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Marks, MS · Food & Drink
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Blue Noir Bringing Superior Dining Experience to a Comfortable Memphis Environment
An exciting new contender is preparing to make a name for itself in the Memphis hospitality scene. The provocatively named Blue Noir is bringing community, fine dining, and great drinks to the area, certain to make it a local staple. Blue Noir currently has a certificate of occupancy under review...
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Grandparents First Brought Their Kids to This Tennessee Buffet, and Now Their Grandkids Come Too
Some of the best meals in Tennessee hide inside plain strip centers that most drivers pass without a second look. This one sits behind an ordinary storefront door, and it surprises nearly everyone who walks in hungry and curious. The owners greet guests like family, explain every dish with patience,...
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Construction Begins on Bartlett Taconganas
Named the Best Food Truck in Memphis by Memphis Flyer, Taconganas is continuing its pursuit of taco supremacy, with work commencing on a new brick-and-mortar location. Founder Greg Diaz took to social media recently to announce that construction has officially begun on the restaurant’s new Bartlett location. Diaz posted...
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Everything at This Tennessee Bakery Is Gluten-Free, Right Down to the Cinnamon Rolls and Oatmeal Cream Pies
Some of the best finds in Tennessee hide in small shops that look like nothing special from the street. This one sits on a little hill, and the menu inside holds a surprise that most bakeries never manage. Every single item is gluten-free, from the cinnamon rolls people buy in...
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One Bite Explains Why These Memphis BBQ Ribs Became a LEGEND, Memphis, Tennessee
Open Sun-Thu, 11 AM–1 AM | Fri-Sat, 11 AM–3 AM. Beale Street has a way of pulling you in with neon lights, brass horns, and the smell of hickory smoke drifting through the evening air. Right at the corner of Beale and Second, Blues City Cafe has been...
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Behind An Unassuming Storefront, This Beloved Memphis, Tennessee Mexican Spot Draws A Steady Crowd For Its Street Tacos
Some of the best meals in Memphis hide in plain sight. On a busy stretch of downtown, there is a narrow storefront that many people walk right past without a second look. The ones who stop, though, keep coming back, and the steady line at the counter proves it. Inside, a family-owned kitchen turns out made-to-order street tacos, tortas, and plates big enough to share.
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New Ice Cream Shop Scooping into Memphis
There’s a sweet new development on the horizon for Memphis diners. An ice cream shop listed as “Fruity Loopy LLC” has filed the paperwork to open a storefront on Germantown Parkway, bringing locals a new way to enjoy a cool, indulgent treat. Fruity Loopy is planning to...
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15 Legendary Barbecue Restaurants Every American Food Lover Should Visit
Barbecue means different things depending on where you stand. In Texas, it is brisket with a dark, peppery bark. In Eastern North Carolina, it is chopped pork. In Memphis, it is ribs, and in Owensboro, Kentucky, it is mutton. This list follows the smoke across the country and stops at...
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Wing Wars 901 turns Soulsville into a celebration of Memphis
Ask Memphians which local restaurant offers the best wings in the city and prepare for an argument. At Wing Wars 901, Memphis finally had an opportunity to settle the debate — or at least try. The inaugural specialty food competition on Oct. 3 brought together wings, basketball, Jookin, music,...
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Let Chef John Currence order for you at Big Bad Breakfast | Exclusive
When faced with a menu this tempting, sometimes the best thing to do is ask the chef. That was our dilemma when Big Bad Breakfast opened its second Memphis location in Cooper-Young on Sept. 29. During a sneak peek soft opening a few days before, we found ourselves staring down quite a few options including creole omelets, crispy fried chicken biscuits, Belgian waffles and far too many other options to make an easy decision. So we wondered: If Chef John Currence were sitting across the table, what would he tell us to order? The celebrated James Beard-award winning Oxford resident behind Big Bad Breakfast was more than happy to weigh in. “I love so much about our menu,” Currence said, before taking a moment to consider the question. Then he began. Start with the French Toast First up was a dish with some personal history. “The French Toast that we do is a Leidenheimer French bread,” Currence explained. “That recipe was the very first recipe that I ever put on a menu anywhere as a young cook in Chapel Hill, North Carolina." The bread is battered in a brandied French toast mixture and then — here's the twist — dropped
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Road-Trippers Between Memphis And New Orleans Pull Off For All-Day Home-Cooked Breakfast At This Mississippi Diner
Long stretches of highway between Memphis and New Orleans have a way of making drivers hungry for something honest and unhurried. Tucked into a quiet Mississippi strip near the Tennessee line, one small family diner keeps its griddle going from early morning until early afternoon, serving the kind of breakfast that regulars treat like a standing appointment.
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5 Mom and Pop Restaurants in Memphis, Tennessee that Locals Swear By
Memphis is a city that hums with the blues—where the Mississippi rolls slow and wide, where barbecue smoke curls through the air, where neon signs flicker above Beale Street and soul music seeps from every brick. It’s a place where history is never far away, where the past and present mingle in the laughter of families, the rhythm of street musicians, and the sizzle of skillets in kitchens old and new. Here, the city’s heart beats strongest in its neighborhoods—Orange Mound, Cooper-Young, South Main—each with its own flavor, each with its own story to tell.
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5 reasons La Baguette has been a Memphis institution for 50 years
For 50 years, generations of Memphians have been coming to La Baguette French Bread & Pastry Shop for a loaf of sourdough, a quick bowl of spicy tomato soup or, if we're being honest, "just one more" cinnamon roll "for the road." That's a remarkable run for any restaurant or bakery. But perhaps what's most incredible about La Baguette is how familiar it all still feels. And perhaps that is why it remains so successful. La Baguette opened in 1976 with multiple investors including Ruth Howse, who had grown up in Mississippi and studied at Le Cordon Bleu, and Reginald Dalle, who was born near Lille, France, and had an inkling that a local French bakery could be a major success. In March 2021, brothers (and longtime Memphians) Judd and David Tashie along with Bill Lucchesi acquired the beloved La Baguette, preserving what Memphis loves about it: the recipes, the familiar faces and the traditions that have made it an institution for all these decades. The menu has its old favorites. The smells haven't lost their magic. And no matter how long it's been since your last visit, whether it was last week or in 1989, there's something oddly comforting
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Collierville Dining Scene to Gain an Exciting New Addition
A new fast-casual arrival is getting ready to welcome Collierville diners. Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe is “bringing bold flavors, scratch-made food, and the kind of hospitality that makes you feel right at home” to the area, with an opening planned in the not-too-distant future. The restaurant is bringing...