Restaurants

Local mom finds Mid-South kid-friendly restaurants

Submitted by Karen Bray on Monday, September 24th, 10:42 am

(WMC-TV) - Are you looking for Mid-south restaurants that have separate play areas for the kids? Here is a list of Memphis-Mom approved restaurants.

One restaurant that has many locations and is family-friendly is Chick-fil-A. They have separate and sound-proofed play area for children. They also provide free Wi-Fi for those parents that need to get some work in while the kids play.

There are several great places with play areas in the Collierville area. One is the Dinks location in Collierville. They have a playroom for kids in the back corner. The Back Yard Burgers on Houston Levee also has a great play area.

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Perkins pancakes benefit kids

Submitted by Tim Van Horn, Meteorologist

Saturday, September 8th, 2012, 8:57pm

Saturday, September 15 is Give Kids The World Pancake Day at Perkins Restaurants.

Customers can receive a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes. While there, making a donation to Give Kids The World benefits children with life-threatening illnesses by giving them the chance to experience a cost-free family vacation in central Florida.

It's all part of Perkins' "Full Tummy Full Heart" campaign.

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Specialty tea shop coming to Collierville

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, June 22nd, 2012, 3:23pm

Specialty tea shop coming to Collierville

(WMC-TV) – Tea lovers can have a cuppa and enjoy some fine art when a new shop opens in Collierville this month.

The Low Arts Tea Haven will feature 60 loose-leaf teas and baked goods. In addition to its extensive menu, the store will also sell tea ware.

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River City Brewers Festival

Submitted by Katie Hannings, Editor

Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 1:47pm

The 3rd annual River City Brewers Festival will be Saturday, March 31 in Handy Park on Beale Street.

Beer from the across the country will be available for sampling as well as samples of signature dishes from some of Memphis' finest restaurants such as Hard Rock Cafe and Pa Pa Pia's.

International brews will also be available for sampling.

More than 60 brewers are participating in the event with over 100 different flavors of beer. Samples are included in the price of admission for the festival.

The Ronald McDonald House has been selected as the benefactor for this year's festival.

River City Brewer's Festival

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Eat well, raise money at PGF Spring Supper

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 12:40pm

Fill your plate -- and your stomach -- while you mingle with some of the Mid-South's trendiest restaurateurs at the 4th Annual Project Green Fork Spring Supper.

Chickasaw Oaks Village, 3092 Poplar Ave., will host the event Sunday, May 6. Cocktails and appetizers start at 6 p.m., with supper at 6:30 p.m.

Proceeds benefit Project Green Fork, a Midtown-based non-profit dedicated to certifying and assisting Mid-South restaurants in reducing their environmental impact and in promoting local farms, foods and communities. 41 Mid-South restaurants are PGF-certified. One is featured each month as the PGF Restaurant of the Month on Andy's Restaurant Scorecard, Thursdays on Action News 5 at 10 p.m. (for the Restaurant Scorecard web page, click: http://www.wmctv.com/category/98904/restaurant-scorecard).

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Food Friday's: new and upcoming eateries in the mid-south

Submitted by Ashli Blow, New Media Content Producer

Friday, March 2nd, 2012, 12:23pm

Food Friday's: new and upcoming eateries in the mid-south

Action News 5 giving you hints on some of the new and upcoming mid-south eateries each week.

Hunny’s Buns:

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When a restaurant's "score" is not the score

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012, 12:31pm

A Tennessee restaurant should never score below a 90. Period. Any conscientious restaurant manager or fastidious health department inspector (they like to be called "environmentalists") will tell you that.

However, the fact is sometimes a restaurant's critical violation is really an environmentalist's judgment call.

Sometimes, they get it wrong.

Like the time a health department environmentalist slapped a Mexican restaurant with a critical violation for "improperly labeled" containers sitting on the pantry shelf with food items.

The containers' labels read "ajo" and "cebolla," respectively.

"Garlic." "Onion."

The restaurant's kitchen staff had labeled them in Spanish because, surprise, the staff speaks Spanish. You know, being a Mexican place and all.

But the environmentalist docked the establishment for not labeling the containers in English.

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