Cupboard Restaurant

"Four great vegetables. Clockwise from top left: steamed cabbage, eggplant casserole, crowder peas, and fried green tomatoes. "
Michael Stern






"Probably the best bread basket in Memphis: tiny cornbread gem muffins and puffy yeast rolls. Both, of course, arrive oven-hot."
Michael Stern



"Clockwise from top left: yam casserole, mashed potatoes, pickled beets, and corn pudding."
Michael Stern



"We felt we were in the right place as we approached and noticed a lovely looking watermelon propped against the host's podium. Boxes of whole fresh fruit abound throughout the Cupboard dining room."
Michael Stern



"Warm, sticky, and sweet, fruit cobbler is a heavywheight that gives the bird to desserts that are purport to be lite or lo-cal. "
Michael Stern



"Eight separate vegetables, plus bread. On the left plate: fried green tomatoes, great northern beans, carrot-rasin slaw and collard greens. On the right: fresh tomatoes, eggplant casserole, corn casserole and a whole baked yam. Bread is in the background, but condiments (such as vinegar pepper for the greens) and sweet tea are not shown."
Michael Stern



"A dessert tour de force: lemon meringue pie that is taller than it is wide ... and even more delicious than it looks."
Michael Stern



"Balm for the tongue, lemon ice box pie is silk-smooth and cool; and its flavor is a precise balance of sweetness and citrus tang."
Michael Stern



"Located in what used to be a Shoney's fast-food restaurant, the Cupboard brings high standards to the quick-eats table."
Michael Stern