What to order: Park + Cherry’s mushroom and butternut squash risotto
Park + Cherry’s wild mushroom and butternut squash risotto has sliced porcini mushrooms and cubed butternut squash and is seasoned with a blend that includes Parmesan truffle essence. (Ellen Chamberlain/The Daily Memphian)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens and its Park + Cherry cafe aren’t just for summertime.
At Park + Cherry, there are also dishes to warm you from the inside out. Owner and chef Phillip Dewayne recently debuted the cafe’s fall/winter menu, and it’s full of seasonal goodness to take the edge off winter’s chill.
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