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Memphis' Viking Cooking School to close

Memphis' Viking Cooking School to close

Memphis' Viking Cooking School is closing.

It's a result of Viking laying off one fifth of the company's workforce, that's about 140 people.

Viking's cooking school and Alluvian Hotel in Greenwood, Mississippi, will stay open.

Own a piece of Clarksdale (and Hollywood) history

Own a piece of Clarksdale (and Hollywood) history

Morgan Freeman's getting rid of everything - including the kitchen sink!

On Tuesday, November 13 at 9am sharp - everything's up for auction at Freeman's once-very-popular Madidi's Restaurant in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Freeman opened the up-scale restaurant with Clarksdale attorney Bill Luckett back in 2001.  It closed nine months ago.

Items being auctioned on the 13th include restaurant and bar equipment, supplies and decor.

Auctioneer Nick Clark of Nick Clark Auctions will conduct the auction live and on-site.

There is a 10% Buyer's Premium on all items purchased.

No word on whether Oscar-winner Freeman will be in attendance.

Local Eats recognizes a couple of Mid-South restaurants as nation’s best

Local Eats recognizes a couple of Mid-South restaurants as nation’s best

Two Mid-South restaurants ranked as two of the best in the nation for serving breakfast.

Local Eats ranks the best local restaurants.

Perkins pancakes benefit kids

Saturday, September 15 is Give Kids The World Pancake Day at Perkins Restaurants.

Customers can receive a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes.  While there, making a donation to Give Kids The World benefits children with life-threatening illnesses by giving them the chance to experience a cost-free family vacation in central Florida.

It's all part of Perkins' "Full Tummy Full Heart" campaign.

Real New York pizza in the most southern of cities

Real New York pizza in the most southern of cities

(WMC-TV) - Pizza gets taken for granted a lot. After all, it's one of the few foods you can get delivered reliably to your home no matter where you live in the country.

So it's easy to forget what pizza is supposed to taste like, but there's a place in Oxford that's impossible to forget, according to The Daily Mississippian... Read More

River City Brewers Festival

The 3rd annual River City Brewers Festival will be Saturday, March 31 in Handy Park on Beale Street.

Beer from the across the country will be available for sampling as well as samples of signature dishes from some of Memphis' finest restaurants such as Hard Rock Cafe and Pa Pa Pia's.

International brews will also be available for sampling.

More than 60  brewers are participating in the event with over 100 different flavors of beer. Samples are included in the price of admission for the festival.

The Ronald McDonald House has been selected as the benefactor for this year's festival.

River City Brewer's Festival

 

Eat well, raise money at PGF Spring Supper

Fill your plate -- and your stomach -- while you mingle with some of the Mid-South's trendiest restaurateurs at the 4th Annual Project Green Fork Spring Supper.

Chickasaw Oaks Village, 3092 Poplar Ave., will host the event Sunday, May 6. Cocktails and appetizers start at 6 p.m., with supper at 6:30 p.m.

Proceeds benefit Project Green Fork, a Midtown-based non-profit dedicated to certifying and assisting Mid-South restaurants in reducing their environmental impact and in promoting local farms, foods and communities. 41 Mid-South restaurants are PGF-certified. One is featured each month as the PGF Restaurant of the Month on Andy's Restaurant Scorecard, Thursdays on Action News 5 at 10 p.m. (for the Restaurant Scorecard web page, click:  http://www.wmctv.com/category/98904/restaurant-scorecard).