There are 20 article(s) tagged The Majestic Grille:

• August 2024

  • Despite industry challenges, some restaurants find path to success

    While some notable Memphis restaurants have closed recently, here’s what’s driving three local restaurant groups to expand. 

    By Jennifer Chandler August 07, 2024

• June 2024

  • Popular Italian restaurant is opening an East Memphis location

    Cocozza American Italian has announced a second location where people can “eat red sauce with their ‘familia.’” 

    By Jennifer Chandler June 28, 2024

• January 2024

  • Waiting on change: Restaurant workers look to insurance, benefits

    “Everything in our industry kind of changed post-COVID. Everybody wants to make $20 an hour and they want benefits,”said one local restaurateur. “The industry has never really been set up for that.”

    By Joshua Carlucci January 18, 2024

• September 2023

  • Sound Bites: Overton Square closings, new Midtown bar, Majestic Grille brunch

    This week on Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and digital director Holly Whitfield discuss a few bits of recent Memphis restaurant news. 

    By Chris Herrington September 29, 2023

  • Majestic leans into elegance as it relaunches Sunday brunch

    In addition to bringing back its “Ultimate Weekend Brunch” on Sundays, The Majestic Grille is also debuting Sunday Roast as it reopens for service seven days of the week. 

    By Christin Yates September 11, 2023

• July 2023

  • To-go becomes restaurant go-to as diners’ habits change

    Various factors have made “off-premises” options more popular than ever, and local restaurants are adjusting accordingly.

    By Christin Yates July 31, 2023

• December 2022

  • Cocozza holds soft open in Harbor Town, and is ‘just going to get prettier’

    The former pandemic-era pop-up comes into its own with a new location and a menu full of favorites. 

    By Jennifer Biggs December 09, 2022

• May 2022

  • Cocozza comes to Harbor Town, brunch leaves The Majestic Grille

    Deni and Patrick Reilly will open Cocozza in Harbor Town this fall, and June 5 is your last chance to grab weekend brunch at The Majestic Grille.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 25, 2022

• August 2021

  • My Favorite Things: The Majestic Grille’s fish (and chips) fried just right

    It’s a long trip from Boston to Memphis, but the cold-water cod for the fish and chips at The Majestic Grille gets here fast, flown in each week.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 20, 2021

  • Rising COVID numbers frightening for restaurateur and doctor

    Dr. Jeff Warren believes it’s time for mandatory masking; Deni Reilly worries restaurants are going to bear the brunt of high COVID numbers once again.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 03, 2021

• April 2021

  • Majestic Grille owners talk about reopening

    Deni and Patrick Reilly, the husband and wife team that own The Majestic Grille, are back on Friday and they have the restaurant shined and ready to welcome guests.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 03, 2021

• March 2021

  • Table Talk: The Majestic reopens, BBQ tickets are on sale, and Ecco is lovely as ever

    Dining at Ecco, a secret about Slim Chickens, Memphis in May Barbecue is back, and The Majestic Grille is opening this week.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 31, 2021

  • 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.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 24, 2021

  • 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.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 23, 2021

• December 2020

  • The Memphis 10: COVID confessions, generic fun at Liberty Park and more

    Dolly versus Marsha; Christmas lights at Shelby Farms, Memphis Zoo and the Botanic Garden; and Don Bryant’s Grammy nomination. 

    By Chris Herrington December 10, 2020

• October 2020

  • The Reillys are getting through COVID with a new restaurant, but The Majestic Grille will reopen

    Reopening a restaurant as large as The Majestic Grille isn’t in the cards just yet, not when we’re playing a COVID hand, but Patrick & Deni Reilly are getting by with a little Italian place.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 09, 2020

• July 2020

  • Fine dining at Iris is back, and I’m ready to eat well

    After weeks of kid food and a vacation without restaurants, it's nice to be home, with a list of places to go and a work plan for the coming week.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 20, 2020

• April 2020

  • Restaurateurs reject May 1 reopening recommendation

    Gov. Bill Lee will receive a recommendation to allow dining establishments, closed one month, to reopen May 1, but area restaurateurs say that’s too soon. 

    By Jennifer Biggs April 20, 2020

• October 2019

  • Bar Talk: The Majestic Grille

    The Majestic Grille’s Apple Old-Fashioned will make you want to feel a nip in the air.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 10, 2019

• March 2019

  • Destination: Delicious Podcast: The pluck of the Irish

    Irish restaurateurs DJ Naylor (Celtic Crossing) and Patrick Reilly (The Majestic Grille) talk Irish food, whiskey and a bit of history with Jennifer Biggs.

    By Natalie Van Gundy March 11, 2019