Ellen Chamberlain

2 days ago | dailymemphian.com | Ellen Chamberlain

Food News By Ellen Chamberlain, Daily Memphian Updated: June 05, 2025 6:55 AM CT | Published: June 05, 2025 6:55 AM CT The Hooters restaurant location in Downtown Memphis abruptly ceased operations Wednesday, June 5. (Alan Diaz/AP file) Hooters filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. Restaurant closings Hooter's national restaurant chain Ellen Chamberlain Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home.

2 days ago | dailymemphian.com | Ellen Chamberlain

Table Talk By Ellen Chamberlain, Daily Memphian Published: June 04, 2025 5:49 PM CT Ellen Chamberlain has worked as a ghostwriter in Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Belize. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) Daily Memphian Ellen Chamberlain Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter.

2 weeks ago | commercialappeal.com | Ellen Chamberlain

Heath Riles BBQ won the Grand Champion title at the 2025 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. The competition included categories such as ribs, shoulder, whole hog, and ancillary categories like wings and sauce. Will Be Que took first place in the Whole Hog category, while Big Bob Gibson won the Shoulder category. "I'm feeling a little overexcited at the moment," Riles said backstage after accepting his trophies and two checks totaling $39,000. "It takes a village to do this.

3 weeks ago | commercialappeal.com | Ellen Chamberlain

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is closing early on May 16 due to the threat of severe weather. The festival gates will close at 7 p.m. instead of midnight. Ticket sales were suspended before 5 p.m. and festival gates will close at 7 p.m., Memphis in May announced in a news release and on social media. Gates at Liberty Park were originally scheduled to close at midnight. Team awards scheduled for May 16 have been rescheduled for 6 p.m. May 17.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellen Chamberlain

Unlike some of the enthusiastic participants in the festivities at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest who enjoy slathering BBQ sauce all over their bodies, some of us prefer our sauce on ribs. And we all have our favorite restaurants to enjoy those ribs and pulled pork sandwiches and much more BBQ goodness. You, our readers, let us know us know your favorite restaurants in the first round of our Best BBQ in Memphis bracket.