There are 18 article(s) tagged Dining reviews:

• September 2020

  • A pandemic can’t diminish the delights at Tsunami in Cooper-Young

    Tsunami continues to serve the best Chilean sea bass in town, but any fish that comes from Ben Smith’s kitchen is going to make you happy, even if it’s trimmings in a taco.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 11, 2020

  • Iris beautifully executes its Catalan menu

    Chef Kelly English continues to serve Catalan cuisine at Restaurant Iris for the month of September, but other Iris items are on the combined menu at The Second Line.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Daisy’s Restaurant blooms with ox tails, ham hocks and neck bones

    Home cooking is as personal as food gets, and Robert Taylor's Daisy’s on South Third offers real soul food and home cooking that you need to add to your list of soul food restaurants.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 14, 2020

• January 2020

  • A Grisanti comes into his own in Collierville

    There are Grisantis all over, but only one in Collierville. David Grisanti is operating smoothly in the back of Sheffield Antiques Mall, serving up all the family favorites.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 24, 2020

  • Moondance falls short of marvelous, but it holds promise

    Moondance Grill is Tommy Peters’ latest restaurant, and there’s plenty to like about the new place in Germantown’s Thornwood development.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 17, 2020

• November 2019

  • Happy Greek Café serves great food in Highland Strip

    The Happy Greek Cafe on Highland offers a tidy menu of Greek and Middle-eastern favorites that are all good; you can’t really go wrong.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 15, 2019

• October 2019

  • Vietnamese refugee offers authentic fare at Ong Cau Cafe

    Ong Cau Cafe serves up authentic Vietnamese food from the north, south and central regions in a strip center in Cordova.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 11, 2019

• July 2019

  • Thai Bistro reopens in Bartlett, six years after closing Downtown and Cordova sites

    Thai Bistro in Bartlett is the real deal, authentic dishes that deliver a lot of flavor and a bit of bang, too.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 11, 2019

• May 2019

  • Sam’s Deli delivers on sandwiches and more

    Sam’s Deli serves much more than sandwiches now that it’s settled in to its new home on Highland, just a bit south of the Highland Strip.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 17, 2019

• March 2019

  • Soul Fish cooks thin and crispy to make us fat and happy

    The catfish is as good as ever at Soul Fish, but thin and crispy is on the menu and once you try it, you might forget about the regular fillets.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 29, 2019

  • Raven & Lily finds new home for its fine food in Collierville

    Raven & Lily offers comfortable but slightly elevated fare in Collierville, having left its original digs in Oakland late in the summer.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • Wasabi offers a wide range of sushi in Sanderlin Centre

    Wasabi serves numerous rolls, fresh sashimi and sushi and lunch specials that are a good value, all tucked away in Sanderlin Centre in East Memphis.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • P.O. Press delivers the provisions expertly in Collierville

    P.O. Press in Collierville is possibly the best restaurant around here at present and well worth the 20- or 30-mile drive for folks from Downtown, Midtown and East Memphis.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 11, 2019

• December 2018

  • Ronnie Grisanti’s in Regalia: Manicotti and martinis are back

    The ’80s called. They said to tell that they’re into Negronis instead of Singapore Slings, Dean Martin over Donna Summer, that prosecco is their new white zin, and that they’re at the bar in Ronnie Grisanti’s.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 14, 2018

• November 2018

  • Restaurant Iris bears a different bloom in new season

    In April, Restaurant Iris turned 10 and in June, owner Kelly English shut it down for a complete re-do, the kind where walls get knocked down and menus tossed out. It was a gamble, a throw of the dice. Iris was beloved as it was and after my first visit, I wondered if the coin was going to land heads up.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 16, 2018

• October 2018

  • Andrew Michael hits 10 years in fine fettle

    When the doors of Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen opened in 2008, the owners had a good idea where they’d be in 10 years but we diners did not. What we saw was a cozy Italian restaurant run by two baby-faced kids who surprised us by actually knowing what they were doing.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 19, 2018

  • Gary Williams does it again: Krewe of DeJavu is familiar fare

    Gary Williams can cook and Memphians know it: We’ve been eating his mashup menu of Creole, soul and vegan food for 10 years now. But there have been some ups and downs – including a complete shutdown – in that time.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 12, 2018

• September 2018

  • Pete & Sam’s still serves up the favorites, but it does it better

    Pete & Sam’s celebrates its 70th anniversary this year in a spiffed up restaurant, thanks to the Bomarito brothers taking on local investor partners and a late 2017 fire that caused the place to close for almost five months for cleaning and updating.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 21, 2018