'I am going to go down fighting.' Chef Tam's sees a year of struggle and change amid pandemic
Commercial Appeal. January 14, 2021. Tamra Patterson, known as Chef Tam by most Memphians, should be hosting the one-year anniversary celebration of her new restaurant Chef Tam’s Underground Café on Jan. 18. Instead, her dining room is closed, and she, like most independent restaurant owners in Memphis, is struggling to keep her doors open.