On Leap Day 2008, Kat Gordon opened a small cupcake shop in East Memphis’ Sanderlin Centre. Over the past 18 years, she has grown and restructured her beloved bakery in some unexpected ways.

Memphis native Teddy Jasper Sr. and his son plan to re-open the space this summer.

With the nearby courthouse and law offices circling the DeSoto County square in Hernando, The Docket seemed like a valid name for a new restaurant, even though the owners have a medical background.

Big Bad Breakfast is taking over a former restaurant space.

An indoor farmers market is becoming a small farm-to-fork restaurant. 

Smackers has leaned into a celebrity-endorsement strategy that includes Rick Ross, NeNe Leakes and Megan Thee Stallion — but that only works if the food delivers.

Dutch Bros Coffee is joining several other coffee outlets along U.S. 64 in Lakeland, while the business is also spreading into Bartlett. 

More gyros are coming to Collierville, and a second Memphis Raising Cane’s is planning its grand opening party. 

At the international expo for coffee purveyors, Memphis’ Cxffeeblack plans to pose a question: What would happen to the coffee industry if farmers were paid each time their beans were sold?

With Cajun delicacies from crawfish to shrimp, the second-annual Bayou Bash is slated for Saturday in Bartlett with hopes for better weather than the rainy first year.

Despite being loved by foodies the world over, soul food also has a reputation for being salt-laden, artery-clogging, butter-soaked cuisine. But a Memphis-born chef wants to prove that’s not all soul food has to be.

The Second Line opened at 4550 Poplar Ave. on Wednesday, April 8, once again serving Cajun-Creole cuisine that includes po’boys, gumbo, red beans, crawfish, and pimento cheese fries. 

The restaurateurs behind Sam’s Main Street Eatery and La Roche Lebanese Cuisine are opening a bakery. 

The Scoop by Kaye’s Pints & Scoops doesn’t officially open until May, but the company is doing a pop-up Saturday, April 4.

It’s all about breakfast — and wings — this week. 

But if you have the opportunity to splurge, the lamb is well worth it, says writer Erica Horton. 

The Bryans have garnered national attention for their 36-seat restaurant, located in a Germantown shopping center, and Drew Bryan was named a James Beard Award semi-finalist last year.

A post-pandemic shift in Piccadilly’s customer behavior led the company to downsize from a larger restaurant on Mount Moriah Road to a drive-thru location on Riverdale Road. 

Users will be able to customize orders for pickup or for delivery.

“This place was meant for me,” Chef Jimmy Sinh, known as “Sushi Jimmi,” said.

It’s mudbug season, and trucks such as Crawfish Cabin and Memphis Crawfish Co. are crawling in the season’s biggest, better crustaceans. 

Stirred into lemonade and other drinks, activated charcoal is a current wellness trend. But its actual effects are more nuanced than many people assume. 

An official with the company didn’t provide an official opening date, but he did provide an estimate for how long construction to opening takes.

In-N-Out one step closer to its first Memphis location. Dutch Bros opens in the Edge District. Tommy’s Burgers California Style is opening its third location. Guthrie’s merges two nearby locations into one. 

The inaugural winners of the Wing World Cup will get a trophy, bragging rights and $25,000.