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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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Kat Gordon’s bakery has received national and international accolades, but this one really gave her a thrill because it was the first to use the Broad Avenue address as her location.

If you give up meat for Lent and only eat fish, do you still get credit if you love it? Does it still count? 

Memphis Black Restaurant Week is in its sixth year, adapted for COVID this year, but going on with more participating restaurants than ever.

First they bought the iconic Bryant’s Breakfast. Before the week was over, Judd and David Tashie had the keys to La Baguette, a bakery beloved by Memphians for 45 years. And they’re here to preserve it, Judd Tashie says.

Dory has officially opened on Brookhaven Circle with a locally sourced tasting menu. It’s the only place in town that doesn’t have an a la carte menu.

Bryant’s Breakfast has been sold to members of the Tashie family and will reopen soon.

Desmond Robinson says just appearing on ‘Chopped’ was a big win: “The response has been so overwhelming, from congratulations to business inquiries. It’s going to take me months to go through these messages.’

Desmond Robinson, who graduated from the University of Memphis, is known professionally as Chef D. Arthur. His “Chopped” competition is titled “Meat Fight: Bison!”

After rehab and recovery, a couple finds an anonymous investor to make their dream project come to life on Brookhaven Circle. 

This year, instead of lasting three hours on one day at FedExForum, the annual event to benefit Youth Villages will be held over two days, Feb. 27-28, at 20 restaurants.

Leonard’s Pit Barbecue might end up on the chopping block if Dan Brown doesn’t find a new owner for Memphis’ oldest barbecue restaurant.

The snow came and we drank it with booze, The Peanut Shoppe faces a tough decision, and the Rendezvous loses a beloved, 53-year employee.