10 November food and wine events you won’t want to miss
In November, you can enjoy cocktail-inspired chocolates, a green cook-off and a festival all about coffee.
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November 2024
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October 2024
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Staff sounds off: Korean fried chicken, steak sandwiches and suburban eats
This year on the Sound Bites podcast, Holly Whitfield interviewed members of our digital desk team, advertising staff, reporters and even our CEO to reveal what Daily Memphian staffers are really out here eating in these Mid-South streets.
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Here are 8 Memphis food, wine and beer events happening in October
Enjoy the Nightmare on Union Avenue (a new-ish fall festival with an alpaca selfie station), Alchemy’s wine dinner, lots of beer at Cooper-Young — and save room for more.
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September 2024
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Everything’s coming up Swamp Bar
Swamp Bar opened in December 2023, replacing the tapas joint Panta. At the time, Derk Meitzler said it would be a pop-up concept focused on Creole fusion food and cocktails. Today, it’s a popular late-night spot.
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August 2024
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16 September food events that need to be on your calendar
Enjoy wine, pizza, Greek fare and more at these special events happening in Memphis in September.
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July 2024
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Wine & Dine: 8 August food and drink events
Enjoy wine, whiskey, watermelon and Elvis-themed drinks at special events this August.
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Table Talk: Become a Restaurant Insider
We’re launching a new series of culinary adventures for our readers, and the inaugural event is at a really sweet spot.
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Recipe Exchange: Chef Kelly English’s ‘at home’ BBQ Shrimp
BBQ Shrimp is one of The Second Line’s and Restaurant Iris’ most popular dishes. Now you can make a similar version at home.
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June 2024
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Fino’s Germantown location closes
Here’s why, as well as what’s in store for the beloved Italian deli.
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September 2023
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The To-Do List: Bluff Cakes party, Barbie Rave and cowabunga at the Comic Expo
This week brings the Mid-South Fair, the Pink Palace Crafts Fair, the Memphis Country Blues Festival and an album release party from Aktion Kat.
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May 2023
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Table Talk: A big whiskey dinner and an East Memphis restaurant to open
DJ Naylor ups his game with the launch of the Bog’s Whiskey Dinners, Belle Meade Social opens next week and the GPAC Fried Chicken Fest is back May 13.
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April 2023
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Review: Restaurant Iris isn’t brand new — except it is
Iris 2008 and Iris 2023 are just not the same thing, maybe not even kissin’ cousins. It’s been 15 years and many changes, and what happened when Iris moved to Laurelwood is precisely what should have happened: It’s become a new restaurant.
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March 2023
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Table Talk: Friday jazz lunch begins at Iris this week; we go to Limelight for ours
Restaurant Iris brings a New Orleans classic event to East Memphis when it starts its Friday Jazz lunch this week; our March Friday lunch is at Limelight; and Memphis Black Restaurant Week is in full swing.
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December 2022
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Handpicked by Herrington: The best food of 2022
An honest answer as to my favorite Memphis meal of 2022 brings us to Bishop, the Ticer/Hudman French brasserie at Central Station, and their selection of tinned seafood.
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November 2022
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New Eats: Restaurant Iris’ bar offers a little new, a little old
Iris’ bar is open daily, from 11 a.m. to at least 10 p.m., and the star of the show during a recent visit was executive chef Russell Casey’s shrimp toast.
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October 2022
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Table Talk: Chow chow, Brewhaha and Oktoberfeast on Saturday; can you do all three?
Saturday is full of events, from a chow-chow contest in Stanton to Brewhaha at Hampline to Oktoberfeast at Raven & Lily in Collierville. If you figure out how to do it all, share your strategy.
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Restaurant Iris opens for lunch: ‘Another hill in front of us’
After months of supply-chain delays, Restaurant Iris opens Monday, Oct. 3 in its new, redesigned and much larger space in Laurelwood; meal services will phase in over the coming weeks.
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July 2022
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Former Café 61 owner joins Second Line, Pantà as new GM
Some of the recipes from the former Café 61 remain sought after by Memphis diners, and there’s a possibility one or two might end up at The Second Line.
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February 2022
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Listen to Jennifer and Chris talk about fried chicken (again) and a new restaurant
The fried chicken discussion continues on this week’s Sound Bites.
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Table Talk: The challenge – and crisp reward – of making fried chicken
Fried chicken is more than dinner, it’s become a mission, something worth preserving for coming generations — even if it is easy to buy it.
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Former Grove Grill busboy comes full circle, will run new Restaurant Iris at Laurelwood
When Restaurant Iris reopens in East Memphis, expect a big, rollicking New Orleans-style place very different from the small Iris that started in Midtown.
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Listen to Chris and Jennifer talk recent meals, answer your questions
This week Chris and Jennifer talk a little about recent meals then open for the mail bag. Iris is coming soon, Joes’ is not a lost cause by any stretch, and the P.O. Press carrots─mmm.
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December 2021
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Table Talk: 2022 brings new restaurants and return of dining reviews
With hopes for a better 2022, we look to new places and a return to dining reviews; catch up on food stories you missed over the busy holidays.
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The Second Line, Pantà closed this week for COVID
More restaurants closing for COVID: This time it’s Pantà and The Second Line; both should reopen next week.
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October 2021
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Pantà Memphis delivers Catalan flavor, snack-sized and served late
Kelly English’s new Pantà, in the former Restaurant Iris space, brings Spanish snacks, cocktails and a “joyful” vibe to Midtown, for late nights and a Sunday siesta.
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