When COVID hit Memphis last year, Aaron Branch was managing a valet service. What happens to someone in that line of work when people stop going out? “I was the area operations manager and it slowed down with the corona and I just had to do something else,” he says.
There’s good eats in these streets. Some recent findings: Magic Bus: Maybe it’s just me, but there are few more reliably joy-provoking sights in Memphis than the Soi No. 9 food truck, or rather little orange food bus. It’s not University of Tennessee orange, but rather a kind of burnt, tomato-y orange, warm and spicy… Read More
In September, Tim Vimonnimit and his wife, Mai Mittrakul, won $10,000 on Food Network’s “Big Food Truck Tip” when Andrew Zimmern picked their basil chicken and khao soi as his favorites when the show filmed in town. Soi No. 9, the food truck, is still operating, but last month the couple opened a permanent location… Read More
