First ‘vaccine day’ a smooth ride at RP Tracks
If you want to eat at RP Tracks, starting this week, you have to show your vaccination card or negative COVID test. The first day of the new practice went smoothly for the University area restaurant.
Topic: Restaurants and COVID-19
RSSThere are 74 article(s) tagged Restaurants and COVID-19:
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August 2021
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To avoid restaurant restrictions, just wear a mask, health dept. says
While the Health Department has the authority to enact stricter rules, Director Taylor says she believes compliance with the new mask mandate will dampen the Delta surge.
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Restaurant owners say they prefer masks over other restrictions
Restaurateurs worry that Shelby County’s new mask mandate might scare customers, but prefer it over more stringent restrictions on their businesses.
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Table Talk: Cookbooks, COVID, cold beer and more
It’s one thing to get rid of bookshelves; getting rid of the cookbooks they held turns out to be a little harder.
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Three local bars, restaurants to require proof of vaccination
Three local bar/restaurants have laid down the law: If you want to drink or eat with them, you have to show proof of vaccination or that you’re COVID-free.
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July 2021
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Erling Jensen closing two days a week amid staffing crunch
The lack of line cooks is forcing Erling Jensen to close, he hopes temporarily, on Monday and Tuesday. The restaurant has always been open seven days a week.
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May 2021
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Restaurateurs bristle at new directive ‘suggesting’ mask use
Restaurateurs aren’t happy with a new health directive that suggests people wear masks but puts the burden of the decision on them.
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April 2021
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Burger and bourbon go down easy in the elegant Chez Philippe
A small upside to the tragedy and travails of the past year is that for a few more weeks, you can eat food as simple as a cheeseburger in the lap of luxury.
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Restaurant Reboot: Staffing in pandemic’s wake is a ‘disaster’
With enhanced unemployment benefits and better-paying distribution jobs, restaurateurs don’t know when they’ll be fully staffed. Worse, they’re still uncertain when they’ll be back to 100% capacity.
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March 2021
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Table Talk: A year in COVID and big news from two favorite restaurants
We look back at the year in COVID, hear what it’s been like for a restaurateur, and get the good news from The Majestic Grille and Bari: One is opening and one is moving.
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Exclusive: Bari finds balance and flexibility in a new space down the street
Bari will leave its home of 19 years in May and move to a former yoga studio on Cooper, where it will have room to expand outdoor seating and parking.
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Downtown’s Majestic Grille reopening next month
After more than a year, The Majestic Grille is reopening on South Main, all spiffed up and ready to go with most of its original menu and familiar faces.
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After a year on life support, restaurants start to ‘see some light’
It’s been a year since Memphis restaurants were told to close their dining rooms. As a second year of the ‘hustle and pivot’ begins, the vaccines and Health Directive 19 offer relief. Still, as one restaurateur says, ‘I go to bed every night stressed.’
Related story:
Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same'
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Kelly English on what a year of COVID has been like for him and his industry
The year since local restaurants were first shut for coronavirus has been hard; Kelly English talks about what it’s been like for him.
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Next health directive expected to relax restaurant rules
Look for later hours, bigger tables, less red tape and even a slight loosening of mask use for restaurants under the next health directive.
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February 2021
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Area’s oldest barbecue restaurant is on the market
Leonard’s Pit Barbecue might end up on the chopping block if Dan Brown doesn’t find a new owner for Memphis’ oldest barbecue restaurant.
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Health Department’s newest directive a ‘big help’ to area restaurants
Shelby County Health Directive 18 allows greater occupancy, bar seating and a midnight curfew.
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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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Phillip Ashley Chocolates has ridden a rollercoaster of a pandemic
The going got tough in 2019 and 2020 started with promise followed by disappointment. Then a pivot, a plan, a little luck and well, Oprah, made things happen. But success comes with a cost, too.
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January 2021
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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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Magnolia & May’s Chip Dunham talks about what his new restaurant is doing during COVID
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.
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Quarantine Cuisine: Dory
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.
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Reports of Molly’s death are greatly exaggerated
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.
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Restaurateur will do what it takes to stay open — except cook city squirrels
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.
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December 2020
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Update: Health Department closes 6 restaurants, businesses
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
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