Perkins filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month and indicated a court-supervised auction of the restaurant business and a segment of the bakery business was forthcoming.

Cherry limeade gets a grown-up spin with the addition of bourbon at Belle Tavern.

Sweet Grass serves up a mean plate of beef carpaccio, a carnivorous pleasure for those who think rare is overcooked.

Her first tailgate, his first Bloody Mary bar.

Vergos played golf with John Daly and fished with Bill Dance, shot pool with Minnesota Fats and picked guitar with Chet Akins. “Nick was one cool dude,” said his friend Jack Sammons.

Jennifer visits Soccer City at the site of the former Jim’s Place East, and she and Geoff Calkins drop by Tiger Lane.

The middle child of Anastasia and Charlie Vergos, who founded the Rendezvous 71 years ago, Nick Vergos grew up in the family business, most recently running the restaurant's Downtown shipping operation.

Chef duo Andy & Michael will have a bar in Central Station when it opens and a restaurant about a month later.

Cristina McCarter of Feast & Graze gives us tips on how to put together a cheese and charcuterie board at home.

The proprietors of Lucy J's Bakery are paying employees $15 an hour, a tall order for small businesses but one they say is paying dividends beyond profits.

A drive to the country on a Friday night for catfish yields a deal and a relaxing end to the week.

Forget about the end of summer: Labor Day marks the beginning of the festival and event season around town.

Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk chicken sandwiches.

Who has the best fried chicken sandwich in Memphis? We ditched the drive-thru and looked local to find out. 

Blue Flower is the welcome cocktail at Thursday night's Destination: Delicious Happy Hour at Silly Goose.

Chicken sandwich wars are raging, and we joined the fray. It takes patience to get your spicy chicken on.

Jennifer Biggs and Andreas Kisler discuss former chefs reuniting at The Peabody's 150th anniversary celebration.

Chez Philippe chefs will have a reunion of sorts when they join forces to create a meal Sept. 5 as part of The Peabody's 150th anniversary.

El Mero Taco brings food truck Mexican fare to a brick-and-mortar site in Cordova.

Want to decorate cupcakes? Let Kat Gordon at Muddy’s Bake Shop show you how to make it fun and easy.

The Arcade is throwing a big block party on Saturday and featuring a $1 – or 100-cents – menu.

It’s easy to have a $10 meal at Fam, and you can even pop in for an afternoon snack for $2.

Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington catch up on what they’ve been eating this summer.

September events are piling up and tickets are on sale now; be quick or you’ll miss getting yours.

With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.