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    Table Talk: Why you need to go to a restaurant tasting or wine dinner

    Jennifer Chandler shares why you should make a reservation when you see one of your favorite restaurants is hosting a wine dinner or a special tasting menu event.

    By Jennifer Chandler June 23, 2024
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    Table Talk: Meet food writer Jennifer Chandler

    Jennifer Chandler loves good food but says the most rewarding part of being a food and dining reporter isn’t about the meal. 

    By Jennifer Chandler June 12, 2024
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    Table Talk: Chukis Tacos opens with some of the best chips in town

    Unusual at Memphis-area Mexican restaurants, the chips and salsa are to order rather than appearing at the table gratis. But they’re worth it, and the basic salsa can be supplemented at a self-serve salsa bar with a dozen varieties.

    By Chris Herrington January 03, 2024
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    Table Talk: When your tradition is tamales — or oysters, shrimp etouffe or beef fondue

    A brief encounter with law enforcement helps create a new holiday tradition for the author.

    By Mary Cashiola December 20, 2023
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    Table Talk: Last weeks for Loaf at the Brooks, last weeks until Christmas

    Loaf is leaving the Brooks even earlier than expected, and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 

    By Chris Herrington December 14, 2023
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    Table Talk: A salute to those making Memphis’ food scene

    This week, we salute the people behind three small-scale attempts at something new on the Memphis food-and-drink scene, three related attempts to fill a major need and another for a meaningful endeavor coming to a close.

    By Chris Herrington December 06, 2023
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    Table Talk: Unsolicited advice for a second barbecue ‘contest’

    Chris Herrington writes of the new BBQ festival: “When I saw that this event would take the form of a contest ... and that it would also take place the same week that the Memphis in May barbecue contest is set to happen at Liberty Park … well, I laughed.”

    By Chris Herrington November 29, 2023
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    Table Talk: Final Thanksgiving prep, food gift ideas galore

    As Chris Herrington writes this week: “If I would never throw a turkey from a helicopter, I would (and have, many times) tossed one in the oven.” Did you get the reference? 

    By Chris Herrington November 22, 2023
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    Table Talk: In defense of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey

    In a changing world where institutions and ideals are ever fragile, your dining room table is the place to hold the line.

    By Chris Herrington November 15, 2023
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    Table Talk: Chris Herrington moseys on down to Momma’s for Dining Week

    For Downtown Dining Week, Chris Herrington visited Momma’s and said the restaurant’s fried chicken sandwich just might take the title for the city’s best.

    By Chris Herrington November 08, 2023
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    Table Talk: Vegan cheese now, Korean chicken later

    Memphis is checking some popular food-trend boxes while others, such as a Brazilian restaurant, still elude the area.

    By Chris Herrington November 01, 2023
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    Table Talk: Los Comales opens in Edge; Local closes in Overton Square

    This week’s restaurant news brings us a spate of openings and closings as well as the sale of a longtime family business. 

    By Chris Herrington October 25, 2023
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    Table Talk: Hot (wing) takes on the Memphis dining scene

    In tribute to Memphis dining habits, Chris Herrington offers not “hot takes” on our latest food stories, but instead “hot (wing) takes,” dividing the heat level of his opinions into “Honey Gold,” “Regular Hot” and “Suicide.”

    By Chris Herrington October 18, 2023
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    Table Talk: Taco Cat joins Memphis food truck-to-restaurant path

    Taco Cat follows in the tire tracks of El Mero, Sugar Ghost, New Wing Order and Loaf with its new, planned location. 

    By Chris Herrington October 11, 2023
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    Table Talk: National Taco Day, Oktoberfest and other things to celebrate

    Tacos, beer and keg relay racing — it’s time to celebrate fall. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 04, 2023
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    Table Talk: First bites at Elwood’s, Leonard’s and Hive Bagel & Deli

    Bagels, barbecue and beyond — new restaurants open across Memphis. Plus, there’s a tropical-themed bar on the horizon for Cooper-Young. 

    By Chris Herrington September 28, 2023
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    Table Talk: Memphis barbecue rankings, Overton Square empties

    Fall fairs are coming to the Mid-South, Buster’s Butcher on Highland Street is having its grand opening, El Pollo Latino comes to Summer Avenue, ranking the best ways to prepare chicken and more.

    By Chris Herrington September 22, 2023
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    Primos breaks big-box monopoly with Hernando meat market

    Frankie Perry and his wife Kaye opened Primos meat market in Hernando, offering quality cuts and longtime family recipes.

    By Beth Sullivan September 17, 2023
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    Table Talk: Guy Fieri is in Memphis, and festival/fair season is on.

    Whether at Tom Lee Park or one of the many fests, get outside this weekend. And here’s hoping you find some good eats and drinks when you do.

    By Chris Herrington September 13, 2023
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    East Memphis breakfast/lunch spot invites customers to ‘perch’ a while

    “Perch is like my own little personal Cheers,” said restaurant owner and longtime caterer Ragan Oglesby-Phillips.

    By Christin Yates September 11, 2023
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    Table Talk: In Memphis, food sounds good, too

    Grab a plate because we’ve got “Green Onions,” “Bar-B-Q,” “Beans and Cornbread” and “Sugar Puddin’” coming your way.

    By Chris Herrington September 06, 2023
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    Table Talk: Sandwiches, Sichuan and more

    Germantown Parkway and Cordova Road, just across from the Cordova International Farmers Market and its adjacent growing food truck scene might suddenly be a “most interesting food intersection in Memphis” contender — and perhaps most unlikely. 

    By Chris Herrington August 30, 2023
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    Table Talk: We’ll always treasure getting to visit with Jennifer Biggs

    As we continue, in Jennifer Biggs’ great absence, to cover food and dining in Memphis, there’s a lot for us to figure out. But Jennifer’s generous, interested spirit — her insistence on taking the time and energy for a visit — will guide us. 

    By Chris Herrington August 24, 2023
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    Table Talk: The supermarket vs. the specialty stores

    Was the supermarket a good idea? Like Holiday Inn, another Memphis business with a feel for the future, Piggly Wiggly tapped into the changing habits of a century that would be defined by cars.

    By Chris Herrington August 16, 2023
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    Charcuterie boards and more offered at Graz’n Tables in Collierville

    The products being sold are charcuterie boards, “lunchables,” doughnuts and a variety of other sweet and savory items.

    By Sophia Surrett August 13, 2023

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