The AM/DM podcast: Inside Da Sammich Spot, Crazy Coop and Fleur
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During the first week of January, Rob Brown was at home when he saw — via his security cameras — law enforcement agents sitting in a van outside his restaurant, Da Sammich Spot.
Though the restaurant was closed, Brown didn’t want law enforcement using his parking lot as a staging area, so — again, through the cameras — he asked the officers to leave.
When they didn’t, he headed up to the Park Avenue restaurant to see if he could convince them in person.
Before the night ended (peacefully, we should add), the parking lot saw more officers and protesters amass in the area, and video of the incident went viral.
Today, food writer Ellen Chamberlain talks to us about what happened and why, as well as some other recent developments on the local dining scene.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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