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Char

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 …

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. …

The Liquor Store

Ken's Food Find 8:48 PM

International Flavor If there was ever a place with a misleading name, it is The Liquor Store. A diner on the eclectic Broad Avenue district, the restaurant serves breakfast dishes with American and Latin (mostly Cuban) influences along with coffee and cocktails from a fully stocked bar. …

Buckley's Grill (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 12:59 PM

Goodbye... When I returned to Memphis in 1994, I remembered driving by my old doctor's office where I went to as a kid. My doctor's office was located in East Memphis in an office park near Poplar Avenue, behind a Dairy Queen that intrigued me. I always wanted to go the "Quee…

Fresh Gulf Shrimp (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 1:29 PM

Fresh Fry! As 2023 comes to a close, I wanted to recognize a company that has been supportive of this blog and the social media elements related to it. In Fresh Gulf Shrimp, the owners are one of KFF's best supporters on Instagram and Twitter (aka "X") , bolstering some of …

Mortimer's

Ken's Food Find 12:05 PM

Kickin' Chicken It's not often that I focus on one particular item when reviewing a restaurant, but I am really impressed with the chicken dishes at Gulf Coast-themed Mortimer's. Primarily, I love the chicken tenders that are heavenly good and a favorite when I dine at the res…

Joes' Fried Chicken (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 9:44 PM

Simply Awesome! For a long time, my opinion of the top restaurants for fried chicken were (in descending order) Gus's , Uncle Lou's and The Four Way , although many Memphians might substitute Jack Pirtle's as its third choice (or Alcenia's, although I wasn…

E's 24 Hour Cafe (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 1:03 PM

Getting Fried Up While chilling at the Silly Goose recently, I overheard a conversation about chicken fried and country fried steaks. It seemed that one of the regulars had never had either of the fried staples before despite being a native Southerner. I believe part of the…

Hog and Hominy

Ken's Food Find 8:07 AM

A Fine Culinary Experience Whenever I decide to review a restaurant, the inspiration to do it can come from the most unlikely of places. In this case, it was the box office at the FedExForum where I work my second job. Actually, that last sentence is a bit of a misnomer, beca…