Calkins: Jennifer Biggs was a friend to all Memphis — whether you had met her or not
Jennifer Biggs wrote about food and people and angels and whiskey. When she died Wednesday of complications from cancer, Memphis lost one of its best friends.
Topic: Karen Carrier
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August 2023
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August 2022
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‘Jewish Foodie’ series airs Memphis episodes
The web series explores Jewish food in America, and two episodes feature familiar Memphis faces and places.
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Karen Carrier’s influence on Memphis dining; Digging into breakfast barbecue
On Sound Bites, Jennifer and Chris gab about the food news and features of the last week, including a stop at Dynamic Duo for some. “mole-a-que” sauce.
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Restaurant reviews return with a real ‘Beauty’
For 20 years, Karen Carrier’s Beauty Shop has delivered bold and creative food in Cooper-Young, and she’s made a full comeback from the pandemic shutdown. Here’s our first starred dining review since 2020.
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As Beauty Shop turns 20, Karen Carrier looks at past, future — and a big party
Beauty Shop celebrates its 20th anniversary with the re-opening of Back Dō/Mi Yard, Harlan T. Bobo performs at Bar DKDC, and Karen Carrier takes a look at how it started and where she’s headed.
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March 2022
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Table Talk: Memphis old and new, hoppy and trippy
It was an eventful week in Memphis, with van Gogh at Graceland, an anniversary at Hampline and sushi at Do, which closed almost 10 years ago.
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Bluff City Biz: A pop-up sushi restaurant, retail improvement grants with Karen Carrier
“I say, do whatever it takes to bring life back into whatever area of the city needs it,” Karen Carrier, Memphis chef and restauranteur, said. “It’s important for the city to grow in the way it needs to grow.”
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Let’s Do it again: Sushi restaurant returns with monthly pop-up
For six hours, Bar DKDC stepped back almost a decade and became Dō. Next month, it happens again.
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Table Talk: St. Patrick’s Day and sushi come back to Cooper-Young
St Patrick’s Day returns full-on to Celtic Crossing; Dō Sushi returns for a popup next week; sad news about a Downtown restaurant and good news for East Memphis beer lovers.
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June 2021
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After 15 months, live music returns to ‘intimate’ Bar DKDC
Live music was one of the first sacrifices when the COVID pandemic hit last spring, and it has unsurprisingly been among the slowest to return.
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February 2021
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New Eats: Beauty Shop reopens for lunch
As favorite restaurants have reopened during the past year, it’s felt like visiting old friends when you walk back through the doors.
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October 2020
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Karen Carrier, the unexpected restaurateur, talks about how it all happened
Jennifer Biggs talks with Karen Carrier about how she’s gotten through COVID, her winter plans, and how she ended up in the restaurant business.
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With cold weather coming, weary restaurateurs’ worries increase
With rising COVID numbers in Europe, loss of holiday parties, outdoor seating concerns in winter and diners who are increasingly canceling, restaurateurs worry about the coming months.
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September 2020
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New Eats: Hazel’s Lucky Dice Delicatessen
Hazel’s Lucky Dice Delicatessen, Karen Carrier’s restaurant named after her mother, opened Monday in her Cooper-Young corral.
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August 2020
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Karen Carrier adds Hazel’s Lucky Dice to her Cooper-Young compound
Veteran restaurateur Karen Carrier has a new place opening in a couple of weeks. She’s going to her roots, opening a Jewish deli and naming it after her mother.
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July 2020
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Contact tracing begins in restaurants
With contact tracing in restaurants starting today, you’ll need to give your name and number when you visit a local dining room.
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June 2020
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Beauty Shop reopens with old favorites, new standouts
The Beauty Shop is back and better than ever, with some new menu items to go along with some of chef/owner Karen Carrier's classics.
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May 2020
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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.
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March 2020
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Dire days for Memphis restaurants
Ernie Mellor and Karen Carrier join Jennifer Biggs (remotely, of course) to discuss what's going on in the dining industry.
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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.
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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.
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October 2019
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Karen Carrier’s Back Do
Jennifer Biggs talks to Karen Carrier about her outdoor venue Back Do/Mi Yard in Cooper-Young.
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Karen Carrier’s Back Do/Mi Yard opens this week
Karen Carrier brings a slice of the Caribbean to Memphis with Back Dō/Mi Yard, a Cooper-Young outdoor restaurant and bar opening Wednesday.
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January 2019
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Upgraded Mollie Fontaine patio, Wright Café coming to Victorian Village
Wright Cafe will be the newest addition to Victorian Village, where two other businesses also are receiving Memphis Medical District Collaborative grants for property improvements.
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