The City of Memphis is eyeing a single-item tax on food and other items sold Downtown to fund the district’s security, beautification and assistance for the area’s unhoused population. 

The whole project from bag to distribution will be done in one morning; more than 100 people are needed.

The annual celebration of Whitehaven continues this week culminating with the community’s Christmas Parade on Saturday. 

A longtime Memphian and former executive for the fundraising and awareness organization at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is headed to Oklahoma to lead a global anti-hunger charity. 

Questions delay the hearing for the Midtown recovery home opposed by neighbors and allegedly in violation zoning rules.

Beale Street would not be what it is today without Rum Boogie Cafe owner, and former CPA, Preston Lamm. But, he’s turned the keys over to a new owner. 

The 60-year-old building on the corner of White Station Road and Park Avenue, known for its circular architecture and stone-stacked exterior, will be destroyed to make way for a Bojangles. Some locals say it’s “tragic.” 

She was arrested numerous times for participating in sit-ins, starting in March 1960 when she and others demanded access to library books.

Josh Conley said Bar Limina will feature a revolving lineup of mixologists and bartenders from across the globe.

The main reason for the closure was the smoke and smolder that affected the surrounding kitchen area. Huey’s area director said after they clean up, they will be “ready to rock and roll.”

Tiff’s Treats will open three locations near the Memphis area with oven-to-doorstep delivery. Plus, longtime Collierville cafe closes. 

You might know about brewing coffee, but this year, you can learn about cooking with it, too. 

Casts created in hollowed-out spaces of volcanic ash and other artifacts from the frozen city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display at Graceland starting this week. 

Due to security concerns, Malco began installing 6-foot, black aluminum poles around the property in July. Zoning officials issued a stop work order, halting the project. 

This week, learn cocktail science at Lichterman, spend an evening in Paris at the Orpheum and hear IMAKEMADBEATS’ new album — but with lasers.

Marine biologist James McClintock and Rev. John Burruss will share insights from Antarctica in a free lecture today at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. 

Karen Carrier closed her popular Do Sushi bar in 2013, but the pop-ups she’s hosted since then always prove to be popular.

A proposed fire station on Macon Road was slated to provide fire service to areas of de-annexed Cordova, but soaring costs have scuttled the project and left Shelby County looking to Memphis to respond to fires. 

Our Thanksgiving guide offers recipes to ease your menu-planning worries. And we’ve got a guide to turkey trots and holiday lighting events in case you need something to do besides eat and nap.

Sarah Cai of Good Fortune Co. will be featured on Wednesday’s new episode of Guy Fieri’s “Guy’s Grocery Games.” 

Memphis celebrates Veterans Day with ceremonies, parades and a fundraiser. Plus, here’s what is closed. 

The nonprofit that helps sex-trafficking survivors has opened a new shop in Chickasaw Oaks Plaza that will carry the local wildflower honey and honey products. Its new Midtown clinic will expand trauma-informed services to the community.

City officials are redoing the tennis courts and adding a new pavilion to Glenview Park, part of a renovation package that promises an enhanced experience for visitors that’s served the neighborhood for more than 75 years.

The museum team plans on transforming one event space into a STEAM — science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics — exhibition and creating a cityscape in another section. Eventually, leadership has plans for more outdoor spaces.

Wild Beet Salad Co. is on the hunt for a new retail space, Elise Desserts Co. finds warehouse space and the old Mellow Mushroom at Park Avenue and White Station Road will become a Bojangles.