The Lobbyist is advancing to the next phase of a more than $200,000 renovation.

Plus, Little Petals looks to new location and Dutch Bros Coffee considers Cordova.

Wahlburgers Wild never closed, but its parent company, Wahlburgers, reclaimed management of its one-of-a-kind location earlier this year, along with the other dining operations, including the hotel’s breakfast and banquets.

The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board will review three projects at its Sept. 9 meeting.

The main building includes a 200-seat performance hall and office space. The other part is a studio-apartment building.

Memphis City Council’s Memphis Light, Gas and Water committee gave the utility the green light to keep paying the city $2.5 million a year towards the arena.

Photographer Brad Vest was on hand to capture the action.

Also, a cocktail bar prepares to open in the former Longshot space Downtown, and Flip Side Pinball Bar can now serve liquor.

Bob’s Bakery may be tiny and fairly nondescript, but the items in the case are anything but. And if you longingly remember the pies at the Wilson Cafe, you’re in luck. 

Leaders of the immersive experience built in the old River Museum on Mud Island are hoping the recent activity can bring some momentum to the city-owned river park.

A free jazz festival featuring local and national artists is slated for Downtown Memphis.

Jennifer Chandler will be the first to say the name of the dish may not sound appetizing but Lobbyist chef and owner Jimmy Gentry has a way of elevating the most common ingredients. 

The financial services company is seeking more than $13 million from the owner of 50 N. Front St., formerly known as Raymond James Tower.

MATA plans to resume trolley service Downtown in the fall with four trolleys, according to the trustee of the city-owned bus system. Plus, an update on the city’s recently revamped Group Violence Intervention Program from City Council coverage.

A new level of exclusivity is coming to Downtown Memphis’ Peabody hotel.

Coffee potheads have a new place to go in Midtown. And so do the matcha lovers in Downtown.

The number of people visiting Downtown is holding at about 85% of pre-COVID numbers, according to the Downtown Memphis Commission.

Renovations have been approved for the “Old” Daisy Theater on Beale Street after a June 2025 electrical fire.

Charles Phillips takes a break at Mud Island Marina from the Huck Finn journey that’s been exciting, enlightening, and on occasion terrifying.

This week on “The Sidebar,” the principal of Constellation Properties, Stuart Harris, and the executive director of HiFi Memphis, Mersadies Burch, join Eric Barnes to talk about the scope and scale of the Downtown project. 

Plus, a 14-year-old wing spot has opened its “bigger, better” location in Collierville. 

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors markets historic Front Street building, FI Real Estate Capital Management makes second local purchase and North Carolina investors buy East Memphis Bojangles for $3 million.

The iconic Front Street Deli is among the businesses struggling with the loss of pedestrian traffic as the city closes the street in preparation for the December opening of Memphis Art Museum.

Two Front Street buildings in the Historic Cotton Row District have new owners with plans to restore them after decades of vacancy and neglect.

A vacant hotel Downtown just got one step closer to getting a $63 million makeover.