As some businesses have come and gone, Broad Avenue continues to reinvent itself, with Saturday’s Art Walk as a chance to celebrate the street’s past while helping ensure its future.

Gussied Up bar has an official opening date. The bar’s menu includes smashburgers, a “filet o’ Phish” sandwich, frozen cocktails and gummy bears.

Starry Nights, Shelby Farms’ annual holiday light show, will return this winter with major upgrades and new attractions around the park.

It’s been 50 years since thousands of Vietnamese refugees ended up in Memphis after the Vietnam War. Sunday, the Mekong Memphis Festival aims to celebrate their journey — and spark a revitalization of the neighborhood.

Crews have been working to demolish the former Macy’s portion of the Poplar Avenue property this year, and are moving on to the main mall building.

The Daily Memphian’s Sophia Surrett and Erica Horton present the 10 most interesting fall drinks they’d recommend from local coffee shops.

Playhouse on the Square held its annual clothing and prop sale Saturday. Shoppers included the owner of a new costume shop at the site of the old Mr. Lincoln’s in Overton Square.

Booker T. Washington High opened in 1873 as Clay Street School but moved to its current location in 1926.

Also, Gussied Up sets an opening date, and La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant opens a third spot.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young announced the infusion of cash to the community to help spur new housing development like the efforts gathering momentum currently in North Memphis. 

The $2.7 million second phase will have 14 units arranged around a central courtyard, a mix of triplexes and duplexes. Construction could start by the end of the year and be done late next year.

New York-based Left Lane Development, operating as Falls Building Property Owner, bought the 156,000-square-foot building in May 2022 for $10 million with plans to convert it from office to residential.

The LOChella Music Festival and Tailgate is open to the public and will feature student performers and food trucks on Oct. 24.

Behind the seasonal magic is months of planning, scouting and scheming, all leading to the moment an empty storefront reopens as a fully stocked Halloween shop that announces All Hallows' Eve has arrived.

“The Hub (inside Mission Church) was proof of concept,” said Breadie’s co-owner Chris Conlee said. “It proved this works.”

Molly Quinn, CEO of OUTMemphis, said the new center will be a “bedrock of the diversity” of the LGBTQ+ community in Memphis and the Mid-South.

HungryAF’s owner said her menu items have “a little razzle dazzle.” 

After an arrest that outraged many Memphians, Demarcus Dickerson was back selling cold drinks at the corner of Poplar Avenue and East Parkway.

Alchemy Memphis closed in June 2025 after serving tapas and cocktails in Cooper-Young for almost 15 years.

Also, Keystone Capital makes first commercial real estate purchase, and a mixed-use building is opening in the South Main District.

The second phase of development for Belle Mont in Crosstown, which will include affordable duplex housing, has applied for a PILOT grant.

If Bluff City Pickleball moves into Liberty Park, it could save the city up to $40,000 a year in operating costs. 

It’s one of two payment-in-lieu-of-taxes applications the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp. will hear at their Oct. 13 meeting.

Prior to launching at the Memphis Farmers Market, Argento Foods mostly did small catering orders, but the business recently secured its first food trailer.

The 27,249-square-foot adaptive reuse, called “The Leath,” will have 34 residential units.