Food Files: Restaurants in Whitehaven, Downtown close for upgrades
Big Bill's Bar-Be-Cue owner, Curtis Givens, receives a $25,000 Inner City Economic Development loan from the Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County finance committee. Attending are (from left) EDGE finance committee vice chairman Keith Collins, committee member Chad Boyd, EDGE President & CEO Dr. Joann Massey, Big Bill's Bar-Be-Cue owner Curtis Givens, Chair Gerre Currie, committee member James Kirkwood, committee member Rod Motley and EDGE small business specialist Trey Moore. (Sophia Surrett/The Daily Memphian)
It’s renovation time for a Whitehaven barbecue joint and a Downtown bakery. Also, a Highland Street restaurant is up for sale.
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers small business, nonprofits, restaurant real estate, hospitality and tourism and manufacturing.
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