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Table Talk: New app sounds off on restaurant noise
They say we first “eat” with our eyes. Next comes smell. But a new app is helping restaurant-goers with another one of the five senses: hearing.
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.
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Food NewsNo joke, Piccadilly’s newest to-go location opens April 1
A post-pandemic shift in Piccadilly’s customer behavior led the company to downsize from a larger restaurant on Mount Moriah Road to a drive-thru location on Riverdale Road.
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March 2026
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Food News Barbecue? There’s an app for that
Users will be able to customize orders for pickup or for delivery.
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BusinessCrawfish season’s near its boiling point. Here’s where to buy them.
It’s mudbug season, and trucks such as Crawfish Cabin and Memphis Crawfish Co. are crawling in the season’s biggest, better crustaceans.
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Food NewsBlack lemonade? Why activated charcoal is showing up on area menus
Stirred into lemonade and other drinks, activated charcoal is a current wellness trend. But its actual effects are more nuanced than many people assume.
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The To-Do List Trolley Night is back, and a garden party at the Dixon is gonna be golden
In this week’s To-Do List, a Ghanaian artist makes life-sized movie poster art, an author chases ghosts at Elmwood and Soul & Spirits has a street-food fest.
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Food News Hot wing festival introduces World Wing Cup
The inaugural winners of the Wing World Cup will get a trophy, bragging rights and $25,000.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Festival season kicks off with a cocktail
What seems to set this event apart from others in the same vein is the craft component to the offerings. There isn’t any single brand or spirit featured.
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EducationRemington ‘cafe’ class gives culinary students a taste of the real world
Remington teaches courses in the basics — knife skills, butchery, classic cooking techniques and plating — before students take a course that everyone simply calls “cafe.”
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Food News Memphis Made closing taproom
In August 2025, The Daily Memphian reported that Memphis Made was for sale after the company filed for bankruptcy.
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Food NewsMemphis chef is cooking up community
At a local library, Chef Jasmen Richmond is using the kitchen to dish out more than just recipes by building literacy, business skills and confidence for children.
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Food NewsFrom Pine Hill to Lamar Avenue and beyond, Hillboyz builds a Memphis success story
A Memphis-founded brand has global dreams. And it all started in Pine Hill, South Memphis.
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The To-Do List Welcome spring with beer, kites, fairies and all the colors of the rainbow
In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a comedy show at DKDC, a final goodbye from Journey at FedExForum and a mash-up of goth culture and cumbia music at Growlers.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Patio season, please!
As warmer days make another attempt to dominate the calendar, it’s time to focus on patio season.
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FoodFrom crops to cattle, erratic weather is disrupting how Tennessee farms do business
At best, shifting weather patterns mean adjusting planting or grazing schedules. At worst, it means moving animals back indoors, delaying harvests or watching crops fail.
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Food Peabody’s Chez Philippe awarded prestigious Five Diamond designation
AAA announced Thursday, March 12, that Chez Philippe had earned its Five Diamond designation for the first time since the French restaurant opened in 1982.
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Downtown DMC seeks new restaurant for old Cafe Keough building
The Downtown Memphis Commission is once again looking for restaurateurs to bring new life to empty storefronts — like the former Cafe Keough — along the Main Street Mall.
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The To-Do List St. Patrick’s Day fun, Brazilian food and unlimited coffee
In this week’s To-Do List, Crosstown Arts opens spring exhibitions, the daffodils come in all colors at the Dixon and the Orpheum reveals its next Broadway lineup.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Pie, oh my — Pi Day is almost here
Mathematicians celebrate Pi Day for the number 3.14. The rest of us celebrate it for the pie.
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Food News Protein bowls, salmon, avocado ice cream headline Babalu’s new menu
While some favorites remain, about two-thirds of Babalu’s menu has been updated or replaced with new dishes.
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Food NewsCoffee shops spill the beans on why cafes keep opening — and closing
For each coffee shop closure, a new opening is on the horizon — or, sometimes, in the same spot.
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Food News New Eats: West Memphis’ food truck park has hot tamales, gizzards and more
The food truck park is currently home to three permanent food trucks with a fourth joining them next month.
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Food News Petra Cafe reopens near old Carrefour location
Fourteen months after its unexpected closure, Petra Cafe is back with its signature Mediterranean dishes. And former customers don’t have to look too far to find it.
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Real EstateAfter 10 years in the pulpit, pastor opens sober lounge
A former Memphis pastor opens The Living Room, a luxury lounge without liquor at the former Abundant Life Fellowship Church on Knight Arnold Road.
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The To-Do List The Elvi are coming, and you can eat chili, soup and gumbo for a cause
In this week’s To-Do List, catch the premiere of a new opera set in Memphis, the Dixon celebrates women in the arts and the Monster Club honors the King of Cool.
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