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    MIM Barbecue is smaller, but competition will be fierce; fun and sun forecast

    Where there’s smoke, there’s 🔥🔥🔥 when it’s in Tom Lee Park. Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest returns after a forced 2020 hiatus, proving you can’t keep a good festival down. 

    By Jennifer Biggs May 07, 2021
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    Table Talk: A May festival is back and Hog Wild goes east

    A deep clean and purge of the kitchen might not spark joy, but can cause an existential questioning of time. And as the world moves on, festivals are planned and Hog Wild East opens.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 05, 2021
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    Hog Wild heads East and opens new takeout shop

    Ernie Mellor opens Hog Wild East for takeout only in the former Garibaldi’s location on Yates Road on Wednesday.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 05, 2021
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    Four Way gets Amex surprise: A $40K grant

    During an appearance on the ‘Today’ show this morning, Four Way owner Patrice Bates Thompson learned the restaurant was getting a grant courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express. 

    By Peggy Burch April 27, 2021
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    For 45 minutes, it was a literal free for all at Gibson’s Donuts

    Doughnuts were free for a while at Gibson’s Wednesday morning, the first local food giveaway campaign sponsored by The Kindness Revolution.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 21, 2021
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    Table Talk: Villa Castrioti headed to Lakeland, Parish Grocery opens in Cooper-Young

    Villa Castrioti commits to The Lake District, Parish Grocery has a new location a few doors north of the intersection of Cooper and Young, and they’re selling tomatoes at Elwood’s Produce Stand on Saturdays.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 21, 2021
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    Street Food: A locally made hot sauce heats up the competition

    Black Sheep Bottling sells its hot sauce at four local farmers markets in season: Downtown, Cooper-Young, Bartlett and Hernando. You can also find it on the shelf at the Curb Market, Tamboli’s, Oxbeau and Charlie’s Meat Market. 

    By Chris Herrington April 21, 2021
  • Food News

    Derk Meitzler talks about his newest restaurant, Backlot

    Derk Meitzler talks about Backlot, the new sandwich shop to open in the Paramount building, also known as Strait & Associates in “Bluff City Law,” and what else he has coming up.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 27, 2021
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    Burger and bourbon go down easy in the elegant Chez Philippe

    A small upside to the tragedy and travails of the past year is that for a few more weeks, you can eat food as simple as a cheeseburger in the lap of luxury.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 15, 2021
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    Table Talk: Restaurants’ staffing woes abound, but they’re opening and reopening

    Restaurateurs face a hiring crisis, yet restaurants continue to open and reopen around town. Also, Downtown gets a grocery store, everyone loves cheese dip, and Rajun Cajun returns this weekend.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 14, 2021
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    The biscuits, the bacon and the long lines return to Bryant’s

    Bryant’s Breakfast is back, the biscuits are hot, the bacon is crisp and the lines are long. It’s like it never closed.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 14, 2021
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    Grants available for Black-owned restaurants

    The Kraft Heinz Co. is partnering with The LEE Initiative and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice on the grant program.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 13, 2021
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    South Main area to get a grocery store this year

    Cash Saver and High Point Grocery owner Rick James is opening a small independent grocery in South Main.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 13, 2021
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    Restaurant Reboot: Staffing in pandemic’s wake is a ‘disaster’

    With enhanced unemployment benefits and better-paying distribution jobs, restaurateurs don’t know when they’ll be fully staffed. Worse, they’re still uncertain when they’ll be back to 100% capacity.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 13, 2021
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    Reopenings, new openings and events — what pandemic?

    We’re opening up, literally. New restaurants are opening this week, old places — including Bryant’s — are reopening, and we have new locations, moves, and ticketed events coming.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 12, 2021
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    Table Talk: How long do you eat Easter eggs?

    A recap of the week that was, plus a little talk about what’s safe to eat and where you draw the line, particularly when it comes to leftover Easter eggs.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 08, 2021
  • Food News

    Joes’ Fried Chicken is closed, but only until a new home is found

    Joes’ Fried Chicken, Joes on Highland — whatever you wanted to call it — is closed for now but will open again as soon as the owners find a new place.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 05, 2021
  • Food News

    Memphis Farmers Market opens Saturday

    Before the pandemic, the Memphis Farmers Market brought out as many as 2,000 visitors on a Saturday in peak season. This year, 61 vendors have signed up to sell goods in the pavilion.

    By Peggy Burch April 02, 2021
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    Table Talk: The Majestic reopens, BBQ tickets are on sale, and Ecco is lovely as ever

    Dining at Ecco, a secret about Slim Chickens, Memphis in May Barbecue is back, and The Majestic Grille is opening this week.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 31, 2021
  • Food News

    Limited Memphis in May BBQ tickets available starting today

    The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back after sitting out 2020. 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 29, 2021
  • Food News

    MemPops turns 5, offers customers a sweet deal to celebrate

    For its fifth birthday, MemPops offers a $2 birthday special in its three brick-and-mortar locations this weekend.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 25, 2021
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    Exclusive: Bari finds balance and flexibility in a new space down the street

    Bari will leave its home of 19 years in May and move to a former yoga studio on Cooper, where it will have room to expand outdoor seating and parking.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 24, 2021
  • Food News

    Downtown’s Majestic Grille reopening next month

    After more than a year, The Majestic Grille is reopening on South Main, all spiffed up and ready to go with most of its original menu and familiar faces.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 23, 2021
  • Food News

    After a year on life support, restaurants start to ‘see some light’

    It’s been a year since Memphis restaurants were told to close their dining rooms. As a second year of the ‘hustle and pivot’ begins, the vaccines and Health Directive 19 offer relief. Still, as one restaurateur says, ‘I go to bed every night stressed.’ 

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    Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same'

    By Jennifer Biggs March 22, 2021
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    Kelly English on what a year of COVID has been like for him and his industry

    The year since local restaurants were first shut for coronavirus has been hard; Kelly English talks about what it’s been like for him.

    By Jennifer Biggs March 18, 2021

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