Restaurants

Buffalo Wild Wings gets new look

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, July 13th, 2012, 3:06pm

(WMC-TV) - You might notice a new look when you head to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch a ballgame.

The new logo features some tweaks to the brand's beloved buffalo.

Here's how the company describes the new look:

The new buffalo is more muscular and athletic. It has enlarged wings, narrowed eyes and upward-turned horns – giving it a more powerful look. With more dimension and detail, the buffalo logo now has more flexibility and can live on its own.

So the next time you head to the B Dubs, remember to take a peek at the buffalo, after all, he's been working out.

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River City Brewers Festival

Submitted by Katie Hannings, Editor

Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 1:47pm

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

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Eat well, raise money at PGF Spring Supper

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 12:40pm

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).

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What's behind that restaurant's health score

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Monday, January 23rd, 2012, 3:59pm

Despite reporting Mid-South restaurants' health inspection scores every Thursday on Andy's Restaurant Scorecard, I continue to meet viewers who don't know restaurants are required to post those scores, whether it's Tennessee, Mississippi or Arkansas.

Establishments must post those scores someplace where customers can see them: the entrance, cash register, bar, etc.

If they don't, it's a health code violation.

Mississippi's health department uses a letter-grade system: A, B, C. No failures. They are white reports with large, green grades. Restaurants typically frame them for public inspection.

The restaurant inspectors of the Arkansas Department of Health don't employ a grading system at all. They just list the violations.

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Eco Expo!

Submitted by Kym Clark on Friday, January 6th, 12:50 pm

The hugely successful Eco Expo is back with even more exhibitors showing us how to treat our earth more gently with green products, materials, services, and organizations.

Exhibitors will be offering ideas and information, and some will be selling their products and services.

The Expo is Sunday February 5th, 2012 from 11am until 3pm at Temple Israel--1376 East Massey Road...Memphis, TN.

For kids and adults of all ages, there’s something for everyone!

Learn, eat, explore, or just visit with some really nice people.

Remember the proverb, “Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.”

We are working together with our fellow community leaders and congregations of all faiths to help save the planet.

E-mail TIMemphisEcoExpo@msn.com or call Linda Kaplan 482-6473 for more information.

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"Free Food Friday"

Submitted by Tammy Phillips on Friday, November 18th, 2:25 pm

It's "Free Food Friday" at Action News 5. We teamed up with the Midtown Lennys and Curbside Casseroles in east Memphis to raise money for the Mid-South Food Bank.

What will your office do to raise money for the Mid-South Food Bank?

On "Free Food Friday", we ask our staff to join us for a FREE lunch in exhange for a donation to the Mid-South Food Bank. It's the second year for the fundraiser at Action News 5. Staffers were treated to turkey, ham, dressing, green breans, pyramid potatoes, salad, pecan pie, apple pie and much more from Curbside Casseroles. Lennys provided turkey, ham, tuna and even chicken salad sandwiches with all the fixin's, chips, cookies and drinks. The food was delicious!

Curbside Casseroles loaded us up with delicious food.

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Free Halloween hotcakes

Submitted by Ursula Madden on Thursday, October 27th, 2:31 pm

IHOP wants to provide trick or treaters with a safe and fun Halloween celebration that they can enjoy with friends and family.

IHOP restaurants nationwide will celebrate Halloween a little early this year, offering kids 12 and under a free Scary Face Pancake as part of its No Tricks - Just Treats program designed to provide kids with a safe and fun Halloween event.

The "design-your-own" Scary Face Pancake includes an over sized signature buttermilk pancake with a whipped topping mouth and strawberry nose, served with two mini Oreo cookies and candy corn on the side to allow kids to create their own Halloween hotcake.

The event happens Friday, October 28, 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. at all Participating IHOP restaurants nationwide.

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