A local nonprofit’s mobile grocery store launched its first service on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Klondike neighborhood of North Memphis.

Makeda’s began with a love story, a family recipe, nurses at The Med and a sick little girl. But it almost permanently closed after the killing of rapper Young Dolph there.

Saturday is full of events, from a chow-chow contest in Stanton to Brewhaha at Hampline to Oktoberfeast at Raven & Lily in Collierville. If you figure out how to do it all, share your strategy.

“We’ve taken soul food and infused it with other cuisines,” said one of the concept’s founders. “We’re not only scaling the cuisine, but we’re making it health conscious and for the community.”

The restaurant offers dishes ranging from noodles to egg tarts to spare rib, with some coming hot off the cart. 

After four years of serving the Downtown community, Greek restaurant Grecian Gourmet is closing its doors.

Ashtar Garden is expected to open Saturday, Oct. 8 in Cooper-Young and will feature both breakfast and nightlife options. 

After leaving behind a four-year culinary career and a position as a chef de tournant at a Michelin-starred restaurant, Joshua Carlucci recently spent an evening working in the kitchen at Dory, a fine-dining restaurant on Brookhaven Circle.

Daniel Blanchard makes possibly the best bagel around, if you like ’em chewy and dense.

Gordon Food Service opens in Midtown on Thursday and it’s a new kind of grocery for Memphis, a wholesale and retail combination complete with a big produce section and a deli.

Olive House Mediterranean Grocery is a large, well-stocked and spic-and-span market, the latest addition to The Lake District, and it offers hot food to-go.

Ed and Brittney Cabigao are opening their third SOB in Collierville next spring, but first, they’re launching a new menu and redecorating SOBEast.

Elixir offers a sort of choose-your-own adventure. The party includes five separate rooms, each complete with its own theme, musical era and uniquely paired cocktail.

Hulsey Britt and Frankey Anderson approached Kenneth Wayne Alexander with a proposition: to curate a combined art space, restaurant, and entertainment venue dedicated to Black culture and Black excellence.

Chloe Sexton’s BluffCakes are huge, 7-ounce cookies that sell out in minutes because Sexton took her story to TikTok and when people got to know her, they wanted to take a chance on her cookies, too.

Chef Tam is now officially the “Wesson Oil cooking lady” and has plans to open a new restaurant late this year.

Neckbones on Tuesdays and fish and spaghetti on Fridays are hits at Krissy’s Soul Food, a recent addition to the Memphis home-style dining scene. 

The Saigon Le bird’s nest egg rolls are under development at Tuyen’s Asian Bistro. They’re as good as ever, but not ready for everyone until Tuyen Le says they’re good enough.

Memphis Sandwich Clique founder Ryan Hopgood had a near-death experience this past summer, but today he’s able to walk again. He’s says the secret’s in a sandwich.

A lot of people host wine dinners or wine festivals, but this event brings the science, as well. 

Chipotle has opened on Summer Avenue, but don’t go there looking for authentic Mexican food. Whether headed east or west, drive a little farther if that’s what you want.

The Kinfolk pop-up, occurring each weekend at Comeback Coffee, is from a young chef who has put in time at some notable Memphis kitchens, including Hog & Hominy and P.O. Press. 

Asian Palace, a staple for authentic Chinese and American-Chinese food and dim sum on Summer Avenue, will soon be fit for a “King.” 

Mike Miller plans to open his fourth Let It Fly next summer, in Southaven’s Silo Square.

Sakura, the vanguard for offering sushi rolls as overstuffed as a 1990s Pottery Barn sofa, has opened a third area location on New Byhalia Road in Collierville.