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Tonica

Tonica

Ken's Food Find 12:34 PM

A Taste Of Spain In an effort to seek out new experiences, I visited both locations of Tonica, a Spanish-themed restaurant known for its cocktails and sangrias. Both locations offer a relaxing atmosphere for people either clocking out from work or as a prelude to a night at the theater or…

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Char

Char

Ken's Food Find 5:07 PM

Beginning and End For the last installment in my unintentional series of "birthday dinner" reviews, I'm going to where these dinners and lunches started, Char. In writing this, I was going to use "A Tale of Two Cities" for my initial tagline because this will be …

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McEwen's

McEwen's

Ken's Food Find 4:26 PM

A Change Of Pace In choosing a restaurant to celebrate my 59th birthday, I decided to get away from a "name" theme (as in the name of the restaurant had to start with the letter "B") and chose the best and practical restaurant available. I didn't want another medi…

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Ecco

Ecco

Ken's Food Find 12:50 PM

"Here" It Is It's not often that I get to write about restaurants that are close to my house, but one of the best Italian restaurants in Memphis is just a short bike ride away. Ecco is a neighborhood restaurant in the Crosstown section of Midtown, in the space formally occup…

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Bog & Barley

Bog & Barley

Ken's Food Find 7:22 PM

It Was My Birthday This review is VERY LATE in coming, with the reason being that I wasn't inspired to write it (I'm posting this on September 23, 2025, a day before my next birthday). It stems from my sense that none of the meals that I ate at Bog & Barley were noteworthy. …

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Itta Bena

Itta Bena

Ken's Food Find 3:05 PM

Dinner & A Show Before going to The Orpheum to see my favorite Bluegrass band, I decided to have dinner at Beale Street's only upscale restaurant (as far as I know). It is above B.B. King's Blues Club, an unlikely place for that type of restaurant. In the past, accessing the…

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