There are 14 article(s) tagged John Vergos:

• February 2021

  • Bobby Ellis was a familiar face at the Rendezvous for more than 50 years

    Bobby Ellis spent more than 50 years at the Rendezvous; he knew what each one of the 70 keys on a big ring unlocked.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 22, 2021

• December 2020

  • Biggs: Shelby County’s fate is back in Shelby County’s hands

    The Shelby County Health Department won’t be spared issuing a new health directive, as Gov. Lee’s statement was ‘a pretty please with a cherry on top.’

    By Jennifer Biggs December 21, 2020

• August 2020

  • 901 Day, alley seating at the Rendezvous, and a choice of Ireland or Spain this week

    901 Day will still go on Tuesday, but there won’t be a large public event. Some local restaurants are celebrating with $9.01 menu items; on Thursday, your choice is Irish and Scotch whiskey or Spanish food and wine.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 31, 2020

• July 2020

  • The Rendezvous voluntarily closes its dining room

    Citing spikes and a 'scary' environment because of COVID-19, the Rendezvous closed its dining room once again.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 21, 2020

• June 2020

  • Rendezvous opens for its first service since closing for COVID

    Memphis’ best known restaurant, the Rendezvous, opened on Friday, one of a handful of Downtown restaurants to reopen after closing for COVID-19.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 05, 2020

  • Rendezvous reopening for lunch and dinner

    The smell of smoke will fill the alley between Union and Monroe once again when the Rendezvous reopens for lunch and dinner starting Friday, June 5.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 04, 2020

• May 2020

  • Some restaurateurs are ready to open, some say no way

    Restaurateurs have differing opinions on whether the decision to open restaurants on Monday is the right thing to do; some say it’s time, some say it’s too soon.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 01, 2020

• March 2020

  • Restaurateurs cook up ways to help out-of-work employees

    Restaurant dining rooms are closed, but owners are finding ways to help laid-off employees, and hope for government solutions to cut through red tape.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 24, 2020

  • With business down, restaurants look at meals to go

    In trying times, local restaurants are looking to new menus for delivery, discount gift cards and letting diners know they're open – and clean.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 18, 2020

  • Rendezvous shuts its dining room; caterers suffering as events cancel

    The Rendezvous suspends eat-in service for now; caterers take big hit as events are canceled across the city.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 17, 2020

• February 2020

  • Get a sandwich or buy the whole thing: Front Street Deli is for sale

    Front Street Deli, the tiny sandwich shop at Front and Union, is on the market. The place was featured in “The Firm” and all the sandwiches are named for Tom Cruise movies.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • MATA chairman: Work and school are better with buses

    I own a restaurant in Downtown Memphis, and I can’t tell you the number of times employees ask to leave work at 8 p.m. because they don’t want to miss the only bus they can catch to get home at night. Some will miss out on $40 or $50 in wages because they leave work early.

    By John Vergos January 22, 2020

• January 2019

  • Conaway: World-Class Idea

    “OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE.” I thought I’d start this year – our bicentennial year – with a couple of ideas. Seems like a good time for new ideas, and some reminders that this place is special – even if so many of us have forgotten that. It was, in fact, special long before any of us arrived.

    By Dan Conaway January 04, 2019

• October 2018

  • Rendezvous legend Jack Dyson was waiter to the stars

    Jack Dyson was an iconic figure at Memphis’ most iconic restaurant, a 48-year veteran of the Rendezvous, the waiter to big shots and celebrities who took it all in stride.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 08, 2018