Jennifer Biggs and Downtown Memphis Commission organizers talk about the week’s special meals at Downtown restaurants.

Mississippi Boulevard’s men’s ministry annual event raises money for children in need, provides a fun afternoon and plenty of good food for hundreds of folks

With more than 50 restaurants, Downtown Dining Week offers something for everyone and you’re free to pick and choose to create your own night out.

Ocean Blue in Bartlett is the first stop on our Seafood Boil Trail; here you can get a fried basket or a happy hour cocktail to go with your crab legs.

Aimer Shtaya immigrated to the U.S. in 1996, and has opened a series of Middle Eastern restaurants in Memphis. 'When I opened my restaurant in 1998," he recalls, few of his customers knew what hummus was.

About 18 seafood boil restaurants have opened in the Memphis area, and Jennifer and Chris plan to check them out.

Start eating nachos on Wednesday and don't stop until you finish with Taste of the Boulevard on Sunday — it’s a week to pace yourselves.

The list of national figures, both real and fictional, who love the Rendezvous keeps growing. In one calendar week, the famed Memphis restaurant got three national plugs.

Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza will serve a variety of homemade pastas, pizzas and a few entrees, all made from local ingredients and served in a beautifully renovated space.

Zinnie’s opens on Halloween and will serve beer and food starting at the 5 p.m. opening, with wine and liquor to follow in a few weeks.

Red Hook opens its second seafood boil restaurant in Memphis and is headed to Texas for the third one.

Halloween kicks off the candy season; let it be when you start your candy making for the holidays, too.

Jennifer Biggs and pastry chef Konrad Spitzbart talk sweets, from cakes to candies.

Seafood from various coasts is on the menu at Coastal Fish Company, which opens Tuesday in Shelby Farms.

Downtown Dining Week starts in two weeks and wise diners know the time to get your reservations is now; November Friday lunch is at Las Tortugas.

Debra Williams was honored Friday for serving up 30 years worth of meals at the Lucille McWherter Senior Center.

Pepe Magallanes prepares the paella he calls pepella this weekend and next, but he starts selling it at Friday lunch and when it’s gone, it’s gone until next time.

Les Bons Amis tamales – crab, shrimp and crawfish – are on the menu at Elwood’s Shells, maybe for the customary one-month appearance, maybe for good.

Central Station is open for business, music is wafting throughout, and wine and cocktails are flowing at Eight & Sand.

Church Health sees church cooks as change agents. 

Zinnie’s likely won’t open until November, but expect a pre-opening party on Halloween.

Jennifer Biggs talks to Karen Carrier about her outdoor venue Back Do/Mi Yard in Cooper-Young.

Karen Carrier brings a slice of the Caribbean to Memphis with Back Dō/Mi Yard, a Cooper-Young outdoor restaurant and bar opening Wednesday.

Three years ago, two high school students met with leaders at their local mosque to create an all-inclusive food pantry. On the morning of Oct. 12, they opened a building to better serve the surrounding neighborhood.

Memphian Lisa Gwatney is leading her category at World Food Championships in Dallas.