I’m always surprised when I mention The Pancake Shop and someone says, “Where’s that?” And I always say the same thing, “On Summer, by Market Basket,” even though Market Basket has been closed for at least 10 years. The thing ...

Mohammed Omer wanted to name his restaurant after Dire Dawa, a city in his native Ethiopia, but he knew better. No one wants their restaurant to be called "Dire."

Among the late Don Pelts’ favorite restaurants was Buckley’s, both the steak house just a hop down Poplar from Corky’s, the barbecue restaurant Pelts founded, and the lunch-only spot a skip and a jump around the corner. Hearing this piqued ...

When we asked our server at Bar DKDC what “DKDC” stands for, she replied “Don’t Know, Don’t Care.” That may be the name, but it’s certainly not the philosophy of the servers and cooks at this little bar in the ...

If a stranger to our town gathered the national television footage and press clippings from national publications about food in Memphis, he would likely think that all we eat is barbecue. Folks from other places sure do like to tell ...

If you read early, crowd-sourced reviews of Chiwawa online, clear your mind and start fresh. Restaurants have opening pangs and the ones that are highly anticipated are also the ones that bear the brunt of dashed, though unrealistic, expectations.

Some culinary scents are unmistakable. Blindfolded, you’d know if you were led to a barbecue restaurant. Same for burgers on the grill, onions in a skillet, and just as certainly for Indian food. Bharat International Market & Restaurant is no ...

The food truck scene in Memphis continues to grow, and vendors out at lunch or events are usually blessed with customers standing in line for tacos, grilled cheese or, in Jeremy Denno’s case, pizza. His Rock ’n Dough Pizza food ...

Walking into Fino Villa, in Collierville, reminds me of walking into an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. And I definitely don’t mean that in a bad way.

It seemed kind of a long trek out to Arlington, in search of what one friend called “the best burger in town.”

When Pei Wei closed by the Kroger grocery store at Mendenhall and Sanderlin, a little mystery developed about what would go in the space.

When the University of Memphis was courting the commissioner of the Big East Conference a year ago, the school’s president and athletic director, along with the founder of FedEx and the former First Tennessee Bank chairman, had steaks with their ...

The menu at Noodle Star features several selections of pho, along with a few Vietnamese dishes, Thai food and, on the board at least, sushi.

Kyra Cross, a co-worker, describes herself as a “cake connoisseur.” So, when she told me to check out Cocoa Van Cupcake Bakery, I made tracks.

In 2008 Memphis interior designer Jim Marshall rescued a load of charming nautical relics and installed them at a bar in the center of the developing Broad Avenue Arts District.