Chef Eli Townsend, formerly of Sage restaurant, is back Downtown, this time running Dos Hermanos Kitchen in the Cossitt Library. And getting there has been an adventure.

After two canceled pandemic years and a weird year at Liberty Park, Memphis in May International Festival is heading back Downtown to its longtime home at Tom Lee Park. And we’ve got your survival guide with need-to-know info for the month’s festivities.

What began as a side hustle for Andrew Banker has transformed into a way to help people in extreme poverty — while offering a quality cup of coffee. 

The dinners, which are being held quarterly, bring chefs to Memphis to provide their own answer to the question: What does this season, right here, taste like? 

Co-owner Christopher Moore appeared on the Food Network’s “Chopped” show in 2019. He and his wife are embarking on their second restaurant venture together. 

These cookies called Justines appear to have nothing in common with the beloved old Memphis restaurant called Justine’s, but if you know where they came from, we’d love to know.

Much of the previous Bluefin menu will transfer over to Momoya. But there will also be a number of other kinds of dishes now offered at Momoya, as well. 

Pupuseria Anita began as a food truck on Summer Avenue featuring an array of Salvadorian dishes. 

Bog & Barley is all it’s cracked up to be. Jennifer and Chris talk about the new East Memphis restaurant on Sound Bites, and talk of Easter meals leads to talk of cakes — as many roads do.

It’s crawfish festival season in Memphis. Plus, if you remember a cookie called a Justine, we need your help.

Bog & Barley is the whole package: Beautiful space, friendly people, big bar — and great food.

Whiskey-flavored caramel corn gains national attention, taking Kenny and Penny Mickey’s socially conscious business straight to the Barclays Small Business Big Wins contest.

You can serve deviled eggs at your Easter table or you could take a few extra minutes and make an impressive deviled egg salad.

Clean Memphis is out to help people make better decisions around food and build networks to rescue surplus.

This week’s $10 deal takes a native Californian back to his roots. 

It’s going to be a big year for Buster’s: In addition to the new butcher shop, the Hammonds are opening a second, larger liquor store at Ridgeway Trace in November.

Plus, we caught Seessel’s fever, and we’re headed to Cocozza for our next Friday reader lunch. Tickets go on sale today. 

The idea for Pretty Taco came to Itta Bena’s former general manager when he visited Miami’s South Beach this past winter.

World Central Kitchen and local volunteers are delivering meals to folks in need in Covington and Wynne, Arkansas.

We’ll have one more breakfast/brunch option next month when the second location of The Liquor Store opens at Williamsburg Village.

Tommy’s Burgers has opened in the old CK’s at Park Avenue and Mt. Moriah Road with an extensive, diner-like menu with a Mexican twist. 

The Lopez Grill project is part of what officials hope will be a revitalization of the historic downtown Bartlett Station area.

A new Italian ice eatery is coming to Memphis just in time for hot summer days.

Under John Barnard, Seessel’s won the Tennessee Bakery of the Year every year and once nabbed the National Bakery of the Year. Before Barnard joined Seessel’s, he impressed the Navy’s top brass with pastries and cakes. 

We gave you the Seessel’s chocolate butter pie for a holiday gift and now we’re back with the Seessel’s lemon butter pie for your Easter dessert spread.