A new chef is moving into the kitchen at Downtown’s The Brass Door, taking over for Patrick Reilly, who’s spent the past six months helping to breathe new life into the re-opened Irish pub.

2. The Week Ahead: March 12-18 - Monday, March 12, 2018

Good morning, Memphis! Go green and capture the luck of the Irish as both Cooper-Young and Beale Street celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style this week. Maybe you’d prefer to explore the universe with a Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist? We’ve got details on those, plus more local happenings you need to know about in The Week Ahead…

3. Couch-Smith Drives Tsunami Nuances Behind the Scenes - Saturday, February 17, 2018

Tsunami continues to reinvent itself as it approaches 20 years in business this year and is beginning 2018 with its strongest holiday season on the books.

Colleen Couch-Smith, wife of Tsunami chef Ben Smith, is instrumental to the success and world-class status of the restaurant, bringing an artistic eye, discerning palate and insightful management style to the table.

4. Folk’s Folly’s Kauker Named Tenn. Restaurant Manager of Year - Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House general manager Diane Kauker has won the Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association’s 2017 Restaurant Manager of the Year Award, which honors a manager who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, service, and community and civic involvement. The judges noted Kauker’s outstanding performance beyond her normal job duties, including providing excellent service to Folk’s Folly guests and the greater community.

5. Folk’s Folly Updates Space, Stays True to Brand - Monday, October 5, 2015

Working for one employer for 31 years is a nice accomplishment.

For Diane Kauker, general manager of Folk’s Folly, spending 31 years at the East Memphis steak restaurant has provided no two days exactly the same.

6. Huey’s CEO Tapped as Restaurateur of the Year - Saturday, August 8, 2015

Huey’s Restaurant president and CEO Lauren McHugh Robinson is the 2015 Tennessee Restaurateur of the Year.

The Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association presented her with the honor at its annual awards banquet Tuesday, Aug. 4, after choosing her based on factors like her industry knowledge and experience and involvement in the Memphis community, among other things.

7. Huey’s CEO Tapped As Restaurateur of the Year - Thursday, August 6, 2015

Huey’s Restaurant president and CEO Lauren McHugh Robinson is the 2015 Tennessee Restaurateur of the Year.

The Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association presented her with the honor at its annual awards banquet Tuesday, Aug. 4, after choosing her based on factors like her industry knowledge and experience and involvement in the Memphis community, among other things.

8. Huey's CEO Tapped as Restaurateur of the Year - Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Huey’s Restaurant president and CEO Lauren McHugh Robinson is the 2015 Tennessee Restaurateur of the Year.

The Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism Association presented her with the honor at its annual awards banquet Tuesday, after choosing her based on factors like her industry knowledge and experience and involvement in the Memphis community, among other things.

9. Huey’s Hosting Celebration for 45th Anniversary - Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Huey’s Restaurants is throwing a block party later this month to celebrate its 45th anniversary, a bash for which the public will need to bring lawn chairs and big appetites.

The Memphis-based restaurant company, which is inviting the community to its block party April 26 starting at 2 p.m., plans to line Madison Avenue from Rembert to Barksdale with beer, food tents, a kid’s area and a live-music stage the middle of the street.

10. Lasting Legacies - Saturday, January 31, 2015

A FedEx commercial that never made it past the storyboard stage portrayed company founder, chairman and CEO Fred Smith as a child filling out an order form in the back of a comic book for a batch of Sea-Monkeys, sending it off and waiting for the delivery.

11. Folk’s Folly Rebrands, Renames Butcher Shop - Thursday, December 18, 2014

Folk’s Folly has finished rebranding and renovating the restaurant’s adjacent butcher shop that opened in 1989, a spate of activity that also included renaming the shop in honor of restaurant founder Humphrey Folk.

12. Once and Again - Friday, October 3, 2014

I REMEMBER THIS SONG. Last week, I wrote about passing institutions – a couple of examples of places and people that won’t come our way again. I said the past can inform the future, but we can’t go back to some other time.

13. Serving Memphis - Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The hospitality industry is the nation’s largest private sector employer, yet many in its workforce do not have access to affordable and consistent health care, education opportunities or financial mentoring.

14. Cohen, Flinn Sparring Heats Up as Election Nears - Monday, October 29, 2012

It’s been an election year in Shelby County dominated by something other than candidates in a local political arena where personality and name recognition usually go far.

There have been significant problems with the accuracy of the vote count, presidential campaigns only momentarily interested in the local Republican and Democratic bases and the politics of tax increases and municipal school districts.

15. Mission at Vito’s To Go: Quality Food Quickly - Monday, October 10, 2011

The interior of Vito’s To Go resembles a submarine in its claustrophobic crowding of narrow kitchen, prep table, drive-through accommodation, bread-making area, storage and office. Six years in the planning, the restaurant, which features coffee, breakfast, sandwiches, salads and pizzas only on a drive-through, delivery or call-in/pick-up basis, is the creation of Chris Conner, whose extensive experience in construction, engineering and the local restaurant business goes back to the mid-1980s.

16. ‘Off Night’ No Excuse For Bad Dining Experience - Monday, June 27, 2011

The mantra seems to be: “Every restaurant has an off night.”

So that excuses everything?

You drop a hundred or two hundred bucks on a meal that never cohered and the service was lackadaisical and the atmosphere sort of not on point and you’re supposed to walk out and say to your companion, “Well, I guess every restaurant has an off night,” and you both shake your heads wisely and ruefully?

17. Levitt Shell Preps for Spring Season, Big Star Tribute - Monday, May 10, 2010

The Levitt Shell in Overton Park took Memphis by storm in its inaugural season by offering free music on themed-genre nights. This season, the schedule is being thrown out the window.

From May 20 to June 20, the Levitt Shell will offer five free weekly concerts featuring local and out-of-town artists in Latin, soul and R&B, Americana, children’s music, and Memphis.

18. Huey’s ‘World-Famous’ Burger Turns 40 - Monday, April 19, 2010

It might have been called “Hamburgers for Healing,” but perhaps that would be too cheesy and obvious. The 40th anniversary party of Huey’s restaurants in Memphis will offer live music and the eatery’s world-famous burgers with hope in every mouthful.

19. Couple Opens Up About Restaurant Closure - Monday, February 15, 2010

Richard and Barbara Farmer opened Jarrett’s in 1994.

The restaurant on Quince Road in the Yorkshire Square shopping center served its last meal on New Year’s Eve, a victim of the economic downturn.

20. Events - Friday, February 20, 2009

The University of Memphis will host Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jody Williams today at 4 p.m. in the Rose Theatre on campus. Williams was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in clearing landmine fields and banning landmines in the future. The lecture is free and open to the public.

21. Events - Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Shelby County Beer Board will meet today at 2 p.m. at the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. For more information, call Steve Summerall at 545-4301.

22. Events - Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis will host a seminar for accountants, attorneys and financial planners today at 8:30 a.m. at The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave., ninth floor. Kathryn Miree, president of Kathryn W. Miree & Associates Inc., will present “The Top Ten Charitable Planning Ideas for 2008.” Registration information is available at www.cfgm.org/seminars.htm.

23. Huey's CEO a Memphis Legacy - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Thomas Boggs learned the restaurant trade waiting tables at the TGI Friday's in Overton Square. He learned the value of hard work as a teenager playing drums in a wildly popular early 1960s party band in Memphis. The mix helped create a Midtown institution and a family business run by his daughters.

24. Huey’s Impresario Dies Monday - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Thomas Boggs learned the restaurant trade waiting tables at the TGI Friday’s in Overton Square. He learned the value of hard work as a teenager playing drums in a wildly popular early ’60s party band in Memphis. The mix helped to create a Midtown institution.

25. UTHSC College of Allied Health Sciences Appoints Frey as Dean - Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Dr. William R. Frey has been appointed dean of the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Frey has served as the interim dean of the college since May 2005. He has been an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Memphis since January 2005.

26. Tinker Works To Out-Fundraise Cohen For His Congressional Seat - Friday, August 17, 2007

In last Friday's edition of The Washington Post, columnist Mary Ann Akers introduced her readers to Memphis congressman Steve Cohen, summing up her interviewee as a "fun-loving hipster in an aging man's body."

27. Memphis Eateries Lead Heart-Healthy Way - Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The home of arguably the best burger in town also has become home to the Memphis Heart Clinic's (MHC) heart-healthy menu.

On a recent afternoon, during the midday rush hour, Huey's restaurant at 4872 Poplar Ave. seamlessly introduced its heart-healthy offerings, which include grilled mahi mahi, a veggie burger and, instead of fries, a small garden salad as a side item.

28. Events - Thursday, January 19, 2006

The Society of Entrepreneurs holds an Entrepreneurs Roundtable meeting at noon today at Folks Folly Prime Steak House, 551 S. Mendenhall Road. Thomas Boggs, president and CEO of Huey's, Half Shell, Tsunami and Folks Folly, is the guest speaker. Registration is $25. Call 682-9920 or visit www.soememphis.com to register.

29. Events - Wednesday, January 18, 2006

The Memphis Advertising Federation meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Bill McCuddy, Fox News' entertainment correspondent, is the guest speaker. Cost is free for members, $25 for guests and $10 for students. For reservations, visit www.memphisadfed.org or contact Donna Smith at 767-6374.

30. Archived Article: Huey's (lead) - Friday, December 6, 2002
Hueys on tap Hueys serves up E. Memphis, Southwind locations

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

East side, west side, all over the town might well describe the proliferation of Hueys Bar & Grill restaurants throughout the Memphis area in the ...

31. Archived Article: Lightman (lead) - Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Hueys and Half Shell expand eastward

Hueys, Half Shell order

eastward expansion

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

A Memphis developer has begun construction on a retail center in East Memphis, which will add two established restaurants to t...

32. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, May 17, 2002
Family man Family man By MARY DANDO The Daily News Restaurateur, musician and community activist all the monikers fit very well but the best description for this years president of Memphis in May would probably be family man. The family of Thomas Bo...

33. Archived Article: Dma P.2 - Thursday, October 11, 2001
Downtown merchants gather for forum

Downtown merchants gather for forum

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

Making sure residents and visitors to the Bluff City know what businesses reside Downtown, but more importantly making sure people visit ...

34. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, November 16, 1998
Nov Nov. 16 Public Issues Forum will meet at 7 p.m. at Memphis Community Foundation, 1900 Union Ave. The topic will be health care in Tennessee. The panelists are Dr. James Fleming, president-elect of the Tennessee Medical Association; Thomas Boggs,...

35. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, November 9, 1998
Nov Nov. 9 The International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet at 6 p.m. at Berclair Baptist Church, 4854 Summer Ave. For more information, call 762-9060. Nov. 10 Buckeye Toastmasters will meet at 7:15 p.m. at Germantown United M...