Magnolia & May adds new chef, opens for lunch
After opening during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Memphis’ Magnolia & May has brought back lunch.
Topic: New Eats
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June 2022
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New Eats: Former Pancho’s space now home to new Mexican restaurant
Antigua Mexican Bar & Grill has opened in the former East Memphis location of Pancho’s, and everything is different, from the menu to the interior.
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May 2022
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New Eats: Rotolo’s opens with classic pizza, calzones and, yes, deep-dish
Rotolo’s Craft & Crust in East Memphis offers Chicago deep-dish pizza. And it’s good.
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April 2022
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New Eats: Tenero Café & Butcher makes the cut
Tenero Café & Butcher is bringing a taste of the Midwest to Memphis.
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New Eats: Alcenia’s reopens with new look and familiar favorites
Alcenia’s has reopened on North Main, 390 days after B.J. Chester-Tamayo closed it to renovate the space where she’s operated for 25 years and owned since 2020.
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March 2022
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New Eats: Tonica is a worthy cousin to Ecco on Overton Park
Tonica serves up signature gin tonics, true to its Spanish influences, along with tapas and paella. But that doesn’t mean there’s not room for chicken wings on the menu at Sabine Bachmann’s latest restaurant.
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New Eats: Uncle Goyo’s offers upscale or taco options at Thornwood
After taking over the Memphis taco-truck scene with TacoNGanas, Greg Diaz’s Germantown-based Uncle Goyo’s brings a different kind of Mexican dining to the area.
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New Eats: 2 Crazy Fellas and king cake equal bread pudding
Mix up a bread pudding with the flavors of king cake, top it with a cream cheese sauce and colored sugar and you have a party of a dessert.
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February 2022
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New Eats: Good Fortune Co. serves handmade ramen in colorful S. Main space
At Good Fortune Co., the colorful, bustling first restaurant for co-owners Sarah Cai and Arturo Leighton, ramen noodles and fish-shaped waffle cones are made behind a bar packed with Asian spirits.
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New Eats: Chilemon is fishy in the best possible way
A new restaurant on Summer Avenue has flavors of South America but is not tied to a specific country’s cuisine. Instead, it’s seafood and grilled meats.
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New Eats: El Palacio serves Mexican food morning to night in former CK’s
The former CK’s on Park has new life as a Mexican restaurant serving three meals daily. It’s his first restaurant, but owner Joel Leos has been cooking more than 25 years.
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New Eats: Bartlett’s Side Porch serves up warm story with a sizzling steak
Bartlett’s Side Porch Steakhouse is back, saved by a group of regulars who’ve made this neighborhood hangout even more of the neighborhood.
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January 2022
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New Eats: The Farmer serves up cozy, comfortable food
With a menu exactly the same as it was when it closed in 2017, eating at The Farmer is a reunion with old favorites.
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East Memphis ramen bar plans second location
Tucked into Ridgeway Trace shopping center in East Memphis, the restaurant serves ramen, of course, and you’ll also find takoyaki, bao, donburi and more.
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New Eats: Horn of Africa brings Ethiopia to Summer corridor
Horn of Africa adds to the diverse food choices of the Summer Avenue corridor, offering Ethiopian food in the same strip with Kay Bakery.
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New Eats: Pho 4 Ever gets it right in Cordova
Pho 4 Ever in Cordova offers an extensive menu and we’ve barely begun, but so far the food and the service are promising.
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December 2021
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New Eats: The Cheesecake Boss Italian Pizzeria gets it right
The eighth restaurant owned by a Daniele brother of Milano’s Pizza has opened, this one on Germantown Parkway in Cordova.
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November 2021
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New Eats: Bala’s Bistro is back, bigger and better
Bala’s Bistro has reopened in a much larger space, the menu has expanded and now you don’t have to decide because you can buy food from a cafeteria line by the pound.
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New Eats: Tenders are king at Abner’s Famous Chicken at Crosstown
All fried chicken tenders are similar, but not quite the same. Large, fresh and nicely spiced, Abner’s tenders are a cut above. The Oxford, Mississippi favorite now has three Memphis-area locations, including at Crosstown Concourse.
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New Eats: Wolf River Brisket comes to Crosstown
Wolf River Brisket has opened in Crosstown Concourse, bringing smoked brisket, chicken and salmon to the restaurant space where Next Door American Eatery was until COVID started.
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October 2021
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New Eats: Sugar Ghost brings fresh, local ice cream to Broad Avenue
All of the ice creams are made from scratch, in-house, with soft serve, dipped cones, milkshakes and bubble tea also on the menu.
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New Eats: ‘Lard have mercy’ — this breakfast is big and bad in the best way
John Currence’s signature breakfast restaurant finally got ahead of the supply chain and is open in East Memphis, and serving good food.
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August 2021
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New Eats: Saucy Chicken has new digs in East Memphis
Saucy Chicken has more space and an expanded menu after moving from Crosstown to East Memphis.
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New Eats: Sandwiches come ‘piled high’ at The Backlot
At the Backlot Sandwich Shop, on South Front, the meats are done in-house and piled high, from clubs to Reubens to po’ boys and more.
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New Eats: Visit Flame Ramen, but go knowing you might need to add salt
Jennifer Biggs says that Flame Ramen is crowded, convenient at a well-traveled corner in Midtown and the food is fresh and MSG-free, but that comes at a cost.
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