Pizza and pasta in the park? No problem. Pizza Dis Pasta Dat will be at the Shell all year long. 

In the pizza place’s newest location, the team wanted something that would make it a destination. Something like duckpin bowling. 

Bounty on Broad closed, Wholey Goods has its grand opening, a new Dunkin Donuts will be on Kirby Road and more.

The Orpheum Theatre might get string lights, Hotel Pontotoc might have a new restaurant, a new construction trades space on Decatur Street and safety repairs and improvements to come at The Businessmen’s Club.

Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington discuss recent Downtown restaurant news, including the Front Street Deli reopening, Huey’s renovations and the Frank’s Biscuits & Briskets coming to South Main.

When I see a hot pastrami sandwich on a menu, it’s tough to stay away. While ordering one at The Mad Grocer when I noticed a crispy boudin po’boy and nearly switched. Then I thought: Why not both?

St. Paul and the Broken Bones will headline the inaugural SmokeSlam barbecue contest. The lineup also includes rap, rock and funk.

Even more shoppers across the southeast will be able to find Memphis barbecue in their grocery stores soon.

The team behind The Green Beetle is opening a breakfast place next door, in the former Bedrock Eats and Sweets space.

Sakura, a Japanese restaurant with three Shelby County locations, has added an extensive new section to its menu. 

Hookah, Southern brunch and lavish decor are on the menu at EnV. 

Darren Phillips learned how to make sushi at Downtown’s Bluefin about a decade ago, but it’s only recently that he began Yokai, a pop-up concept of his own. 

“You can buy lobster, crab legs and shrimp cheaper than crawfish,” said a crawfish supplier currently navigating the mudbug shortage.

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Teams competed at the DeSoto County Wings and Ribs Festival in Olive Branch April 6.

Huey’s Downtown will temporarily be closed for renovations, Church’s Texas Chicken on Third Street has reopened and Comeback Coffee has new to-go cans.

“We pick up a lot of the nostalgic places in Memphis to try to keep them the same and a little bit of the history as much as we can,” said one of the new owners. 

Petals of a Peony offers lunch specials on some of its most popular dishes, and if you throw garlic into a recipe without noticing the amount called for, at least one of them is for you.

This week on Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington take in the breaking news that a location of the Texas-based fast-food franchise Whataburger could be Midtown bound.

Hands-on cooking classes are scarce, and Church Health’s Cook Well, Be Well program grew out of an acknowledgment that many locals need to learn basic culinary skills to eat more healthily. 

The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council. 

Belltower Coffee is hosting a new festival at the end of April, which kicks off its new initiative focused on community, connection and, of course, coffee.

When West African chef Bala Tounkara noticed all the barbecue drama in Memphis, a proverbial light bulb came on.

A race for doughnut lovers, a brand-new cocktail festival and a brunch day party round out the April 2024 guide to food and drink events in Memphis. 

Spencer Lane’s taste of Duck Donuts “felt like fate.” He’s satisfying his craving with a new shop for the Memphis community.

Sen Trang opens March 29 in the old Pho Binh building, Bojangles is settling into an old Zaxby’s, and Rock’n Dough is having its grand opening soon in the Edge District.