After a kitchen fire caused more than $100,000 in damages to Mulan Asian Bistro, the popular Cooper-Young restaurant announced it would permanently close.

“Our hearts are with them,” said Karen Carrier, who owns two nearby restaurants and was on-site for The Beauty Shop’s lunch service at the time. “We’re really concerned about Mulan.”

“We are surrounded by high-quality restaurants, so we didn’t want to enter the arena competing with them,” Hotel Pontotoc’s general manager said. “We had to find our own little niche with upscale bar bites.”

With a focus on making quality tacos with prime meat, a couple has opened a new restaurant on U.S. 64 in Bartlett across from Wolfchase Galleria.

The best food at this year’s Mid-South Fair is sugary, sweet and indulgent.

Also, Max’s Sports Bar hosts a grand opening for its new upsized patio space, Urban Consequence Brewing Co. has closed and Cafe Piazza is open in Collierville.

Hattiloo has created the Black Chef’s Table, pairing three-course meals with select performances.

Pumpkin spice may seemingly dominate the season, but there are plenty of autumnal flavors on offer, from sweet potato lattes at breakfast to hearty dinners and spiced cocktails at night.

Bread is a lifestyle for Hive Bagel & Deli owner Josh Steiner, the guest on this week’s Sound Bites episode.

The new South Main Street shop offers locally sourced produce, canned goods, beauty products and more.

Sweet Musings first opened last year in Cordova with from-scratch pastries made daily. 

Choose this if you’re ready to swap out the familiar for something unforgettable from Panama.

This season so far on Sound Bites, we’ve offered unsolicited advice, heard some hot takes, interviewed barbecue royalty and swapped stories with Memphis restauranteurs.

Ramblin’ Joes to have grand opening on Sunday, Sept. 21. Sonic Drive-In is adding a location at the southwest corner of Poplar Avenue and Yates Road. 

A warning: The amount of garlic in these noodles is not for the faint-hearted. But if you’ve watched a certain vampire movie recently, you may be more than grateful. 

Coffee and pastries will mix with potential cat adoptions in a novel new business slated to open in Southaven later this year.

MahJ Squad 901 started meeting for weekly games years ago, making every fourth meeting a luncheon that started by checking out one of Biggs’ recommendations. 

The Chick-fil-A, which opened in 2009, closed on May 29 for renovations of the 4,400-square-foot building at 1980 Union Ave. 

Memphis’ very own Good Fortune Co. brought their handmade noodle and dumplings and faced off against Nishaan, a Pakistani-American fusion food truck based in New York City.

The Tops location, which suffered another fire in February, had been within four weeks of reopening after a major reconstruction. 

Since its inception, Wiseacre’s Broad Avenue taproom has relied on a rotating cast of food trucks. But now the brewery is opening its own in-house sandwich shop. 

The Baller, Shot Collard sandwich is a spectacularly Southern, ultimate grilled cheese, unlike anything else.

Memphis area chefs offer favorite food hacks that can turn everyday cooking into something extraordinary.

DJ Naylor and Reny Alfonso join Sound Bites podcast host Holly Whitfield to talk about Celtic Crossing reopening, Irish pubs and more.