Restaurant closings due to ‘domino effect’
Few stories on The Daily Memphian get more readership than articles about restaurants closing and opening.
As I wrote when I interviewed Tim Barker, whose Edge Alley was a favorite of mine before it closed in January, restaurants — at their best — are much more than places to eat. They’re places to gather together, to retreat from the world and to enjoy a space just for its own sake.
And so when a favorite restaurant closes, there’s sadness, worry, even anger. Tim and The Daily Memphian’s food and dining reporter, Jennifer Chandler, joined me on this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about all complicated issues surrounding the restaurant industry.
We talk about why restaurants close, why others open, the changes in restaurants in many cities beyond Memphis, and the overall challenges that all restaurants face post-COVID, including the rising cost of almost every aspect of running a restaurant.
Take a listen.
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Eric Barnes is CEO of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
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