There are 4 article(s) tagged Pete & Sam's:

• August 2020

  • Memphis on TV; Feed the Front Lines lives on, and more

    Three upcoming television shows feature Memphians, two this week and a Netflix series with Melissa Cookston coming up in September; Feed the Front Lines continues; and we even have upcoming events.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 24, 2020

• September 2019

  • Conaway: The extraordinary ordinary

    Finches in a Memphis bird feeder conjure memories of a trip years ago to Alaska. 

    By Dan Conaway September 06, 2019

• September 2018

  • Pete & Sam’s still serves up the favorites, but it does it better

    Pete & Sam’s celebrates its 70th anniversary this year in a spiffed up restaurant, thanks to the Bomarito brothers taking on local investor partners and a late 2017 fire that caused the place to close for almost five months for cleaning and updating.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 21, 2018

  • Pete & Sam’s, from the ashes, celebrates 70th anniversary

    In 1948, Sam Bomarito was back from the war, settled back in his hometown and had about $3,000 to put in a business. His cousin, Pete Romeo from Chicago, had about the same. They teamed up and opened Pete & Sam’s, but Pete wasn’t long for a sleepy river town.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 20, 2018