Ken's Food Find

Adline's Hot Wings Express

Momma Knows Best In a first for me, I've decided to highlight one of my mom's favorite restaurants. Adline's Hot Wings Express is regarded by Frayser residents as having some of the best hot wings in the area. However, my Mom's favorite flavor of wings is …

Tamale Trolley (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 11:30 AM

Tamales Done Right Last Friday, after leaving the Flying Saucer , I passed the Tamale Trolley during my walk to the South Main Arts District. Not intending to eat anything, I stopped by the food truck to see what it had. Obviously, tamales were on the menu along with fish …

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

Ken's Food Find 7:37 PM

Wait...Wait...Wait After months of procrastinating, I finally got around to dining at Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken. I figured that if I'm always comparing Gus's to other places, I should at least give a reason why. Gus's is the gold standard for fried ch…

The Battle of the Downtown Memphis Sliders, Part 3

Ken's Food Find 11:00 AM

Introduction For the third installment of The Battle of The Downtown Memphis "Sliders" (which I never thought would happen), I decided to stick with a theme similar to Part 2 of the series. In the last "battle," I went with contrasting styles in c…

Rizzo's Diner (CLOSED)

Ken's Food Find 1:04 PM

Excellence In The Making If you read this blog often, you know that it doesn't feature a lot of high end, upscale restaurants. This isn't by design, but rather by circumstance. For those of you who don't already know this, I'm a barely employed part-time…

My First Beer and Food Pairing

Ken's Food Find 1:00 PM

I recently attended my first beer and food pairing at the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in Memphis, hosted by Yazoo Brewing Company. This was something that I wanted to do ever since the Flying Saucer began hosting these dinners about two years ago. However, I never w…