Chefs, restaurant owners react to looser restrictions
“Sad that we’re wishing for 50%, but we’ll take it,” says one.
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“Sad that we’re wishing for 50%, but we’ll take it,” says one.
Chip Dunham opened Magnolia & May just a couple of months into COVID; he talks to Jennifer Biggs about what it’s been like to have a new restaurant in a pandemic.
Dave Krog’s Dory has finally opened, but for now, it’s just takeout and private dinners. The beef Bourguignon is great, and you don’t want to miss the rolls.
Claims on social media that Molly’s La Casita is closed and for sale are wrong. It’s temporarily closed but will reopen when it’s not ‘crazy out there,’ owner says.
He’s done takeout, pop-ups and virtual wine dinners. Now Kelly English is keeping his business alive by teaching cooking classes online, shipping food nationwide and cooking your wild game.
The Shelby County Health Department closed six restaurants and businesses over the weekend, including two locations of T.J. Mulligan’s. Related article: Beale St. club among latest health department closures
The president of the Memphis Restaurant Association doesn’t know of any local restaurateur who has been contacted and told that a diner in their place of business tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Memphis Restaurant Association wants to know why the Health Department rules continue to change for restaurants, and calls for better communication from health officials.
Memphis Restaurant Association says the Health Department needs to share its data as it takes action to restrict restaurant business.
No businesses will close in new health directive, but restaurants will see a new curfew and diners will face new masking rules. Related story: The process behind health directives and importance of tripwires
Adherence to new mask rules is spotty on its first day, though some diners in East Memphis restaurants seem to know they should stay masked until they start eating.
You might not think much of the latest health directive, but are you prepared for your favorite restaurants to pay a fine or be shut down if you don’t follow the rules?
Restaurateurs wonder if they’ve paid a higher price than other businesses during COVID, and fear another shutdown could be coming as virus numbers rise.
Restaurant Iris has teamed up with Table 22 to offer a monthly food or cocktail subscription box stocked with food, cocktails, or both.
Coletta’s has been around almost 100 years and will make it through COVID, just like he did, owner Jerry Coletta says.
Jess Hewlette expected to be running radical.tacos now, but COVID came, things changed, and now she loves her new role as executive chef at SOB.
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.
Coming events include a reinvented St. Ann Fall Fest with food from Coletta’s, and another Restaurant Phoenix Project event, this time to benefit Claire’s House. Plus, New Asia and Sakura dining rooms reopen.
Bars and restaurants can begin to stay open until midnight under the new Shelby County Health Department directive that goes in effect on Oct. 7; enforcement will be beefed up, Alisa Haushalter says.
Miles Tamboli opened a restaurant just four months before COVID closed his dining room. With a degree in public health, he knows enough to know he’s not reopening it just yet.
New outdoor seating off South Main beside Puck Food Hall will be for dining, working or just gathering to enjoy a little distanced socializing and music.
A few limited-service restaurants have reopened under a new TABC rule, but most remain closed two months after they were shut down by the Health Department.
Molly’s La Casita has been around for almost half a century, but COVID has hit it just as hard as newer restaurants. On the bright side, "it could be worse."
Ed and Brittany Cabigao permanently closed two restaurants because of COVID, but they’re expanding SOB with SOBEast, coming to the former Interim space in a few weeks.
Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.