There are 15 article(s) tagged Highland Strip:

• June 2024

  • Highland Strip college bar closed but will reopen

    Ubee’s on Highland has closed but the owners plan to reopen at another location, most likely in the suburbs. 

    By Sophia Surrett June 11, 2024

• July 2023

  • Popular sushi restaurant to add third location — with a twist

    At Red Koi’s upcoming Highland Street location, there will be a few tables for diners but the main focus will be as a take-out location. 

    By Matthew Fite July 19, 2023

• May 2023

  • Highland Street shooter is in custody

    The shooter who had been contained inside a local restaurant on the Highland Strip is in custody, according to a tweet from the Memphis Police Department.

     

    By Julia Baker May 02, 2023

• March 2023

  • $10 Deal: Vegetarian friendly lunch at Sam’s Deli

    Sam’s Deli, a Highland Avenue favorite, offers a nice veggie pita sandwich for a lighter lunch and half sandwiches for those who can’t put away a huge hoagie.

    By Joshua Carlucci March 16, 2023

• March 2022

  • $10 Deal: A budget-friendly belly buster at Happy Greek Café

    Happy Greek Café has plenty of economical choices, and you can’t go wrong with a hummus bowl topped with protein and a tangy little salad.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 18, 2022

• May 2021

  • Construction to make Highland Strip safer for pedestrians

    A $6.5 million project to install along the Highland Strip five crosswalks, medians, better sidewalks, more lighting, lusher landscaping and improved drainage is set to be complete by June 2022.

    By Tom Bailey May 04, 2021

• February 2021

  • Dumpster ire: Landlord cuts tree, installs garbage bin at front sidewalk

    The new owner of an apartment building near the Highland Strip applied for a variance allowing a dumpster to be placed near Walker Avenue. The retroactive request will require the owner to make significant changes for approval amid significant opposition. 

    By Tom Bailey February 24, 2021

• May 2020

  • New Eats: Fam on Highland

    Fam’s second restaurant opened just a month or so before COVID closed dining rooms, but now it’s reopened on Highland, serving fresh and healthy food.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 28, 2020

• January 2020

  • Driver hits pedestrian in heavily marked crosswalk

    Video shows a Jeep motoring through the new Highland Strip crosswalk, and striking and hurling a schoolteacher through the air. Police did not charge the driver, raising questions about how serious the city takes pedestrian safety. 

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020

• October 2019

  • $4.5M redevelopment coming to blighted Park Avenue office building

    The University Park Flats project will convert a vacant, blighted office building in an economically distressed stretch of Park Avenue into apartments and a coffee shop.

    By Tom Bailey October 03, 2019

• August 2019

  • Plan revealed: Making Highland slower, safer, prettier

    Planning consultants on Monday evening unveiled proposals to make a half-mile of Highland near the University of Memphis safer for walkers and more appealing for everyone.

    By Tom Bailey August 27, 2019

  • Highland Strip hums with new, returning businesses

    Highland Axe & Rec plans to open at 525 S. Highland on Sept. 4. And The Find furniture store is returning to the Strip while keeping its larger store in Regalia shopping center.

    By Tom Bailey August 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • New student apartments approved for Highland, south of the tracks

    The 75-unit Highland Street Townhomes are expected to extend the University District's revitalization further south of the railroad tracks along Highland. 

    By Tom Bailey April 25, 2019

  • Beefed-up crosswalk taking shape at the Highland Strip

    Construction crews are building a substantial crosswalk where University of Memphis students cross a busy, five-lane street to reach the revived Highland Strip's popular hang-outs. 

    By Tom Bailey April 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • $10 Deal: Happy Greek Cafe

    What is going on with the Middle-eastern restaurants on Highland? Open Flame Bar & Grill opened in September with a Poplar Avenue address but facing Highland. In November, Flames Mediterranean Grill opened next to Domino’s at Walker, and just last week I heard about Happy Greek Café, directly across the street, almost at the south end of the Highland Strip.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 04, 2018