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Craig Meek

What Leonard’s Pork Volcano Taught Us About Being “Memphis Famous”

2017-12-29
On: 12/29/2017
In: Memphis, Memphis BBQ

Leonard’s Pit Barbecue is one of the oldest and “top” spots in one of America’s barbecue capitals, but it has very little national hype. We went to find out why.

Exterior of an old mall with text that reads "CULTURE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT: URBAN PLANNING LESSONS FROM THE MALL OF COOKEVILLE, TN"

Culture Where You Least Expect It: Urban Planning Lessons from the MALL of Cookeville, TN

2016-11-13
On: 11/13/2016
In: Near South

We see the MALL of Cookeville, TN as an authentic, local reinvention of a place that the corporate world forgot. Perhaps it can offer urban planning lessons to other communities stuck with abandoned big boxes.

Up All Night: Craig Meek’s Memphis Barbecue Release Party

2014-07-27
On: 07/27/2014
In: Memphis, Memphis BBQ

The best description of Craig Meek’s Memphis Barbecue came around 2 a.m.: “You wrote a book about your city through [freaking] barbecue. How cool is that?!”

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