Leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground Monday, March 30, as several barges passed by on a windswept river.

“This place was meant for me,” Chef Jimmy Sinh, known as “Sushi Jimmi,” said.

Tee and Greg Westbrook founded the annual traveling marketplace that also offers guidance for vendors who want to create sustainable business models.

The march began peacefully at Robert R. Church Park, but confrontations with police at the end of the day led to arrests. Two of the arrested marchers have been released, but two others remain in custody.

Guests were evacuated from the Peabody Hotel Downtown on Saturday morning after a fire was reported in the laundry room.

The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.

A three-story building on South Front Street is being demolished two years after the owner was sued for blight.

The quick-service Sichuan-style Chinese restaurant chases away the post-tornado-watch ick with spice, crunch and warmth.

Following some water damage delays, Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time has now scheduled an opening date for the first phase of the three-part project.

AAA announced Thursday, March 12, that Chez Philippe had earned its Five Diamond designation for the first time since the French restaurant opened in 1982.

Efforts to breathe new life into a former events venue at 409 S. Main St. could be on the horizon, as the building owner has requested $60,000 in funds for improvements.

The Downtown Memphis Commission is once again looking for restaurateurs to bring new life to empty storefronts — like the former Cafe Keough — along the Main Street Mall.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s COO said the DMC is excited about upcoming projects but noted development in the neighborhood is challenging.

A new project reinvents the last vacant pieces of Downtown with unobstructed views of the Mississippi River.

Chef Shayne Diaz has announced an opening day for her new Filipino snack bar in South Main.

The Memphis Riverline Hotel, which is connected to the Renasant Convention Center, will operate as an independent flag associated with Marriott until it meets brand standards when it will become an official Marriott hotel.

For nearly a year, Comeback Coffee has existed without couches, without conversations and without a morning crowd lingering at its Downtown cafe. On Saturday, Feb. 28, that energy will return to North Main Street.

The redevelopment project includes moving the hotel entrance to Main Street to face the convention center, and adding meeting space and an outdoor event lawn. 

MLGW urges people to avoid Fourth Street and Pontotoc Avenue.

Less than a month shy of its fifth business anniversary, the Downtown Memphis restaurant has announced its permanent closure.

The immersive experience, still under development, was damaged by the building’s fire-suppression system.

Chris Loveland regularly gave pillows and blankets to homeless people. After his death, his family and friends have started Sheets for the Streets to continue his work.

A Downtown Memphis Commission board approved benefit transfers for two Downtown projects.

For a decade, Calvary Episcopal Church leaders and parishioners have been wrestling and reckoning with a disturbing truth: In the mid-1800s, Christians worshipped God in their church while enslaved men, women and children were sold right outside.

For the third year in a row, the owners of Fat Tuesday Memphis and Esco Memphis restaurants brought back their Mardi Gras in Memphis celebration.