Williamsburg Village businesses in East Memphis have already had trouble finding parking for customers. Now they face a shortage of spaces for employees to place their vehicles.

The Caption by Hyatt’s new Talk Shop aims to be much more than a hotel lobby. 

Artist Ephraim Urevbu has bought a building on Jackson Avenue that he plans to renovate into an art incubator, studio space and a restaurant — with the larger goal of creating an art community. 

Beauty Shop celebrates its 20th anniversary with the re-opening of Back Dō/Mi Yard, Harlan T. Bobo performs at Bar DKDC, and Karen Carrier takes a look at how it started and where she’s headed.

Tuyen Le has opened Tuyen’s Asian Bistro just down the street from where her family’s restaurant, Saigon Le, once stood.

Bryant’s plate lunches may even make a comeback after the expansion of the Summer Avenue breakfast spot is complete. 

There are still boxes being unpacked and no barista making coffee yet, but Big River Market has opened at the corner of G.E. Patterson Avenue and Tennessee Street.

A local guide to the bars, restaurants, breweries, hotels and coffee shops where you can bring your canine companions. 

After helping friends with healthy, prepared meals, Richard and Molly McCracken quickly gained a steady business from customers in the local fitness community who needed help eating and calculating their macronutrients.

With several new Whataburgers slated for the Memphis area before the end of next year, its longtime fans are ready. 

Some of the recipes from the former Café 61 remain sought after by Memphis diners, and there’s a possibility one or two might end up at The Second Line. 

The latest installment of our Summer Avenue restaurant guide includes the small stretch that might be the culinary heart of the street. 

“Everybody says it’s time to do Saigon Le,” said Tuyen Le, one of the sisters who worked at the Midtown restaurant. “They say they want the good food back.”

With some sit-down Japanese, some classic takeout Chinese and the unlikely union of meat-and-three and Thai, the second installment of our Summer Avenue food guide reaches a stretch of the street where “old Memphis” and “international Memphis” are often one and the same.

Almost a decade before the National Civil Rights Museum opened, the Marmalade Restaurant and Lounge thrived on Calhoun Avenue.

Local nonprofit, Operation Better Days, is holding a Beer and Brat Festival fundraiser July 1 at Grind City Brewing Co. to help transitioning veterans and their families. 

Memphis Sandwich Clique cofounder Ryan Hopgood’s family was prepared to donate his organs. Now they’re calling his recovery a miracle.

After opening during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Memphis’ Magnolia & May has brought back lunch. 

On the first day of Summer, we begin our food tour of Summer Avenue — “one long, rolling unofficial international market” — with the roughly 2-mile section on the west end where you’ll find several of the street’s best-kept secrets.

Cynthia Daniels brings the Memphis Vegan Festival to the Pipkin Building on Saturday and the Juneteenth Shop Black Festival to the same place on Sunday. 

As a preview for Saturday’s Le Bon Appetit fundraiser for Le Bonheur, an all-star group of chefs participated in a “Chopped”-themed cooking competition.

Antigua Mexican Bar & Grill has opened in the former East Memphis location of Pancho’s, and everything is different, from the menu to the interior.

After a series of virtual events in 2020, Le Bon Appetit brings local chefs and out-of-town chefs back, in-person, for a walk-around tasting. 

Craft beer and hot wings make beautiful music — and up to 240 different flavor combinations — together on Beale Street. 

Bain Barbecue & Bakery fully lives up to its name later this week, as a converted propane tank smoker named Peggy is on-site and turning out Texas brisket plus more.