When Acre executive chef Andrew Adams was a culinary student, food companies would post recipe contests on the school bulletin board. He was interested but never entered one. This summer, that changed.
“Musical theater is my avocation. Dentistry was just my vocation,” said the piano bar and cabaret’s owner.
Also, a cocktail bar prepares to open in the former Longshot space Downtown, and Flip Side Pinball Bar can now serve liquor.
“This was just this week’s fire, and we’re past it, and now we have to look forward to next week’s fire,” said one restaurant owner.
Bob’s Bakery may be tiny and fairly nondescript, but the items in the case are anything but. And if you longingly remember the pies at the Wilson Cafe, you’re in luck.
It’s been a big week for restaurant and bar reopenings, as three recently celebrated being back and open for business.
The Rawgirls truck is now shuttered and padlocked, and Google shows the business as permanently closed.
The local coffee chain plans to open its sixth location next month.
For more than 40 years, Memphians have been visiting the Belmont Grill for its famous burgers — served on a French bread bun — and for the camaraderie of friends and neighbors.
Owner and local restaurateur Karen Carrier will open the Victorian lounge to the public once again Friday, Sept. 25 — something she’s done about once a quarter for the past couple of years.
Jennifer Chandler will be the first to say the name of the dish may not sound appetizing but Lobbyist chef and owner Jimmy Gentry has a way of elevating the most common ingredients.
Though owner Jake Schorr tried to find a buyer for the restaurant, Westy’s last day is Saturday, Aug. 15.
Plus, a coffee shop expands to seven days a week.
A trend in other sports, offering an admission ticket combined with free food and drinks, comes to the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The new location will be 2,200 square feet, which JoJo’s co-owner said will be the company’s go-to size for any future locations.
Boss Lady Pickles is a participant in the Greater Memphis Chamber’s new Shelf Ready program, which pairs local small businesses with local grocers.
Two sisters with weighty day jobs needed something fun, so they bought a store to help people be less intimidated by cooking.
The Midtown bakery has soft, pillowy fried donuts, oatmeal cream pies and cinnamon rolls that everyone can enjoy.
The Majestic Grille is committing to another decade Downtown, and Interstate’s original location has been sold to another barbecue purveyor.
The groups in the legal battle — brothers Adam and Brian Leith and husband-and-wife duo Lee and Jennifer Scifres — have had several long-ranging disputes about finances and operating rights.
After canceling plans for a Downtown location, The Ginger’s Bread & Co. will open a second spot in Midtown.
Coffee potheads have a new place to go in Midtown. And so do the matcha lovers in Downtown.
Despite about a year left on its lease at Schilling Farms, Cheffie’s will close in Collierville.
The Pasadena, California-based hot chicken chain will occupy one of the five suites in the former 15,000-square-foot corner space that housed Spin Street before it closed in 2017.
Vegetarian Jennifer Sweeney thinks consumers who eat a plant-based diet are neglected by large grocery stores. So she has a plan.