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Recent winter weather coupled with MLGW’s indefinite boil-water advisory is making life a little bit more challenging for restaurants as they have to figure out what to do about food, drinks and even the restrooms. 

JJ’s Tropical expands, Biscuits & Jams opens Downtown and A Taste of Glenny extends its hours to include Sundays. 

A crispy Filipino chicken approach in Lakeland has achieved enough success in its early operation that the owner is expanding to the west end of Bartlett.

“We’re just very grateful that people accepted us for who we are and enjoyed our food and came and supported us,” Dino Grisanti said.

The Brooks Museum recently terminated its relationship with its previous cafe operator, Loaf, after an unsanctioned fundraising event for a Palestinian relief fund.

Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have forced many local businesses to close this week, but Global Café has been delivering warm, hearty meals to those in need citywide. 

Owner Jimmy Gentry says the past year has been a ‘mixed bag’ for his Downtown restaurant. 

San Marcos Bakery, a pan-dulce and sweet-bread bakery, will be located at 4600 Quince Road in the Colonial Plaza Shopping Center.

“I like the bakery more than the kitchen, so I wanted to bring something new to Memphis — its first South American bakery,” said one of the owners of Cevicheria and Grill Chilemon.

Mo’Bay Beignet Co., Hog Wild East, BedRock Eats & Sweets are closing. The Ginger’s Bread & Co. will have exclusive carnival season offers, and a new Guthrie’s Chicken is coming to Whitehaven.

Forward Momentum announced details Thursday, Jan. 11, of its barbecue contest this May in Tom Lee Park.

At Tennessee breweries such as Crosstown Brewing Co., January is the slowest month of the year for sales. 

“I was smiling ear-to-ear a couple of days in a row. Like, my face hurt,” said Little Bettie head chef Jared Riddle after “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” shot an episode at Wiseacre Brewing Co’s Downtown pizza bar. 

Collierville leaders denied a new roomier Chick-fil-A due to concerns with traffic.

Almost three decades after he came to the U.S., Marco Puerto said it’s a “privilege and honor to be able to accomplish the American dream.”

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill wanted to bring a new restaurant to the Silo Square project. The development has become emblematic of Southaven’s status as a developing city in one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S.

The Memphis-based chocolatier is leaning even more into luxury and ceasing individual chocolate sales except for special holidays. 

Memphis’ largest craft brewery is joining the near-beer trend.

When the Schweighofer family moved from Manhattan to Memphis, they struggled to find a coffee shop open on Sundays.

Let it Fly, the sports bar Mike Miller opened in 2019, closed its Germantown location.

Chicken and waffles and cheesecake are now all together at Fannie Lou’s.

Sometimes, the best food is the least messed with, and the folks at Public Bistro, Midtown’s new dinner spot, are keen on this.

Crosstown Concourse’s Global Cafe, where immigrant and refugee food entrepreneurs serve up authentic cuisine representing their home countries, is a 2023 Inner City 100 award winner. 

Quarterly print art magazine Memphis Current will end its run at 497 N. Hollywood St. with a farewell event on Sunday. The next issue of the magazine is expected sometime before spring 2024.