There are 11 article(s) tagged Acre Restaurant:

• September 2026

  • Recipe Exchange: Andrew Adams’ award-winning Delta adobo chicken tamale

    Over the past few months, Acre’s Andrew Adams has been submitting recipes to national food competitions for professional chefs. Here’s one recipe that took the grand prize. 

    By Jennifer Chandler September 19, 2026

• August 2026

  • Acre executive chef finds creative freedom in national recipe contests

    When Acre executive chef Andrew Adams was a culinary student, food companies would post recipe contests on the school bulletin board. He was interested but never entered one. This summer, that changed.

    By Jennifer Chandler August 30, 2026

• July 2026

  • Memphis was ripe for this idea: Growing and selling tomatoes right here

    Vine Foods founder aims to disrupt the supply chain in a good way, with fresh, heirloom tomatoes grown in Parkway Village.

    By Sophia Surrett July 10, 2026

• September 2025

  • Sound Bites: Wally Joe, Andrew Adams talk Acre, James Beard awards

    Chefs Wally Joe and Andrew Adams are the guests on Sound Bites to talk food, travel James Beard awards and their recent Lunar New Year dinner.

    By Holly Whitfield September 20, 2025

• July 2020

  • Two fancy burgers are back and another is paired with some local bourbon

    Three ‘new’ burger specials around town are special ones indeed: One of them has been gone more than three times as long as it was served.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 22, 2020

• June 2020

  • Patio guide: 100-plus choices for outdoor dining, drinking during COVID

    Eating dinner outside is a pleasure, but it does get really hot here. Still: Sweaty or COVID? Flies or COVID? I know my answer. I think it’s your answer too, because so many of you have asked me where you can eat outdoors. Here's a guide.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 26, 2020

  • Acre is back with a brand new menu

    Acre has reopened and only one item from the pre-COVID menu remains. The restaurant has also embraced family-style share plates, and all the food is good.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 08, 2020

  • More restaurants reopening, including East Memphis & Cooper-Young favorites

    More restaurants reopen as June ushers in the change of season along with a change of minds. But the virus is still here, and we still have to be cautious as we get out more and more.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 01, 2020

• October 2019

  • Kitchen Talk: Wally Joe

    Wally Joe shows us how to make shrimp toast that becomes an elegant appetizer after a quick saute and a simple garnish.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 03, 2019

• December 2018

  • Bar Talk: Acre

    I love a good mixology hack, and Taylor Hannah at Acre shows us how to mimic a shrub with none of the work in Beast O’ Burden, a favorite at the bar in the beautiful East Memphis restaurant.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 13, 2018

• November 2018

  • My Favorite Things: Chicken liver pate at Acre

    What better time to launch our new “My Favorite Things” feature than right smack in the holidays?

    By Jennifer Biggs November 23, 2018