Restaurants

Project Green Fork to be featured monthly on Restaurant Scorecard

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

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012, 11:12am

Talented chefs, tasty entrees -- all going easy on the environment.

Sounds ripe for a regular hit on Andy's Restaurant Scorecard. Starting in February, it will be!

Next month, Action News 5 and Project Green Fork (http://projectgreenfork.org/) will team up to showcase the PGF Restaurant of the Month as a regular feature on Andy's Restaurant Scorecard.

Project Green Fork is a Midtown Memphis-based non-profit, dedicated to supporting Mid-South restaurateurs who go the extra mile in reducing their environmental impact and who promote local farms, foods and communities.

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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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Dining With Monkeys: Shelby Forest General Store

Submitted by Stacey Greenberg, Dining With Monkeys

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, 11:41am

Dining With Monkeys: Shelby Forest General Store

I've had the Shelby Forest General Store on my list of places to eat for years. Last Friday, after a nice hike in the forest, we finally got a chance to try the burgers.

Our hike lasted a little longer than we thought, and was a couple of miles further than we intended, so by the time we got to the store, we were hungry, thirsty, and tired. Although they have a fairly extensive menu, we'd all agreed we wanted burgers. I went to the counter to order while the monkeys (Satchel, 9, and Jiro, 7) tugged at my sleeve.

"Can we get a drink? Can we get chips? Can we get candy?" they clamored. "Yes!" I said, exasperated. The monkeys LOVE convenience stores. I headed over to the drinks to try and steer them towards a decent choice... Read More

Read all about it on Dining With Monkeys

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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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Cow Appreciation Day

Submitted by Samantha Davidson on Thursday, June 23rd, 10:52 pm

Cow Appreciation Day is almost here and if you get into the spirit, Chick-fil-A will reward you with free food.

On July 8, if you come dressed entirely as a cow to any Chick-fil-A restaurant you will get your entire meal free.

If you come dressed in partial cow attire, like a spotted accessory, you will get a complimentary entree.

So start getting your costumes ready now, so you can get some free Chick-fil-A July 8.

Photo courtesy Flickr userJelleS.

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Restaurant inspection "hot spots"

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

Monday, June 20th, 2011, 3:52pm

There's a reason why "pink slime in the ice machine" rears its ugly head so often on Memphis-Shelby County restaurant inspection reports.

The ice machine is one of the "hot spots" on a health department environmentalist's checklist, according to Tom Powell, a former Mid-South restaurateur.

"The mold on the door, no one likes to clean it, or many are unsure how to adequately clean it without chemically contaminating the ice,” Powell said.

That's not the first area that should be inspected, though, he said.

According to Powell, right after the front door, a health inspector should walk in the walk-in cooler.

“Boxes of fruit or produce that are left in the walk-in cooler are often forgotten if the stock is not rotated,” he said. “Then you have rotting produce in the cooler.”

Food temperatures are a "hot spot," too, for obvious reasons.

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