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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 …

Magnolia Bend Grille

Ken's Food Find 8:30 AM

For A Friend Continuing this series of "birthday dinners" that was never intended, I went to Nesbit, Mississippi to dine at a restaurant owned by a longtime friend. Originally, I planned to eat there on my actual birthday but that proved to be a logistical problem. With my drivi…

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…

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…

Wolf River Brisket Company

Ken's Food Find 8:37 AM

Welcome To Midtown (I Guess) During a past weekend, I made a stop at Wolf River Brisket Co.'s (or "Company") new Crosstown location for lunch. Although the restaurant chain has locations in Germantown (or is it Collierville?) and Olive Branch, I was glad to have …

Sugar Grits

Ken's Food Find 5:43 PM

An Unneeded Substitute A few weeks ago, I attempted to have lunch at one of my favorite Downtown watering holes. Unfortunately, it's opening time changed to a later time that was unfeasible for me. With that surprise throwing me off, I had to go somewhere else to get my gru…

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…

Momma's Bar

Ken's Food Find 12:15 PM

Deja Vu at the "Crow" A few months ago, I reviewed The Dirty Crow Inn that at the time was one of the newest acquisitions by Aldo Dean and his business partners. In it, I talked about the food and the bar itself as being a cool place to hang out while watching exc…