Theresa Schuenke moved to Memphis from Milwaukee in early 2025 to run the kitchen at Cooper-Young’s Fawn restaurant. She’s also the guest on this week’s “Sound Bites.”

Jerusalem Kabob and Cafe will open in the former Cache 42 in the Hacks Cross Plaza. The second Memphis-area Raising Cane’s is to open soon. Latting Speed Shop and Team Car Cafe will close on Christmas Eve. 

Our local restaurants deserve the same kind of enthusiasm and exploration we’d give to the eateries in our holiday vacation destinations.

Use “Ain’t It Mane” and “Tha Garden” seasoning blends for a very Memphis cornbread dressing recipe from Moreno McCalpin.

A Belly Acres restaurant planned for Union Depot in Bartlett is off the table as the business endures financial headaches and is closing locations.

The restaurant’s collards and hominy is a culinary mission accomplished: It brings the taste of home to the table.

It will feature the TacoNGanas trailer-style experience with drive-thru service, walk-up windows and picnic-table seating under a canopy.

“Mama always said never, I do mean never, put water in sweet potatoes,” said Alcenia’s owner B.J. Chester-Tamayo. 

The results are a secret, but we know Chloe Sexton, the baker behind internet phenom Chloe’s Giant Cookies, is a cast member on “Next Level Baker,” premiering in December. 

“The community I’ve cultivated, and that’s found me, in this city makes spending the holidays here warm and an opportunity for deep reflection and gratitude.”

The Memphis-born bourbon brand blends duck-hunting heritage with sustainability.

Barefruit Cafe, Cook Out, Insomnia Cookies and Dave’s Hot Chicken are all making news.

These tacos are worth birria and fat-stained fingers and au jus dripping down your chin.

The company that operates stores like Cash Saver and High Point Grocery will open South Point Grocery in DeSoto County.

At least three documents have been filed with local government entities to allow Chick-fil-A to replace a seafood restaurant on Winchester Road. 

Felicia Suzanne’s, one of four Michelin Guide-recommended restaurants in Memphis, has a menu that feels like a love letter to Southern cuisine through the application of classic French technique. 

The new Taste of Paradise Indian Buffet & Grill restaurant on Stage Road is tied to the nearby Al-Aqsa International Market, and the owner promises farm-fresh food. 

Porcellino’s. Curb Market. Puck Food Hall. Salt|Soy. These businesses have more in common than just being now-gone Memphis favorites. 

Char’s pecan pie comes to us from not one but two grandmothers.

The developer of Ashmont in Lakeland has indicated a grocery store might be interested in the mixed-use plan, but the identity of the business remains a mystery.

Are you ready to get a little bit wacky? Then this weekend’s events are for you. 

Stephanie Moss Townsend has owned Egeray’s Party Room for six years but recently decided to begin serving breakfast in honor of her mother.

After almost a decade, Catherine & Mary’s needed a little love, one of the restaurant’s chefs said. Also, a 7 Brew is going in a former animal hospital on Summer Avenue.

Newby’s, a second home for college kids on the Highland Strip for 50 years, is not extending its lease.

More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 stores nationwide Thursday.