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  • City of Memphis

    City to ink High 5 Entertainment to 30-year lease at Liberty Park

    High 5 would build an entertainment facility that would include a full-service restaurant and bar with bowling, video games and laser tag.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 04, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    AAPI Heritage Month Memphis returns with food tour, art exhibitions

    An Asian restaurant food tour, a Laotian happy hour and dinner, a night market and two art exhibitions are on the calendar for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Memphis.

    By Elle Perry May 01, 2024
  • Premium Food News

    Eat barbecue and drink beer at Memphis’ May food festivals

    While the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam dominate Memphis’ May food-event lineup, there are other things to eat this month, too, from food-truck fare to high tea.

    By Nick Lingerfelt May 14, 2024
  • South Memphis

    ‘One down, and more to go’ as polluter closes in South Memphis

    South Memphis residents were celebrating Tuesday as Sterilization Services of Tennessee left its home of nearly 50 years. 

    By Keely Brewer May 06, 2024
  • Public Safety

    Jury selected for Kroger security guard’s murder trial

    Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk is in Memphis for the week to prosecute the case. Defense attorneys Steve Farese and Leslie Ballin are representing Gregory Livingston.

    By Julia Baker April 30, 2024
  • Downtown

    Vice & Virtue closing

    The Memphis-based artisan coffee roaster, is closing its Downtown coffee shop and roastery. 

    By Sophia Surrett May 01, 2024
  • Premium Spirit of Memphis

    Brother and sister team come out of ‘Shadow’ with new tequila

    Siblings Teddy and Tiara Jasper, who grew up in Frayser, are bringing their successful tequila line back to their hometown. 

    By Christin Yates April 29, 2024
  • Premium Real Estate

    Historic Snuff District Phase II to be complete by year’s end

    The apartment complex at 645 N. Front St. is part of the $75 million second phase of the 65-acre mixed-use development. The project was launched in 2016 to turn an abandoned industrial park in Uptown into a thriving neighborhood. 

    By Sophia Surrett May 06, 2024
  • Downtown

    Memphis bustles with bristles as Real Bearded Santas roll in

    Bewhiskered members of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas call their red-suited Christmas service a labor of love.

    By Kambui Bomani April 28, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis-based Joffa provides jobs at home, around the globe

    The e-commerce site links socially conscious shoppers to handcrafted goods from around the world, and helps provide jobs in the 38126 ZIP code, where Advance Memphis workers staff a fulfillment center.

    By Aisling Mäki April 28, 2024
  • Health Care

    Youth mental-health emergency center coming to Binghampton

    The walk-in center for children will be built next to Alliance’ adult crisis-intervention center, which is being built on Broad Avenue, and create a centrally located wellness campus in the heart of Memphis. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 28, 2024
  • Premium Food

    Vietnamese pop-up goes from one-off to two permanent locations

    Mochi and Mi is opening in Southaven in May, but it’s already serving bahn mi sandwiches, vermicelli bowls and — of course — mochi donuts in Memphis.

    By Joshua Carlucci April 28, 2024
  • Premium South Memphis

    Chucalissa’s link to slavery and Reconstruction resurfaces

    After the Native American inhabitants of Chucalissa left the mound settlement in the 1500s ahead of European explorers arriving in the area, the area became a large cotton plantation.

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    Orange Mound’s Reconstruction history comes into focus

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2024
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Orange Mound’s Reconstruction history comes into focus

    A cemetery for the Deaderick Plantation, which later became the core of the Orange Mound subdivision, has been ground zero for efforts to chart what life was like for those in the Reconstruction era after slavery.

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2024
  • Food News

    Crawfish fest brings bayou-style fun to Overton Square

    Saturday marked the 29th year for the Midtown event that merges Memphis and New Orleans cultures, with a bounty of beer, vendors and crustaceans.

    By Kambui Bomani April 29, 2024
  • Downtown

    Mississippi River cobblestone landing project resumes this summer

    The cobblestone landing project got underway in 2017. It seeks to make the public and historic space on the city’s harbor more accessible with amenities like floating restaurants.

    By Bill Dries April 29, 2024
  • Premium Food

    New Eats: JEM serves eclectic food, warm vibes in Edge District

    “Eclectic” is an overused term, but it’s a good word for when hamachi crudo, chicken liver pate, spinach dip and a double cheeseburger all appear on the same menu.

    By Holly Whitfield April 29, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Orange Mound Library breathes new life into old Melrose High building

    The $17 million renovation is the first public library in Orange Mound. Mayor Paul Young said the project is an answer to the gunfight last week in the community that killed two and wounded seven.

    By Bill Dries April 28, 2024
  • Premium East Memphis

    New Brookhaven restaurant approved, gas station on Poplar returning

    The undisclosed restaurant will have more than 2,700 square feet of indoor space. 

    By Sophia Surrett April 26, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Africa in April extends events with dance and dinner party

    For the first time in 10 years, the Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival is extending its celebration beyond its traditional four-day schedule.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2024
  • Food

    Sign up for the ‘Battle of the Barbecue’ guide

    Let the barbecue wars begin! Memphis will play host to not one, but two (!!), barbecue competitions in May — on the same weekend. So, we’re launching a new barbecue newsletter series with festival tips, recipes and more.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2024
  • Metro

    Memphis participating in international wildlife challenge

    Multiple Memphis organizations will take part in a science challenge that spans six continents this week. 

    By Kambui Bomani April 24, 2024
  • North Memphis

    North Memphis tree project withdrawn for 5 years; confusion lingers

    The developers shouldn’t be able to pursue any similar projects for five years, but a representative of the project said otherwise. 

    By Keely Brewer April 24, 2024
  • Premium Food News

    Upscale bar opening Downtown this summer

    The owners of The Dame, which will be located in a den-like space inside the renovated Hotel Pontotoc, say they plan to fill a niche for people looking for a nice glass of wine outside a high-end restaurant. 

    By Christin Yates April 23, 2024
  • Premium Food News

    Secret Smash Society founders to open Hard Times Deli

    The chefs affectionately known around Memphis as the “Patty Daddys” are opening a new restaurant where they can support their families and “not have to work for the man.” 

    By Joshua Carlucci April 23, 2024

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