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Memphis in May announces dates for 50th anniversary World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest will return to Liberty Park May 12-15 as part of Memphis in May International Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2027. Festival organizers say the world’s largest pork barbecue cooking contest will welcome more than 50,000 attendees back to Liberty Park...
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Pork Chops And Candied Yams Have Tennessee Locals Raving About This Memphis Soul Food Spot
Some meals are worth a long drive across town, and in Memphis, a lot of people keep making that drive for one plate in particular. It usually holds a pork chop, a scoop of candied yams, and a square of cornbread on the side. The building used to be a...
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New Barbecue Restaurant Plans Memphis Arrival
A new dining establishment is making moves towards joining the ever vibrant Memphis culinary scene. A restaurant registered as Memphis Finest Phla8bors BBQ 2LLC has submitted papers to open in the not-too-distant future. The restaurant is planning to open at 629 Chelsea Avenue, an address that has seen its share...
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Memphis Flyer
WE SAW YOU: Indie Memphis Film Festival Preview Party
If you looked around at the Indie Memphis Film Festival Preview Party, you saw somebody who made a movie, starred in a movie, or was thinking about making or starring in a movie. This year’s event was held September 30th at the new Metal Museum in Overton Park, and featured...
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Memphis Takes Center Stage at the 2026 GIA Conference
Monday morning on South Main, two friends spotted each other under the glowing Orpheum marquee, coffees in hand, swapping notes on where they ate the night before 🙌🏽 Inside, artists, cultural leaders, and funders from across the country were filling the seats for the opening plenary of the Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) National Conference. The session, "As the South Goes: Blueprints for Cultural Infrastructure & Collective Power," put one big idea in the spotlight: Memphis has shaped how the world sounds, moves, and does business 🎶 From gospel and blues to hip hop, and from grocery shopping to package delivery, ideas born in the 901 travel far beyond the Mississippi River.
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Posh Styling Studio Files Papers for New Location
A top Memphis stylist is preparing to bring her talents to a new storefront location. Tiffany Benton has filed papers to open Posh Styling Studio, and she has more than 20 years of experience behind her to help in launching this next endeavor. Benton plans to set up shop at...
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Whitney’s Beauty & Barber Files for Memphis Location
Memphis locals are getting a new home for the full grooming treatment. Papers show that a concept called Whitney’s Beauty & Barber is planning to open in the area and will be offering a wide range of services. Whitney’s Beauty & Barber is poised to occupy a storefront located...
Memphis Flyer
We Saw You: Lou’s Lounge Soft Opening
Guests at a party, held October 17th, got a first look at upcoming South Main Street location: Lou’s Lounge, an event center slated to open November 5th at 80 East G.E. Patterson Avenue — and Lou’s Podcast (Speakeasy) with adjoining Lou’s Patio, which will open October 20th at 525 South Main Street.
The Commercial Appeal
These Memphis restaurants earned perfect health scores in September
The Tennessee Department of Health conducts hundreds of routine health inspections of food-service establishments, hotels, tattoo parlors and more in Shelby County every month. The vast majority of restaurants inspected score 90 and above, with 45 restaurants, bars and food trucks receiving a perfect score of 100 in September. Full inspection reports for Shelby County restaurants can be found on the website of the Tennessee Department of Health . From fine dining like Felicia Suzanne's to local favorites like Staks Kitchen and popular national restaurant chains, such as Chili's, these recognizable restaurants earned a perfect heath score of 100 in September: Felicia Suzanne's TacoNGanas #9 TacoNGanas #6 Staks Kitchen Papa John's Austin Peay Highway Guthrie's Elvis Presley Blvd. Taco Bell Covington Pike Wendy's Frayser Blvd Delicious Queen Baron's Speakeasy Taqueria Y Pupuseria Ellizabeth Beale Sweets Sugar Shack Chick-fil-A Madison Ave. Wolf River Brisket Company Chili's Cordova Willie B's Smokehouse Bond's Kountry Kitchen More great food: 12 new Memphis restaurants about to shake up the dining scene These food trucks also received perfect 100 scores: Mean Wingz & Thingz Ask what's on the menu Baja Grill Dainty Morsels Sabor Chapin Grandeza Dorada Chile Verde Trompo Loco Memphis Crawfish Company Mi Tuxtepec
fastfoodclub.com
Memphis Barbecue Fans Have Been Heading Down A Downtown Alley To The Rendezvous Since 1948
Some of the most famous barbecue in Memphis is not on a busy main street with a giant neon sign. It sits below street level, at the end of a downtown alley, and people have been finding their way there since 1948. The door is easy to miss, and phone...
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Award-winning comedian, TV host bringing comedy tour to Knoxville. Here’s when you can get tickets
Award-winning comedian, writer and television host Jimmy Carr is bringing his stand-up comedy tour to Knoxville next fall. Carr is one of the biggest names in comedy and performs stand-up to crowds across the world. General tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. For Context. Carr has...
Memphis Flyer
Lou’s Lounge to Open November 5th
Get ready for Lou’s Lounge, an event center slated to open November 5th at 80 East G.E. Patterson Avenue. Kevin Helms, owner of KH 525 LLC and KH Executive Security Consultants LLC, is the owner of Lou’s Lounge as well as Lou’s Podcast (Speakeasy), which will open October 20th. He also owns Lou’s Patio, which he plans to open October 20th, at 525 South Main Street.
unearththevoyage.com
This 150-Year-Old Tennessee Bookstore Is Packed With So Many Books You’ll Need Hours to Browse
Some of the best finds in Tennessee hide behind a plain storefront and a modest sign. You walk in planning to stay ten minutes, and suddenly an afternoon has slipped away between shelves of old hardbacks and forgotten stories. This bookstore has been around since 1875, which means it has...
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Memphis Egg Sandwich Pop-Up ButterYolk Lands Permanent Home in Southaven
ButterYolk now has a permanent home inside Dvour Desserts in Southaven's South Lake Centre. According to The Daily Memphian, ButterYolk has secured a permanent residency inside the Southaven outpost of Dvour Desserts after operating as a pop-up. Dvour's Memphis Roots and Southaven Expansion. Dvour Desserts itself has a layered backstory....
memphismagazine.com
Your Weekly Guide to the Arts in Memphis
This week, don’t miss a Dîa de Muertos parade, pop-up Shakespearean show finale, and performance of ballet works that have shaped Collage Dance’s artistic identity. Explore more arts experiences and events all over Memphis on ARTSmemphis’ calendar: artsmemphis.org/event-calendar. Love’s Labor’s Lost — 10th Annual Free Shout-Out...
thedeltareview.com
Big Memphis: Big Don Valentine is a Living Link with Memphis’s Blues Past
Long before rap music was a thing or synthesizers, drum machines or sequencers were invented, Memphis was a blues town, but despite the city’s long legacy in the blues, the genre is not front and center in the Bluff City anymore as it once was. Even on Beale Street, authentic blues is hard to find. But people who know head to a small juke in a fairly rough part of Memphis to hear authentic blues. And more often than not, when they enter Wild Bill’s, the man they will hear is Big Don Valentine and his All Stars.
Dianna Carney
Young Pup "Saved" From Memphis Shelter Now Ready to Find Love in New England
Get ready to meet a playful young pup who is ready to start the next chapter of her life. Great Dog Rescue New England (GDRNE), a dedicated foster-based dog rescue in Massachusetts, recently highlighted Tori, who has been in their care. According to the rescue, “Tori was a stray who was saved from a Memphis, Tennessee shelter and is so excited to meet you! See how happy she is?!” She is now living safe and sound with a loving foster while she awaits what comes next.