Plus, a new restaurant is bringing Korean food and culture to Germantown Parkway, and Juiced What You Needed has just what you want for dinner. 

The salad-focused restaurant is part of the Stomping Grounds redevelopment.

With a new roaster that will triple its capacity, the Cxffeeblack team is preparing for a wholesale expansion into Memphis grocery stores, new cafe partners across the city and a future described as “uncontained.”

The five-year-old development on the site of the city’s second shopping mall will likely be completed in 4-6 months. 

Baristas left it all in the cup, with one champion of the bracket-style latte art competition taking home coffee beans, an eight-cup siphon — and bragging rights. 

While three coffee shops are opening new locations, including the national chain Dutch Bros, one is taking a break.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board approved facade designs and renovation plans for the restaurant and the brewery.

Chef Jimmy Gentry’s vegetable-forward menu is full of creativity, but it’s the yams, topped with a pastry made of shredded filo dough, that’s the standout dish. 

Hattie B’s is looking to open its second Memphis-area location in Germantown near two of Shelby County’s busiest thoroughfares.

Jerusalem Kabob and Cafe will open in the former Cache 42 in the Hacks Cross Plaza. The second Memphis-area Raising Cane’s is to open soon. Latting Speed Shop and Team Car Cafe will close on Christmas Eve. 

A Belly Acres restaurant planned for Union Depot in Bartlett is off the table as the business endures financial headaches and is closing locations.

The results are a secret, but we know Chloe Sexton, the baker behind internet phenom Chloe’s Giant Cookies, is a cast member on “Next Level Baker,” premiering in December. 

The Memphis-born bourbon brand blends duck-hunting heritage with sustainability.

Barefruit Cafe, Cook Out, Insomnia Cookies and Dave’s Hot Chicken are all making news.

The company that operates stores like Cash Saver and High Point Grocery will open South Point Grocery in DeSoto County.

At least three documents have been filed with local government entities to allow Chick-fil-A to replace a seafood restaurant on Winchester Road. 

The developer of Ashmont in Lakeland has indicated a grocery store might be interested in the mixed-use plan, but the identity of the business remains a mystery.

After almost a decade, Catherine & Mary’s needed a little love, one of the restaurant’s chefs said. Also, a 7 Brew is going in a former animal hospital on Summer Avenue.

More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 stores nationwide Thursday.

Kuya, which is planned for the former Bedrock Eats & Sweets space, would have a pan-Asian-American menu with craft cocktails, beer, wine, sake and small bites. 

The new owners signed a 10-year lease for the 10,000-square-foot space for a business they call “the kind of family spot Midtown has been missing.”

Here is where people in the Mid-South have can get free meals and where they can help others in the community. 

The former Houston’s restaurant building located at 5000 Poplar Ave. was bought for $2.1 million Friday, Nov. 7, by a regional developer-managed company.

Owner Randall Swaney said the North Mississippi restaurant that entices Memphians to drive miles for fine dining is going up for sale at the height of its popularity.

“With The Second Line moving, we’re doubling down again to give Midtown something special,” chef Kelly English said.