After 11 years, Rizzo’s is closing at the end of the month
Rizzo’s is the second popular restaurant in the past week to announce it’s closing; recovery from COVID is taking a toll.
Topic: Restaurants and COVID-19
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March 2022
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February 2022
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Forks, knives & soufflé cups restaurants’ newest challenge
The cost of takeout packaging, whether plastic, paper or Styrofoam, has increased so much that some restaurateurs are adding service fees to cover the expense.
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January 2022
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Omicron hits home for Gibson’s GM, family, workers
“Oh, Omicron, when are you gonna be gone?” That’s Britton DeWeese’s question as he sits at home, recovered but with a sick family and a work staff continuing to test positive.
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December 2021
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The good, the sad and the plucky: 2021 in food
2021 brought staff shortages, supply chain delays, COVID surges and sad losses, but also new restaurants and the return of old friends.
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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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McEwen’s opens, remodeled and ready to serve
The Downtown restaurant reopened Monday, Dec. 20 for lunch and dinner.
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Andrew Michael temporarily closed by COVID
Positive COVID tests among the staff at Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen have temporarily closed the popular East Memphis restaurant.
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After 641 days, McEwen’s is set to reopen, this time with two dining rooms
When they closed McEwen’s for COVID, Bert Smythe and John Littlefield figured they’d be down for about 14 days. Soon, 641 days later, the beloved Downtown restaurant is reopening.
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November 2021
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Staffing shortage improves for restaurants, but times are still tough
Workers are returning to dining establishments, but not exactly in droves. Local restaurateurs still have problems hiring and retaining staff, even with higher wages and more benefits.
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August 2021
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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.
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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.’
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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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