Sweet Lala's Bakery opens in East Memphis on Thursday, bringing cookies baked for juvenile justice to the popular corner of Ridgeway and Poplar.

Patrons can stop in at the Powerhouse for a movie, just a cocktail or glass of wine after work, or to grab a wood-fired pizza or avocado BLT.

This year’s Memphis Black Restaurant Week is March 3-9, with 14 restaurants ranging in locales from Downtown to Hickory Hill.

Fino's in Midtown will reopen under the leadership of chef Kelly English, owner of Restaurant Iris and The Second Line. 

Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman have been nominated once again in the semifinalist round for a James Beard Best Chef: Southeast award.

Franco's Italian Kitchen products are in small groceries, markets and restaurants all around town, and owner Franco Contaldo holds house cooking parties, too.

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center has decided to bring food service in-house, recruiting local food truck favorites and popular chains such as Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and Coletta's. 

Collierville Commissary opens on Monday, serving up all the dishes from the Germantown Commissary in a space almost three times the size.

Soup Sunday is in its 30th year, still serving up hot bowls of soup and plenty more to benefit the programs and the children of Youth Villages.

Newly formed company Tandem Restaurant Partners will open new restaurants and help out existing ones that need money or manpower to succeed.

A growing new restaurant concept in Memphis is about to open its third local store, this one in Germantown near Trader Joe's.

Old Zinnie’s is on its way back, thanks to a new restaurant group and two veteran restaurateurs who want to make it better while keeping it the same.

A new Gulf Coast restaurant comes to Cooper Young: Elwoods Shells is set to open on Monday, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and eventually Sunday brunch.

Lucky Cat Ramen opens on Broad Avenue, back on the street where it started as a pop-up in a coffee shop just over two years ago.

The owner of Germantown and Collierville Commissary fed federal workers affected by the government shutdown while planning for the opening of the Collierville location next month. 

After a rocky start, Kountry Cookin' Soul Food Restaurant has risen to become a bustling lunch-hour eatery in the Whitehaven community. The business is participating the neighborhood's first Black Restaurant Week.

Runway 901, a bar and grill near gate A23 at Memphis International Airport, has extended its employee discount to Transportation Security Administration workers for the duration of the federal government shutdown.

It’s time to sign up for barbecue classes to get your summertime backyard game going.

A new Jersey Mike's Subs location is opening in Bartlett.

2019 will bring new restaurants from familiar folks and opens with the question: What’s going in Shelby Farms?

In 2019, read about, watch and enjoy on-site experiences of the Memphis culinary scene with Destination: Delicious with Jennifer Biggs.

Carlos Morgan was grateful to open his bag of cold weather items at The Second Line’s New Year’s Day breakfast, but the first item he saw was a pastel fleece pullover.

Restaurants opened, moved, changed hands and closed in 2018, and we said goodbye to beloved restaurateurs, too.

Students and instructors at L’Ecole Culinaire on Germantown Parkway were taken aback Monday when they were told the school is closing, effectively immediately.

Looking to let someone else do the work on Christmas Day? Start right here. The following restaurants are open; if you know of others, please add them in the comments or email me at jbiggs@dailymemphian.com and I'll add them to the list.