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<strong>Gumbo cheese fries served at Blues City Cafe.</strong> (Jay Adkins/Courtesy Blues City Cafe)Premium Reviews

What to Order: Gumbo cheese fries at Blues City Cafe are a late-night legend

After Blues City Cafe’s gargantuan gumbo cheese fries hit the internet in 2013, they remained a secret menu item for about a year before they were officially added to the menu.

By Erica Horton May 12, 2025
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What to Order: Napa Cafe’s stout-braised short ribs

Napa Cafe’s double-stout-braised short ribs is owner Glenda Hastings’ homage to Memphis barbecue.

By Jennifer Chandler March 31, 2025
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New Eats: Crosstown’s Bao Toan brings the Bao Bao Shrimp

Bao Toan is the kind of place that builds anticipation starting in the lobby. It’s date-night gold.

By Joshua Carlucci February 13, 2025
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What to Order: Hog & Hominy brings back its Beef & Cheddar Hot Dog

After four long years, the made-from-scratch Beef & Cheddar Hot Dog is back on the menu at Hog & Hominy.

By Jennifer Chandler November 25, 2024

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    What to Order: McEwen’s Jungle of Greens Salad

    The Jungle of Greens Salad at McEwen’s has been on the menu since before 2008, and the owners know they can’t take it off.

    By Jennifer Chandler September 03, 2024
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    What to Order: Southern Hands’ veggies, pork chops and cornbread

    Southern fare made the old-fashioned way is what you find at Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking. Take our advice and try the cornbread.

    By Jennifer Chandler August 26, 2024
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    What to Order: Kinfolk’s BLT

    Here’s the blueprint for making a truly sublime BLT as well as some other menu recommendations. 

    By Jennifer Chandler July 22, 2024
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    New Eats: Public Bistro elevates approachability to an art

    Sometimes, the best food is the least messed with, and the folks at Public Bistro, Midtown’s new dinner spot, are keen on this.

    By Joshua Carlucci January 01, 2024
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    New Eats: Fine dining at Amelia Gene’s

    The new restaurant opened on Front Street last month in the brick-and-steel maze that once held the William C. Ellis & Sons Ironworks & Machine Shop.

    By Joshua Carlucci November 26, 2023
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    New Eats: ‘Waffle House Mex?’ At La Palapa, you can have it all.

    Waffle House meets La Guadalupana? Two great things that go great together, it turns out, according to Chris Herrington.

    By Chris Herrington September 09, 2023
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    Summer food tour: 15 faves on Germantown Parkway

    Chris Herrington sounds off on some of his favorite places to eat along Germantown Parkway, including Cedars Restaurant, Two Empanadas, Germantown Commissary and more.

    By Chris Herrington May 14, 2024
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    New Eats: East Memphis’ Belle Meade Social opens

    At Belle Meade Social’s soft opening last week, they were serving six appetizers, six salads, three sandwiches, seven entrees, three pizzas and 10 sides from their menu. And at least one of those dishes was described as “beautiful.” 

    By Jennifer Biggs May 09, 2023
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    Review: Restaurant Iris isn’t brand new — except it is

    Iris 2008 and Iris 2023 are just not the same thing, maybe not even kissin’ cousins. It’s been 15 years and many changes, and what happened when Iris moved to Laurelwood is precisely what should have happened: It’s become a new restaurant.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 28, 2023
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    New Eats: Bog & Barley is open and you can eat and drink like the Irish

    Bog & Barley is the whole package: Beautiful space, friendly people, big bar — and great food.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 11, 2023
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    New Eats: Loaf at Brooks may be best thing since sliced bread

    The menu at Loaf, located in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, is about 60% static, leaving almost half of the menu for the chef to get creative with seasonal and rotating items. 

    By Jennifer Biggs January 24, 2023
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    Review: Izzy & Adam’s brings more Chicago to Memphis

    Izzy & Adam’s delivers a taste of Chicago with deep dish and thin crust pizza, Italian beef and a proper Chicago-style hot dog.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 20, 2023
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    New Eats: Celebrity’s Soul Food delivers with a smile

    Celebrity’s Soul Food on Highland is staffed with friendly people and serves the biggest chicken wings you’ve seen.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 01, 2022
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    Restaurant reviews return with a real ‘Beauty’

    For 20 years, Karen Carrier’s Beauty Shop has delivered bold and creative food in Cooper-Young, and she’s made a full comeback from the pandemic shutdown. Here’s our first starred dining review since 2020. 

    By Jennifer Biggs August 05, 2022
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    ‘Fancy’ One Beale restaurant serves riverfront views — and seafood towers

    Fancy’s Fish House opens this week on roughly the site of the former Captain Bilbo’s, and it promises good food, a casual atmosphere and an ‘extraordinary’ crudo. 

    By Jennifer Biggs April 07, 2022
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    From fine to fun, more favorite fish dishes for Lent

    A fine fish entree makes an excellent dinner, but there’s a light and easy side to fish, too. For Lent, here are five to try, from sushi to sandwiches.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 01, 2022
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    New Eats: Uncle Goyo’s offers upscale or taco options at Thornwood

    After taking over the Memphis taco-truck scene with TacoNGanas, Greg Diaz’s Germantown-based Uncle Goyo’s brings a different kind of Mexican dining to the area. 

    By Chris Herrington March 07, 2022
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    East Memphis ramen bar plans second location

    Tucked into Ridgeway Trace shopping center in East Memphis, the restaurant serves ramen, of course, and you’ll also find takoyaki, bao, donburi and more.

    By Chris Herrington January 25, 2022
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    New Eats: Wolf River Brisket comes to Crosstown

    Wolf River Brisket has opened in Crosstown Concourse, bringing smoked brisket, chicken and salmon to the restaurant space where Next Door American Eatery was until COVID started.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 17, 2021
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    New Eats: Sugar Ghost brings fresh, local ice cream to Broad Avenue

    All of the ice creams are made from scratch, in-house, with soft serve, dipped cones, milkshakes and bubble tea also on the menu.

    By Chris Herrington October 26, 2021
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    Recipe Exchange: La Baguette Spicy Tomato Soup (1 and 2)

    La Baguette’s Spicy Tomato Soup is super simple; just pull out the double boiler.

    By Jennifer Biggs September 15, 2021
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    My Favorite Things: The Majestic Grille’s fish (and chips) fried just right

    It’s a long trip from Boston to Memphis, but the cold-water cod for the fish and chips at The Majestic Grille gets here fast, flown in each week.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 20, 2021
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    Street Food: Mem Dim Sum, BBQ tacos, Court Square

    With the Mem Dim Sum food truck, Denny Law serves Chinese small plates, made fresh and cooked to order.

    By Chris Herrington August 18, 2021
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    $10 Deal: Tri-color enchiladas at El Gallo Giro are a house special

    Red sauce? Green sauce? Cheese sauce? El Gallo Giro on Lamar Avenue says, why choose?

    By Chris Herrington August 10, 2021
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    New Eats: Sandwiches come ‘piled high’ at The Backlot

    At the Backlot Sandwich Shop, on South Front, the meats are done in-house and piled high, from clubs to Reubens to po’ boys and more. 

    By Chris Herrington August 06, 2021

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