Shack’s second spot to open this month
The new Elwood’s Shack will include breakfast, dessert and a coffee bar.
The new Elwood’s Shack will include breakfast, dessert and a coffee bar.
Waldo’s Chicken and Beer will bring its scratch-made food to the Cordova area.
“We’re really trying to better the community, one person and one house at a time. Right now, if we want to go somewhere to eat, we probably have to go all the way to Midtown or Downtown.”
Located at 276 S. Front St., the “fast casual” restaurant will include a bar with eight seats, a full patio with six tables and a Lego-built hive in the window.
“So far our house-made take-and-bake program has been flying off the shelves,” said Mad Grocer co-owner Max Hussey. “(That) as well as our in-house sauces and dressings.”
Buster’s Butcher, adjacent to but separate from its parent, Buster’s Liquors & Wines in the University Center shopping complex, is a 2,200-square-foot playground for carnivorous cooks.
“I’m not saying (my barbecue) is the best,” Willie Burton said. “But it will be Memphis-style barbecue at its best.”
Petals of a Peony, Memphis’ first entirely authentic Sichuan restaurant, opened this week on Germantown Parkway with gorgeous plates, plenty of offal and dishes perfect for “the intrepid spice enthusiast.”
Over three years, Rick James and his team have worked to transform High Point Grocery from a neighborhood market into a sustainable, full-service grocery.
The Southern soul food restaurant in Willow Grove Shopping Center will begin to serve lunch come mid-September.
The search for a new chef for Chez Philippe was national, and Peabody President Doug Browne said finding Keith Clinton was “pure luck.”
Owner Kate Ashby said the new Public Bistro in Midtown will be as if Houston’s and Huey’s had a baby.
It’s easy to see that SCO2, which is opening a location in Nashville this year, is a special occasion destination: Couples and small groups dressed up in tight dresses, shiny skirts, button downs and loafers.
“She was the first person that reviewed Iris. That review was the beginning of us really being able to provide people with a space to earn a living,” Kelly English said.
Jennifer Biggs wrote about food and people and angels and whiskey. When she died Wednesday of complications from cancer, Memphis lost one of its best friends.
“Jennifer Biggs always managed to be in the vicinity during some of the brightest moments of my life and during some of the darkest.”
Momma’s isn’t just a name. The chef is serving his mom’s chicken noodle soup and her chicken and dumplings as well as owner Aldo Dean’s mom’s lasagna.
Biggs publicly announced her stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis in June. “I can’t begin to express the love and gratitude I’ve felt from and for all of you,” she wrote on Facebook.
The initial idea for Memphis Filling Station was a growler shop where the owners would sell beer made by other people. Then, after they started serving their own beer at charitable events, they began to question their whole plan.
7 Brew is a drive-thru with two lanes where customers order face-to-face with an employee. The other side of the stand is for walk-up orders.
At Jeremiah Italian Ice on Summer Avenue near High Point Terrace, flavors range from fruit to more decadent ice cream classics, such as mint chip and cake batter.
The Cali-Mex restaurant at the Shops of Saddle Creek will be the 13th for Arkansas-based Yellow Rocket Concepts.
The products being sold are charcuterie boards, “lunchables,” doughnuts and a variety of other sweet and savory items.
Health soapbox aside, fermented food is delicious. Natural fermentation unlocks surprising flavors that are otherwise unachievable from cooking alone.
East Memphis’ Bog & Barley is adding another ‘b’ to its offerings: brunch.