A boozy oasis is headed to Midtown, as the owners of the Cameo cocktail bar lay down plans for a new tropical-themed sibling. 

From “dirty” sodas to baked chicken, more than a dozen restaurants and food vendors within the Memphis Medical District will showcase their flavors at the annual Taste of the District. 

Shannon Weston said her son’s food allergy spurred the family to open a “clean food” restaurant in Colorado. When her son enrolled in Rhodes College, Vibe Foods came to Memphis, too.

The 1,200-square-foot dessert studio, now open at 501 N. Hollywood St., is designed like an art studio, where customers can decorate cookies, cupcakes and cakes. 

Roughly two years after opening to fanfare just off Overton Square, Pantà, the colorful, Catalan-inspired bar from restaurateur Kelly English, has closed as a full-service restaurant. 

Memphis coffee trailblazers Cxffeeblack are returning to the brew’s African origins and taking others with them through their new Barista Exchange Program.

The restaurant will be near FedEx and Indian grocery store Balaji Grocery, a strategic decision, said co-owner Vineeth Sheelam. 

Frankie Perry and his wife Kaye opened Primos meat market in Hernando, offering quality cuts and longtime family recipes.

The Mid-South’s biggest beer festival featured 40 breweries, cideries and makers of seltzers and other adult beverages Saturday at the Memphis Sports and Events Center in Liberty Park.

The star of the show at El Pollo Latino is the rotisserie chicken, available on quarter, half and whole chicken plates with fries or boiled potatoes.

The new location, a 30,000-square-foot space at 107 S. Main St., will feature four concepts. Each concept will be a smaller type of restaurant.

In addition to bringing back its “Ultimate Weekend Brunch” on Sundays, The Majestic Grille is also debuting Sunday Roast as it reopens for service seven days of the week. 

“Perch is like my own little personal Cheers,” said restaurant owner and longtime caterer Ragan Oglesby-Phillips.

The Farms at Bailey Station, which hired the former executive chef at Limelight, operatives five eateries that they plan to eventually open to the general public.

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.”