Two hot Memphis restaurants are opening new locations. Plus, incoming Raising Cane’s project is underway, and Jeremiah’s Italian Ice isn’t leaving Memphis. 

“(Collierville) is a family-oriented area close to churches and schools, and that’s certainly the target market for Belly Acres,” said a restaurant representative. 

In-N-Out Burger’s vice president of store development said there are no specific plans for the Memphis-area yet. 

A seafood restaurant has plans for the former Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk space on Beale Street.

When chef Drew Bryan at Blue Honey Bistro heard he was a James Beard awards semifinalist, he texted back one, disbelieving word: “Ha!” 

Memphis’ own 17 Berkshire is one of 20 bakeries nationwide to be recognized this year by the James Beard Awards. 

Local spots like Plant-Based Heat, City Silo, and Imagine Vegan Cafe are redefining Memphis’ food scene.

Wolfchase Galleria has a burger joint, and new-look Pizza Hut opens. Plus, something sweet is blooming in the former Flame Ramen. 

Three Memphis chefs with Chinese roots share their favorite “lucky” dishes to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 

Bao Toan, from the family behind Mochi & Mi, will open their newest restaurant Wednesday, Jan. 29. 

Central BBQ marries both the old and the new in its revamped Central Avenue location. 

When the new Rawgirls owner Laura Wegner saw an opportunity to merge her culinary roots with her health care expertise, she didn’t hesitate.

Memphis Jamaican Kitchen owners Ryan and Ebony Meeks are adding a second location in the Medical District area with dine-in service. They will also be keeping the food truck open in Downtown Memphis.

Shroomlicious pauses operations to kickstart progress on new location, Pretty Taco closed “temporarily” and The Ready Room is closed.

The one-day addition to the MIM barbecue contest at Liberty Park is tied in with the Fort Worth, Texas based Steak Cookout Association.

Applications open Tuesday, Jan. 28. Anyone interested is encouraged to apply in person at the Southaven Chamber of Commerce during weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Honorees from two local restaurants and one bakery made the prestigious semifinalists list. 

Jason Gardner’s Whitehaven restaurant, Trap Fusion, had a line of people waiting to order food, while visitors filled most of the tables inside the dining room.

Ecco Lounge is fitted with couches, chairs, tables and wall accents, including the signage Ecco Sala, meaning lounge in Italian. 

The vacant Chili’s restaurant near Poplar Avenue and Exeter Road could soon be home to a restaurant with a niche for breakfast, brunch and lunch.

“One thing we’ve all learned since the pandemic is that change is the only constant,” restaurateur Deni Reilly said.

“We are being asked to be present so that these court justices can ... put faces to creators and stop seeing this as so much of a battle about data breaches of state information,” said Chloe Sexton of Chloe’s Giant Cookies. 

Two Downtown restaurants welcoming customers, a new Scooter’s coffee and a Waffle House one step closer to construction on Forest Hill Irene Road.

James Beard and Webby Award-winning host Dan Pashman will be taping “The Sporkful” — with a local, special guest chef — in front of a live studio audience at the Buckman. 

The Memphis Restaurant Association is looking to the past, roughly 100 years to the past, for its annual February food festival.