La Baguette is open again – and will soon be for dinner – Bryant’s is humming along, and Ciao Bella prepares for a move in January.

Memphis football beat writer Frank Bonner II and basketball beat writer Steven Johnson discuss the breaking news that quarterback Grant Gunnell will have surgery on Monday. 

The two leading proponents of forming a consolidation charter commission talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the opposition and hesitancy they are encountering.

Eric Barnes talks with Memphis Current founder Sam Prager.

Beat writers Steven Johnson and Frank Bonner II talk with columnist Geoff Calkins about the notable observations from the football depth chart and Rasheed Wallace joining the men’s basketball coaching staff. 

On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, columnist Chris Herrington answers reader/listener questions there wasn’t space for in this week’s Grizzlies Mailbag column. 

On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Martavius Jones says he intends to propose doing away with council super districts and also will call for partisan primaries in advance of city general elections. 

The director of Hospitality Hub and the head of its fundraising and awareness partner Dragonfly talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the decision to move away from the tent cities and encampments that are part of the approach to homelessness in other cities.

Happy Emoni Bates week, Tigers fans. 

JD Reager apologizes when he says that, in certain ways, the COVID pandemic changed his life for the better.

We’re talking about masks, because what else? Really, though, wearing them properly could be what keeps our restaurants open. But is it enough to keep our kids safe?

Jaren Jackson Jr. could play this season without an extension in place to prove he is worth a max deal. 

Jennifer, Chris and Eric talk about new masking rules and how the high local numbers are affecting restaurants — and them.

The state’s executive order banning mask mandates is taking fire from President Joe Biden as well as Biden’s education secretary Miguel Cardona, who this past week specifically questioned the legality of the executive order.

Three leaders of the federally-funded effort to help pay overdue rent and utility bills talked on “Behind The Headlines” about what the new market reality means for the city’s growth with a shortage of quality affordable housing.

Eric Barnes interviews Octavia Young and Mark Fleischer on The Sidebar. 

Cristina McCarter is a local food entrepreneur, offering tasting tours, gift boxes, and charcuterie boards in her various business and and organizing events like Memphis Dining Week.

One of the county’s most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn’t part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.

Greater Memphis Chamber chief public policy officer Bobby White said planning construction could take a decade or more, most likely across the administrations of several presidents, governors and mayors.

Eric Barnes talks to Josh Horton on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

On this episode of The Daily Memphian Grizzlies Podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss all things summer league and trades. 

Bari opens Tuesday in its new place at 524 S. Cooper, just a stone’s throw from its old place but with lots more room and its own parking.

City Council member Chase Carlisle distinguishes between the case for consolidation and the case for drafting a consolidation charter. He also acknowledges getting the votes to form a charter commission will not be easy.

The demolition work now underway on a block of Jefferson Avenue west of Manassas Street is one of several changes to the Medical District landscape toward that end.

“Sears Crosstown in Memphis” author Bill Haltom and Crosstown Concourse president Todd Richardson join Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.