We’re under an excessive heat warning, and the best idea might be to fight fire with fire. 

Various factors have made “off-premises” options more popular than ever, and local restaurants are adjusting accordingly.

Olive Branch native Kendal Adair and his teammates on Fox’s “MasterChef” liked working together so much, they’re visiting each of their hometowns and putting on a three-course dinner. 

Holiday bakers have just a few more days to stock up on tax-free flour, sugar, butter and other supplies. Most food and ingredients used to prepare food are exempt from sales tax.

Skol-Astic Book Fair, complete with beer and books, is for adults and will be held at Soul & Spirits on North Main near the Pinch District. A number of bookstores are participating.

Self-taught chef Kunal Jadhav created one of Memphis Magazine’s top 10 dishes for 2018 and has raised more than $100,000 for animal rescue groups. Now he’s doing a five-course dinner at Cameo. 

Cindy Krag Gourmet To Go was created to give customers a pick-up option instead of catering. Customers can bring in their own trays to have the food placed on and garnished by the staff.

This episode of Sound Bites serves as a pretty extensive vegan guide in the Memphis area, from plant-based comfort food and vegetarian delicacies to vegan food trucks and ghost kitchens, including Shroomlicious’ Korean “chicken” and waffles. 

Kendall Cooper and a partner took over the iconic restaurant at 1495 Union Ave. on July 18.

A new soul-food-based restaurant is coming to Whitehaven in late August that will serve healthy home-cooked meals.

If the new site is approved, the existing Chick-fil-A site would be demolished.

While Elwood’s Shack might be small, its menu is mighty. And it’s a gold mine of $10 deals. 

The new location at 734 Mt. Moriah Road is across from Gus’s Fried Chicken and along the same stretch as The Urban Gardener, Gibson’s Donuts and Garibaldi’s Pizza. 

In what he called “a natural move,” owner Nick Scott is merging Salt | Soy with Alchemy, his restaurant in Cooper-Young.

Another popular restaurant is headed to East Memphis, and we’ve got a new restaurant reporter. 

An estimated 8,000-9,000 people amassed at Crosstown Concourse Sunday for the event. By the event’s end at 9 p.m., 90% to 95% of the food vendors had completely sold out.

It may have taken a little help from City Hall, but a 13-year-old Mississippi restaurant chain recently opened its first Mid-South location. 

Chris Herrington sounds off on some of his favorite places to eat along Germantown Parkway, including Cedars Restaurant, Two Empanadas, Germantown Commissary and more.

With only 30 minutes, this coffee-themed episode of Sound Bites does focus mostly on newer Memphis coffee shops in the loop.

Since Dory opened its doors in East Memphis two years ago, chef David Krog and his wife, Amanda, have operated their restaurant using a six-course, prix fixe tasting menu. But now they’re changing the fine dining restaurant’s concept.

For those who want a little Christmas in July, a new pop-up bar Downtown is decking the halls. 

As the restaurant’s almost 26-year run comes to a close, more than 200 Hard Rock alums will say goodbye Sunday with one last party and one last group photo. 

A popular food event that takes place all over the world is being replicated at Crosstown Concourse, with more than 50 vendors presenting the cuisines of different countries.

Writer Joshua Carlucci says this dish at Vietnam Restaurant is a sleeper hit. 

The new location joins more than 200 American Deli locations across eight states. In Tennessee, this will bring the number of American Deli locations to 11.