Breakfast will soon be back at Barksdale restaurant
Ryan Glosson, Heather Bain and Bryant Bain pose for a portrait at the Barksdale Restaurant Feb. 4, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
After a kitchen fire, a closure and new ownership, the former Bob’s Barksdale Restaurant in Midtown is close to reopening.
New owner Ryan Glosson, who bought the popular breakfast spot with Bryant and Heather Bain last September, said the goal is to open in March.
When word spread that Bob’s Barksdale might not reopen after a fire forced it to close last June, there was a cry of public lament. The Bains and Glosson, who also own Bain Barbecue, didn’t want to see the Midtown institution disappear and reached out to owner Beth Henry.
Thus began a new chapter for the diner.
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Jennifer Chandler
Jennifer Chandler has been a restaurateur, a cookbook author, a food stylist, a writer and a TV and radio personality.
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