S6E13: Staff shout-outs, part one
Hot takes, date ideas and breakfast opinions are all on the menu for this week’s special edition of Sound Bites, featuring quick interviews with Daily Memphian staffers.
Apr 19, 2024•29 min
Sound Bites
Like any amazing dish, Memphis is a combination of great cultures and cuisine from around the world. Join The Daily Memphian as we take you on a culinary tour of all the food and traditions that Memphis has to offer in Sound Bites, your insider guide to eating and drinking Memphis.
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Episodes
S6E12: Downtown lunch spots, spring festivals
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington discuss a few recent items of Downtown restaurant news, including the re-opening of the Front Street Deli, the renovations at Huey’s and the announcement of Frank’s Biscuits & Briskets coming to the former Bedrock Eats location on South Main.
Apr 11, 2024•30 min
S6E11: Whataburger, West African BBQ and more
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington take in the breaking news that a location of the Texas-based fast-food franchise Whataburger could be Midtown bound.
Apr 03, 2024•29 min
S6E10: Live pastries, dive bars and a trip to Harbor Town
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington dined on pastries from Crosstown’s Lucy J’s Bakery and dished on some recent local food news.
Mar 27, 2024•29 min
S6E9: Black Restaurant Week, Downtown dining tips
This week on “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington highlight a few favorites from the Black Restaurant Week slate and go deep on where they’d eat, and where they’d send visitors, within walking distance of FedExForum, from early morning and late-night dining to coffee shops and a soda fountain.
Mar 20, 2024•30 min
S6E8: New Memphis guide book shares must-eats
In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield discuss “100 Things To Do In Memphis Before You Die”.
Mar 14, 2024•28 min
S6E7: Discussing Muddy’s Bake Shop’s ‘sweet sixteen’
Last week, Muddy’s Bake Shop celebrated its “Sweet Sixteen,” and Chris Herrington talked to owner Kat Gordon about the accordion-style expand-and-contract evolution of a little bakery that’s become a Memphis institution. On this week’s “Sound Bites,” he and Holly Whitfield discuss some different angles of that story.
Mar 06, 2024•29 min
S6E6: Talking breakfast, with Memphis faves and great debates
Recently, Daily Memphian contributor Christin Yates highlighted 10 Memphis restaurants with a breakfast bent. On Sound Bites this week, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington muse over the restaurants mentioned in the story, noting their faves and places they still need to try.
Feb 22, 2024•30 min
S6E5: Party food favorites and Memphis restaurant news
Digital director Holly Whitfield and columnist Chris Herrington react to a bunch of recent Memphis food news, from a notable restaurant closing in the Edge District to some exciting soon-to-open news places in Cooper-Young and Overton Square.
Feb 15, 2024•29 min
S6E4: Bold burgers, barbecue battles and more
On this week’s episode of “Sound Bites,” Holly Whitfield returns from her dark Memphis winter with a tales of burst pipes and combined pantries. She and Chris Herrington also talk about, and riff on, some recent Memphis food news.
Feb 01, 2024•28 min
S6E3: How Southern are you?
In honor of National Southern Food Day, Chris Herrington put Southern transplant Eric Barnes to the test on this week’s edition of Sound Bites, a hit-the-road edition recorded at Crosstown Concourse.
Jan 25, 2024•29 min
S6E2: Memphis restaurants we miss
This week on The Daily Memphian's Sound Bites podcast, Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield hold a remembrance of restaurants past. Noting a flurry of recent local restaurant closings, from Midtown’s Pho Binh to Edge District pioneers Edge Alley to partial closures and relocations such as Germantown’s Let it Fly sports bar and Cooper Street’s Mo’ Bay Beignet Co., they look back a little bit further at some of the local spots they liked that got away.
Jan 10, 2024•30 min
S6E1: Food trends for 2024
Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield sift through various national food trend stories to weigh in on topics such as “vegetable forward” restaurants, savory cocktails, Spam, solo dining and spicy drinks and desserts, looking for Memphis connections along the way.
Jan 03, 2024•29 min
S5E40: Best of 2023
Eric Barnes, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington take turns this week paying tribute to some of the most memorable food experiences they had in Memphis this year, from new restaurants to established faves revisited, from “reservations please” places to fried chicken on the river and grocery store takeout corners.
Dec 27, 2023•30 min
S5E39: Sound Bites New Year's edition
Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield talk toast-worthy drinks, bar favorites and New Year’s events around town.
Dec 22, 2023•29 min
S5E38: Winter holiday food talk
On this week’s show, Natalie Van Gundy, Holly Whitfield and I talk about winter holiday foods, with an emphasis on sweets and grazing.
Dec 13, 2023•27 min
S5E37: A pizza party with a survey of Memphis favorites
From Downtown to Collierville, soft to crisp, thin to thick, meaty to meatless, we discuss our favorite Memphis pizza spots and what are go-to orders are at each.
Dec 07, 2023•31 min
S5E36: Thanksgiving food hot takes
In this episode of Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield break down the epic battles that happen on the Thanksgiving table. Is turkey actually good? Which preparation method is the best for the big bird? Do we like dressing or stuffing? (Does anyone actually stuff the turkey with stuffing anymore?)
Nov 22, 2023•28 min
S5E35: Food Gift Guide
In this episode, Bianca Phillips, Natalie Van Gundy and Holly Whitfield go through their lists of food-inspired gift ideas. Think: special bottles of locally-distilled bourbon, a cute tea party experience, international snack packs and Memphis made treats.
Nov 17, 2023•27 min
S5E34: Meet The Daily Memphian’s restaurant real estate reporter
If you follow The Daily Memphian’s food or business sections, you’ve likely seen a new byline coming through on restaurant-related business stories: Sophia Surrett.
Nov 09, 2023•26 min
S5E33: Best places to work remotely in Memphis
In this episode of Sound Bites, Eric Barnes, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington discuss the must-haves for laptop-friendly locations (it’s more than just good Wi-Fi) and then share their favorite spots to knock out some writing, emails, meetings or even paying bills.
Nov 02, 2023•28 min
S5E32: Our favorite Memphis brewery taprooms
In this episode of Sound Bites, Natalie Van Gundy and Holly Whitfield join Eric Barnes to talk about which local brewery taprooms have the best atmosphere, our favorite patios and the most delicious food options.
Oct 26, 2023•30 min
S5E31: WYXR Fall Pledge Drive 2023
Eric Barnes, Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield are live in the WYXR studio for a Sound Bites/The Sidebar "Home and Away".
Oct 25, 2023•56 min
S5E30: Road trip food favorites and a potential BBQ relocation
Inspired by a road trip later this week, Chris Herrington quizzed colleagues Holly Whitfield and Natalie Van Gundy about gas-station grub habits, or maybe its weaknesses.
Oct 11, 2023•29 min
S5E29: Overton Square closings, new Midtown bar, Majestic Grille brunch
Openings, closings, expansions, comebacks, updates. Restaurants are always busy being born and sometimes busy dying. This week on Sound Bites, digital director Holly Whitfield and columnist Chris Herrington discuss a few bits of recent Memphis restaurant news.
Sep 28, 2023•29 min
S5E28: Ten ways to eat chicken in Memphis, ranked
On this week’s pod, inspired by El Pollo Latino’s chicken-forward menu, Chris Herrington ranks 10 familiar ways to prepare (and consume) chicken, counting them down from 10 to one, discussing where he goes for each in Memphis.
Sep 21, 2023•31 min
S5E27: Pronto Pups, funnel cakes and other fair/festival faves
In this week’s Sound Bites, producer Natalie Van Gundy and columnist Chris Herrington talk about some recent Memphis restaurant news: A new Elwood’s Shack looming, the opening of Hive Bagel & Deli, and more. But then they talk fair and fest food. Natalie brings clarity to the Pronto Pup vs. corn dog question. (Or, um, party dogs?) Chris issues a warning on the subject of funnel cakes. And they discuss their wish list for fair and festival foods we wish we saw more of at Memphis events....
Sep 13, 2023•31 min
S5E26: Buster’s Butcher, Petals of a Peony and more
On this week’s Sound Bites, food section contributor Joshua Carlucci and Chris Herrington discussed a couple of exciting new additions to the Memphis food scene that they’ve respectively written about in the past week and have each visited.
Aug 31, 2023•31 min
S5E25: Coffee shop news, grocery shopping habits
On this week’s Sound Bites, digital director Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington pour over the week’s food news for items of particular interest, landing on a bevy of coffee-shop happenings, including the University District’s Belltower Coffeehouse taking over the empty snack-shop space at Shelby Farms, and the return of a south-of-Downtown dive bar.
Aug 19, 2023•30 min
S5E24: Germantown Parkway eats, Liquor Store and more
On this week’s Sound Bites, digital director Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington talk about some food stories they each recently written and one recent Memphis food event they both missed.
Aug 08, 2023•30 min
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