John Vergos - The Daily Memphian

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

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

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

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

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