Barefruit Cafe, Cook Out, Insomnia Cookies and Dave’s Hot Chicken are all making news.

The Peabody’s world-famous Duck March continued uninterrupted.

Multiple South Memphis businesses received a total of $75,000 in small business loans.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Development Corp. awarded Catherine and Mary’s, Kuya and Ten Nail Bar money for renovations. The board also approved a change to a grant request for Baron Von Opperbean.

Also, a new jewelry store is headed to East Memphis and an HVAC company is consolidating operations.

With the help of the PILOT, 5c plans to add 15 new jobs with an average wage of $103,400, according to the EDGE documents.

Retail clothing store Akira expects Memphis to be a strong market for it because of the company’s current e-commerce business. 

Target’s plan for a new store in Millington is moving forward with the big-box retailer buying 11 acres for $2.3 million.

After almost a decade, Catherine & Mary’s needed a little love, one of the restaurant’s chefs said. Also, a 7 Brew is going in a former animal hospital on Summer Avenue.

Kuya, which is planned for the former Bedrock Eats & Sweets space, would have a pan-Asian-American menu with craft cocktails, beer, wine, sake and small bites. 

Anyone who’s ever dreamed of working at Memphis’ vertical village will finally get their chance. Crosstown CoWork has a space for remote workers looking for a desk. 

Also, a vascular surgery center featuring positive pressure ventilation between the rooms will open in East Memphis. 

The new owners signed a 10-year lease for the 10,000-square-foot space for a business they call “the kind of family spot Midtown has been missing.”

The two are documenting their progress on TikTok where viewers can watch the process of redeveloping a house and where they will go next.

The former Houston’s restaurant building located at 5000 Poplar Ave. was bought for $2.1 million Friday, Nov. 7, by a regional developer-managed company.

Several new restaurants are in the works, but Milk Dessert Bar is closing.

Regions Bank is adding its name and logo atop a 98-year-old building in Downtown Memphis.

The new laundry will offer a washing, folding, pickup and delivery service.

The first area School of Rock location opened in 2013.

The 129-year-old building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, is owned by Juan Montoya, who bought it in 2016 for $59,000, according to deed records. 

The revitalization project is the latest in the Orpheum Theatre Group’s work to modernize the Downtown campus.

“If I’m going to contribute to the health of Collierville, it starts at the square,” Hank Wright said. “It’s town central.”

City officials say it is necessary to control the hotel to protect its $200 million investment in renovations to the connected Renasant Convention Center.

Also, Abner’s on South White Station Road and Poplar Avenue has closed, and Non-Vintage Wine Bar will soon join it.

At its first leadership summit, Memphis Challenge announced grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to six local businesses.