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Food
For more than two years and possibly closer to three, a black chow roamed Summer Avenue. He visited Walgreens at the corner of Perkins and Summer, hung around in the Aldi parking lot just west of the intersection, and finally settled on Elwood’s Shack as his go-to at meal time. -
Food News
Two Madison Avenue staples close doors
It’s the end of an era at the corner of Madison and Belvedere. Zinnie’s, called Old Zinnie’s since Zinnie’s East opened a few doors east of the original in the 1980s, has closed. -
Reviews
My Favorite Things: Chicken liver pate at Acre
What better time to launch our new “My Favorite Things” feature than right smack in the holidays? -
Reviews
$10 Deal: Flames Mediterranean Grill
Well, there’s no room for confusion here. … A couple of months ago, Open Flame Bar and Grill opened at Poplar and Highland, serving Middle Eastern food. Earlier this month, Flames Mediterranean Grill opened on Highland, serving, um, you know. Middle Eastern food. -
Recipes
Bar Talk: Celtic Crossing
Celtic Crossing owner D.J. Naylor likes his whiskey, and he wants you to share his opinion. Last year, he held a series of drinking classes on Irish whiskey to expand the palates of us bourbon-lovin' Memphians. Now he's hosting a series on Scotch whisky (the Scots don't use the 'e') to further educate us. -
Food
Cooper Young updates and menu for Bigg Friday Lunch
This is the Cooper Young column today. First, congratulations to Ruth Herndon, formerly of Restaurant Iris and The Second Line, who has become the general manager of Tsunami. Ben Smith and Colleen Couch-Smith’s restaurant celebrated 20 years in the summer and Herndon will be part of its continued growth. -
Reviews
Restaurant Iris bears a different bloom in new season
In April, Restaurant Iris turned 10 and in June, owner Kelly English shut it down for a complete re-do, the kind where walls get knocked down and menus tossed out. It was a gamble, a throw of the dice. Iris was beloved as it was and after my first visit, I wondered if the coin was going to land heads up. -
Food
Last list for Thanksgiving restaurant openings
Here’s an updated list for places open on Thanksgiving. I’ve removed any place that has closed reservations and added another spot. Also, keep in mind that if you don’t want a traditional Thanksgiving meal, you can choose from numerous ethnic restaurants that will be open. Most are; call your favorite spots to check ahead of time and find out their hours. Wherever you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. -
Recipes
Bar Talk: Babalu
'Tis the season for a festive drink, but that doesn't mean you have to whip up pumpkin in a latte. At Babalu, where seasonal cocktails rotate through the menu, they're riffing on a holiday cake this year. -
Food News
McEwen’s on Monroe planning expansion, renovation
One of Memphis’ long-standing Downtown restaurants will soon expand to accommodate demand. -
Food News
Two Italian places opening for lunch
Elemento Neapolitan Pizza in Crosstown opens Nov. 14 for lunch, and Ronnie Grisanti's Italian Restaurant opens for lunch Nov. 19 in Regalia. -
Food News
Crosstown Concourse restaurants feed the need for diverse dining and cool cocktails
To build a vertical village, you might as well start with food on the ground floor. Folks have to eat, and at Crosstown Concourse, where they also live, go to school, work and play, choices about where to dine continue to expand. -
Food News
Taste of the Boulevard brings out the crowd
Jambalaya, gumbo, lasagna soup, chili, shrimp and crab meat casserole – those are just a small sample of the dishes served up Sunday at Taste of the Boulevard. -
Food
Biggs: MIM art entries due soon; time to make Thanksgiving reservations
On Saturday I joined 100-plus folks in a banquet room at a Holiday Inn, where we spent the day learning how to be a certified Memphis in May barbecue judge. -
Food News
Downtown Dining Week returns for year 10 with more than 50 restaurants
Downtown Dining Week ushers in its 10th year Monday with more than 50 restaurants, about triple the number it started with back in 2008. But all those extra choices will cost you: This year a three-course dinner is $20.18, up 10 cents from $20.08 when it started. -
Food
Memphians head off to World Food Championships
This is a big week for some Memphis cooks as they head south for the 7th Annual World Food Championships in Orange Beach, Alabama. Several will make the trip, included two first-place winners from last year. -
Reviews
$10 Deal: Sakura
Sakura has been serving big fat sushi rolls for about 30 years, and we all love 'em. From the crunchies on top of Pickwick to the Big Mac extravagance of the Joyce roll, we can’t stay away. I’m there about once a week and I know that many of you are too, because we say hello. -
Recipes
Bar Talk: Belle Tavern
Belle Tavern owner/bartender Chris Ferri has a nice list of cocktails at the ready, but when I walked in last week and saw cherries marinating, bottles of syrups on one counter, a nice collection of bitters on another and a wall full of spirits, I was moved to request an on-the-spot cocktail. -
Food News
Vintage901 beginning ‘escapes’ with trip to White Squirrel Winery
Vintage901 guests will be journeying to Kenton for the organization’s first outing outside of the Memphis-area on Saturday, Nov. 3. -
Food News
Andy and Mikey: 10 years and 5 restaurants down the road
It’s a boy meets boy story that started almost three decades ago and most of you know it by now. Two Italian kids, different schools, different families, but on Sundays, they were the same, gathered around the Sunday table with parents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and the all-important grandmother. -
Reviews
$10 Deal: Open Flame Bar and Grill
Open Flame Bar and Grill opened last month in the former Rock ‘n Dough at Poplar and Highland, but don’t get too excited about the first part just yet. The bar is still there but so far the only alcohol sold is beer. -
Recipes
Bar Talk: Global Cafe
Global Cafe is one of the newest restaurants in Crosstown Concourse and it's different from any other place in Memphis. -
Food
Bar Talk: Memphis Made Brewing
Memphis Made Brewing is one of six breweries in Memphis and so happens to be the one in Cooper-Young, just across the street from where the ninth Cooper-Young Beerfest will be held Oct. 20. -
Health Care
Chili’s, St. Jude partnership is good for business
Today’s consumers have higher expectations. They not only want a great product, but they are willing to buy from or boycott companies based on corporate values. -
Food
Food Network’s ‘Big Food Truck Tip’ winner takes home $10,000
The Memphis episode of Food Network’s “Big Food Truck Tip” aired Wednesday night and viewers found out which of the three featured food trucks received a $10,000 surprise in the tip jar.
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