Three things always keep food writer Erica Horton from eating at Libro. But not this time. 

As the year closes, the table remains what it has always been — a place to gather, to recalibrate, to keep going.

“In my home, Christmas isn’t typically about one meal; it’s about several.”

Harbor Town mainstay Paulette’s Restaurant has a new executive chef at the helm, and he’s resurrected and revamped some of the restaurant’s signature dishes. 

In this week’s “Ask the Memphian,” we explain how that distance came to be and compare it to other populous cities across Tennessee.

While Porch & Parlor is a known destination for celebrations and formal gatherings, it’s also equally appropriate for an impromptu dinner on a Monday night.

Chef Jimmy Gentry said what makes this dessert special is it has three different textures in each bite: the crispy caramelized sugar, the moist and tender cake, and the gooey cream cheese filling inside.

Flip Side Pinball Bar is closed temporarily for ownership restructuring and renovation. Belltower Coffee in Arlington has closed. 

Three decades after the ice storm of 1994, that moment in time has been bottled — well, casked — into a Christmas ale.

The dish’s seasonings are simple — salt, pepper, Worcestershire and bay leaf.

Nearly four weeks before it plans to close its doors for good, Team Car Cafe introduced its most ambitious offering ever: a $100 double shot of espresso. 

Park + Cherry recently debuted a fall/winter menu, and it’s full of seasonal goodness to take the edge off winter’s chill.

O’Regan Creations — whose tagline is, “We would love to feed you” — has 39 banana bread flavors (with a 40th on the way), 19 honey-butter bread flavors, several pies, monkey bread, cinnamon rolls and other baked goods.

When Evelyn & Olive closed in 2023, after more than a decade in operation, many assumed the hiatus would be brief. Even the owner. 

One of Memphis’ most enduring hip-hop voices is lending his name to a different kind of grind.

This salad is quick; it holds up well cold or at room temperature, and it hits all the right textures: crunchy, bright, herbaceous and a little creamy.

This $12 sandwich is one of By the Brewery’s most popular items whether it’s breakfast or lunch. 

There hadn’t been any announcements until now because “all options are on the table,” according to Charlie’s owner Chuck Hogan. 

Plus, a new restaurant is bringing Korean food and culture to Germantown Parkway, and Juiced What You Needed has just what you want for dinner. 

The salad-focused restaurant is part of the Stomping Grounds redevelopment.

Certain dishes mark the season, and many of our holidays would feel incomplete without them.

With a new roaster that will triple its capacity, the Cxffeeblack team is preparing for a wholesale expansion into Memphis grocery stores, new cafe partners across the city and a future described as “uncontained.”

The five-year-old development on the site of the city’s second shopping mall will likely be completed in 4-6 months. 

Baristas left it all in the cup, with one champion of the bracket-style latte art competition taking home coffee beans, an eight-cup siphon — and bragging rights. 

Mix things up this season with our holiday menu of goat cheese dip, a signature dish from The Lobbyist, festive Christmas cocktails and more.