Makeda’s: ‘The story can’t end like this’
The cookie shop is more than the Young Dolph tragedy. It’s a success story — and a love story.
Maurice and Pamela Hill stand proudly in the Makeda's on Airways Boulevard, which they own. They met while working in the same lab at Regional One Health when it was still called The Med, and married in 1996. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Makeda’s began with a love story, a family recipe, nurses at The Med and a sick little girl. But it almost permanently closed after the killing of rapper Young Dolph there.
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Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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