The potatoes are coming to your mailbox soon, if you haven’t already gotten them, and the question is: How are you going to use them?

There’s still a pandemic, but that’s not stopping new restaurants and breweries from opening, and one local business owner has gotten so busy, he’s had to beef up his staff.

The going got tough in 2019 and 2020 started with promise followed by disappointment. Then a pivot, a plan, a little luck and well, Oprah, made things happen. But success comes with a cost, too.

Hampline Brewing had reinvent early in COVID, before it even opened, and it gave the principals a way to get through the pandemic. It wasn’t just a new business for them; it became a passion project.

When Ben Colar was envisioning his new cocktail bar, what sprung up was the idea of “rest.”

Fans of the Sanderlin Centre’s City Silo won’t have to adapt to the new spot in Saddle Creek. The menu is intact and the environment is just as simple and light.

Idahoan Foods is saying thanks to Memphis and the residents who consumed 8.5 million servings of the company’s instant mashed potatoes last year. 

We’re talking food on our Table Talk group on Facebook, soup on Sound Bites and eating new burgers in East Memphis.

Cream of mushroom soup is easy to make and the heavy cream makes it a luxurious cold weather treat.

Belly Acres brings a menu of grass-fed burger choices and plenty of other options to the popular corner of Poplar and Ridgeway.

Celtic Crossing hosts a party on Jan. 20 to raise a pint to the new president, one a little town in Ireland claims as its own.

Silo Square is to comprise 13 mixed-use buildings, 305 single-family housing lots, six retail outparcels, a bank outparcel, two hotel sites, three office buildings, a 2.6-acre farmer’s market, 10 acres of apartments, and 64 acres of green space.

Dave Krog’s Dory has finally opened, but for now, it’s just takeout and private dinners. The beef Bourguignon is great, and you don’t want to miss the rolls.

Forget about spring cleaning in March; to get caught up from 2020, the time to start is now; Magnolia & May hosts an in-house or at-home cocktail dinner next week.

Claims on social media that Molly’s La Casita is closed and for sale are wrong. It’s temporarily closed but will reopen when it’s not ‘crazy out there,’ owner says.

He’s done takeout, pop-ups and virtual wine dinners. Now Kelly English is keeping his business alive by teaching cooking classes online, shipping food nationwide and cooking your wild game.

The EDGE board approves more grant money for restaurants and grocers that are affected by the pandemic and the latest restrictions.

Phil Bryant is selling the family business because he has another task ahead of him. This time the former CPA, ER nurse and restaurateur is taking on cancer.

Bryant’s Breakfast can be yours if you’re ready to jump in the restaurant business; after 50+ years, the Bryants are retiring.

Little Bettie is a tiny kitchen in an enormous brewery, but the pizzas are top notch, the menu is clever and fun, and the beer at Wiseacre is good as ever.

Pat Neely is remarried, the father of young children, and coming to your kitchen Friday night if you want to join the folks at Mississippi Boulevard online.