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Fire breaks out at Cooper-Young restaurant

echamberlain@dailymemphian.com (Ellen Chamberlain) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:10:39 -0500

“Our hearts are with them,” said Karen Carrier, who owns two nearby restaurants and was on-site for The Beauty Shop’s lunch service at the time. “We’re really concerned about Mulan.”

Sound Bites: Memphis chefs share how they like their Thanksgiving leftovers

jchandler@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Chandler) — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:18:43 -0600

From tamales to pozole to a simple turkey sandwich, here’s how some Memphis chefs recraft their Thanksgiving leftovers.

Table Talk: Karen Carrier will host Do Sushi pop-up

jchandler@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Chandler) — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:51:12 -0600

Karen Carrier closed her popular Do Sushi bar in 2013, but the pop-ups she’s hosted since then always prove to be popular.

Beauty Shop manager killed in shooting, friend recalls what happened

jbiggs@dailymemphian.com (Jennifer Biggs) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:45:35 -0600

Kevin “Shea” Grauer, 55, worked at Karen Carrier’s Beauty Shop in Cooper-Young for 18 years; Carrier called Grauer her “beacon of light.” Friend Duncan Aiken shares what happened the night Grauer died.

Kevin Keough on restaurants, bars and his hatred of 'mixology'

barnes@dailymemphian.com (Eric Barnes) — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 04:00:08 -0600

One of the original owners of the Beauty Shop and now owner of Bar Keough and Cafe Keough talks about belly dancers, his love of chickens and the sweet, wonderful smell of burnt rosemary.