Restaurant Iris opens for lunch: ‘Another hill in front of us’
After months of supply-chain delays, Restaurant Iris opens Monday, Oct. 3 in its new, redesigned and much larger space in Laurelwood; meal services will phase in over the coming weeks.
Topic: Kelly English
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October 2022
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September 2022
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Every Single Thing: The whole menu at Pantà
With Every Single Thing, we rank every single dish on the menu at Pantà, starting with our favorites and working down.
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August 2022
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Recipe Exchange: The Second Line’s Bread Pudding
As requested by a number of readers, we’ve got another bread pudding recipe for you this week.
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July 2022
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Former Café 61 owner joins Second Line, Pantà as new GM
Some of the recipes from the former Café 61 remain sought after by Memphis diners, and there’s a possibility one or two might end up at The Second Line.
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June 2022
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Chef Russell Casey’s team takes home top honors at ‘Chopped’ breakfast
As a preview for Saturday’s Le Bon Appetit fundraiser for Le Bonheur, an all-star group of chefs participated in a “Chopped”-themed cooking competition.
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Le Bon Appetit returns to Crosstown Concourse this weekend
After a series of virtual events in 2020, Le Bon Appetit brings local chefs and out-of-town chefs back, in-person, for a walk-around tasting.
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February 2022
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Recipe Exchange: Mr. B’s Gumbo Ya-Ya
Use Kelly English recipe for a 10-minute (but labor intensive) fast roux to save a lot of time making your Mardi Gras gumbo.
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Former Grove Grill busboy comes full circle, will run new Restaurant Iris at Laurelwood
When Restaurant Iris reopens in East Memphis, expect a big, rollicking New Orleans-style place very different from the small Iris that started in Midtown.
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December 2021
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The Second Line, Pantà closed this week for COVID
More restaurants closing for COVID: This time it’s Pantà and The Second Line; both should reopen next week.
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November 2021
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Staffing shortage improves for restaurants, but times are still tough
Workers are returning to dining establishments, but not exactly in droves. Local restaurateurs still have problems hiring and retaining staff, even with higher wages and more benefits.
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Listen to Chris and Kelly talk turkey
Click; have a listen and feel free to comment about your meal, tell us what the tradition is in your family.
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October 2021
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Pantà Memphis delivers Catalan flavor, snack-sized and served late
Kelly English’s new Pantà, in the former Restaurant Iris space, brings Spanish snacks, cocktails and a “joyful” vibe to Midtown, for late nights and a Sunday siesta.
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Listen to Kelly English talk about his new restaurant, Pantà
Also, find out about the Science of Beer at MoSH, coming up next week.
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September 2021
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Recipe Exchange: Shrimp and Tomato Napoleon
A fulfilled request for Kelly English’s salad dressing also turns up a nice recipe for a shrimp and tomato salad.
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David Quarles IV details design vision of Kelly English’s Pantà
Quarles' current and upcoming projects include more work for Apartment Therapy, a commercial project with City & State and residential spaces.
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July 2021
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Kelly English announces new plans for Iris space
Chef and restaurateur Kelly English’s former Restaurant Iris, near Overton Square, will be reborn as Pantà.
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Biggs: New restaurant, book signing ease week’s sad goodbye
Kelly English has joined the Memphis Food and Wine Festival lineup for October; James Beard-winning cookbook author Martha Foose will sign books at the Beauty Shop July 31.
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Larger Restaurant Iris expected to open by end of year
Chef Kelly English has some good news, bad news, and just plain old news for local diners.
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June 2021
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Restaurant Iris moving out of Midtown
A local favorite, Restaurant Iris will move to a space in Laurelwood. But, don’t worry, the current Iris location will reopen as a different restaurant under the same ownership.
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March 2021
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Table Talk: A year in COVID and big news from two favorite restaurants
We look back at the year in COVID, hear what it’s been like for a restaurateur, and get the good news from The Majestic Grille and Bari: One is opening and one is moving.
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After a year on life support, restaurants start to ‘see some light’
It’s been a year since Memphis restaurants were told to close their dining rooms. As a second year of the ‘hustle and pivot’ begins, the vaccines and Health Directive 19 offer relief. Still, as one restaurateur says, ‘I go to bed every night stressed.’
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Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same'
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Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same’
Maintaining curbside pickup and dine-in service simultaneously is not as easy as it seems, and we will all need to do both. We need you to give us space to operate without getting hot under the collar.
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Kelly English on what a year of COVID has been like for him and his industry
The year since local restaurants were first shut for coronavirus has been hard; Kelly English talks about what it’s been like for him.
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February 2021
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Cream cheese: A Southern party staple
Le Bon Appetit @Home has been postponed a week because of the boil order; Jennifer Biggs and Kelly English talk about cream cheese and all the things it makes better.
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Le Bon Appetit @home launches online cooking classes
Le Bon Appetit brings chefs to our home kitchens this year; the festival returns in June 2022.
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