Still shopping for gifts? Try an experience — or a Seessel’s pie. 

The Biggs and Herrington households like a nice breakfast on Christmas Day, and we say hold the fruitcake. But we respect your right to love it if that’s what makes your Yuletide bright.

The Villa Castrioti story starts in Cordova in 1989, when Adam and Julie Papriniku opened it in Trinity Commons. 

New restaurant owners Alicia and Brad Glover aren’t going to waste any time in bringing a popular Arlington restaurant spot back to life.

Mac of All Trades is the newest venture for Mac Edwards, who also remains part of The Farmer at Railgarten. 

Mayor Chip Johnson wants feedback from vendors, residents and customers regarding the rolling restaurants before city officials serve up regulations.

Today we bring you the true recipe for Seessel’s Chocolate Butter Pie. Next year, you can have it all for the asking: Get your requests in for your favorite Seessel’s recipes.

A sandwich with green beans? Yep. The longtime favorite was gone for a while, but it’s back at Pop’s Deli with a few changes. 

Two local restaurants have just opened, two more are on the way and another just resumed service after a significant renovation. 

On this week’s Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs talk about restaurants that have just opened or are within days or weeks of opening their doors.

After the East Memphis barbecue restaurant caught fire earlier this year, owner Jimmy Stovall decided to remodel. And at least one new touch nods to the building’s previous life as a gas station. 

Behind schedule — what’s not? — Sunrise Memphis finally opens next week in the former Blue Plate Café in the Poplar corridor.

To celebrate the opening of The Lobbyist, Jimmy Gentry’s new restaurant, here’s a favorite cake recipe from P.O. Press.

The former pandemic-era pop-up comes into its own with a new location and a menu full of favorites. 

Vinegar Jim’s, a mainstay at Arlington’s Depot Square for more than two decades, is closing this month, as the owners move on concentrating on their personal lives.

“Buck Up Sauce” will debut this Friday, Dec. 9, in a special dinner at Imagine Vegan Cafe. 

These days, the “meat and three” is almost always a “meat and two,” unless you want to pay extra for another side. Not so at Bob’s Barksdale Restaurant in Midtown. 

The holiday season is here, and events are happening, and for our December reader lunch, we’re swinging with Erling. But first, let’s talk gravy. 

A chocolate layer cake, a fancy Russian honey cake (oh my) or a dense and delicious carrot cake: They all have a place in our hearts and on our plates.

A $10 Deal inspires Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington to take a virtual trip around town, talking about favorite Asian restaurants from Chinese to Vietnamese and more.

For our December lunch, we’ll feast on a buffet at Erling Jensen Small Bites and play a few games at the Topgolf Swing Suite.

Chef Jimmy Gentry enters the Downtown restaurant scene with The Lobbyist, opening in The Chisca.

This version of The Daily Memphian’s recipe exchange is packing two punches. 

Madonna Learning Center bought Bluff City Toffee just as the holiday season got underway, and its wares will be available during a Friday pop-up. 

Panda Garden on Summer has a large menu of $10 Deals, whether you order from the lunch special or elsewhere from the large menu.