Ken's Food Find

By The Brewery

A Nice Alternative A couple of weekends ago, I went Downtown for breakfast and a haircut. Initially, I intended to go to the Arcade Restaurant for an omelet but a part of me wanted something different. After doing a quick Google search, I came across By The Brewery, a small deli on Ten…

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

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

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…

Prince's Hot Chicken

Chicken Royalty After years of wishing, I finally got the opportunity to get some genuine Nashville Hot Chicken from the place that started it all. Prince's Hot Chicken was founded by James Thornton Prince, a womanizer who pissed off his girlfriend so badly that she sought revenge by …

Ecco

"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…