Panta. At the time, Derk Meitzler said it would be a pop-up concept focused on Creole fusion food and cocktails. Today, it’s a popular late-night spot.

    By Holly Whitfield September 14, 2024

• February 2023

  • February Friday lunch: Panta for Catalan food

    Our February readers lunch is Feb. 17 and, a word to the wise, space is limited. 

    By Jennifer Biggs February 01, 2023

• July 2022

  • Former Café 61 owner joins Second Line, Pantà as new GM

    Some of the recipes from the former Café 61 remain sought after by Memphis diners, and there’s a possibility one or two might end up at The Second Line. 

    By Jennifer Biggs July 07, 2022

• September 2021

  • Two Girls and a Whip reopens, but only the whip remains the same

    Two Girls and a Whip returns, this time as a bakery instead of a cakery, with a menu of sweet and savory baked items for take out.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 21, 2021

• August 2021

  • Restaurant owners say they prefer masks over other restrictions

    Restaurateurs worry that Shelby County’s new mask mandate might scare customers, but prefer it over more stringent restrictions on their businesses.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 18, 2021

• April 2021

  • Derk Meitzler talks about his newest restaurant, Backlot

    Derk Meitzler talks about Backlot, the new sandwich shop to open in the Paramount building, also known as Strait & Associates in “Bluff City Law,” and what else he has coming up.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 27, 2021

• February 2021

  • Sold Burger: Earnestine & Hazel’s changes hands

    A new ownership group has bought Earnestine & Hazel’s for $900,000 and and a nearby warehouse for $200,000. The old bar will reopen soon, and the new owner promises to keep those Soul Burgers sizzling.

    By Tom Bailey, Jennifer Biggs February 27, 2021

• February 2020

  • Strait & Associates building’s next role: Restaurant

    We can still cross our fingers for more of NBC’s “Bluff City Law,” but should it return to the air, Elijah will need a new office building: Strait & Associates at Front Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard will soon be home to a restaurant, a sandwich shop and up those stairs where a beer or two was consumed on the show, a speakeasy.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 24, 2020

• March 2019

  • Meitzler takes over kitchen at The Vault

    Veteran chef Derk Meitzler has taken over at The Vault and plans to start changing the menu right away; old Harry's favorites are promised.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 27, 2019