Murfreesboro's Middle Tennessee Pickle Festival returns September 5 with 150-plus vendors, 15-plus food trucks, live music and pickle-themed food.

A free global food festival is taking over Nashville's former Kenny Rogers estate with food trucks, live music, cocktails and ranch activities.

Starkville-born Taste says it plans to open restaurants in every SEC city by 2029 while expanding in Mississippi with Ridgeland, Oxford and new local builds. The group is hiring and building to scale.

A kitchen fire forced Nash Dogs' Old Hickory cafe to close indefinitely; owner Michael Spencer says no injuries were reported and vows to rebuild.

Ohm Patel, 23, signed to develop three Brass Tap locations in greater Nashville, starting in Brentwood; the Tampa-based brand will bring rotating taps, events and trivia.

Wells Station is moving from a food truck to a storefront near Wild Love Bakehouse, promising a mix of tasting dishes and wood‑fire barbecue.

William Bagley, founder of Archer's BBQ, is coming back to Knoxville with a new barbecue restaurant at 937 N. Central St., calling the project a 'second chance.'

Brothers Ryan and Matthew Poli plan Claymore, a steakhouse at 622 Hamilton Ave in Wedgewood‑Houston, targeting a 2027 opening. Details so far are limited to a release.

Elevate will run a ground-floor cafe at One22One's 1221 Broadway tower, with plans to open late 2026.

Smokin’ Oaks says it will wind down its 8th Avenue retail market while pursuing a transition to a community-owned cooperative amid a Chapter 11 filing.

Edley's Restaurant Group will take over the San Antonio Taco Company on 21st Avenue; owners say they're "leaving SATCO in good hands" and the sale should close Aug. 3.

The teams behind A Dopo and Potchke are opening Au Bon Coin, a French bistro in Knoxville. Local chatter points to soft openings and a prix‑fixe tasting menu.

Pennsylvania brewer Voodoo Brewing is taking a retail spot at 445 Park Commons beside GEODIS Park; work is moving forward but no opening date has been announced.