The AM/DM podcast: How Collierville’s restaurant landscape is changing

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 05, 2025 6:38 AM CT | Published: November 05, 2025 6:38 AM CT

The AM/DM is The Daily Memphian’s weekday podcast. Listen in every morning around 6:30 a.m. to get the news you need for the day, as well as a critical — but quick — interview on a larger story. 

Collierville recently planned to overhaul its parking requirements for restaurants, in part because of McDonald’s. 

The fast food restaurant was looking at a new location near Houston Levee Road and wanted to have more parking spaces than currently allowed. That request suddenly had the suburb rethinking its parking formula for restaurants across the board. 

Today, suburbs reporter Abigail Warren joins editorial director Mary Cashiola to talk about why the suburb walked back the proposed changes and what will happen to the space restaurant Raven & Lily used to call home

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Mary Cashiola

Mary Cashiola

Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration. 

Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there. 

She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry. 


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