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New café Leaf & Berry opens in downtown Martin

Leaf & Berry, a new café located in Martin, Tennessee, opened to the public on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, offering…

Photos: Martin’s Grassroots Soybean Festival

For over 30 years, historic downtown Martin has been filled with food and street fair vendors, rides, live music and…

Martin’s Grassroots Soybean Festival makes its debut

“Stone Soup” is a folk tale that teaches about when people in a community contribute a little, together it can…

Martin restaurant owner to appear on Food Network

Blake Stoker, the owner of Blake’s at Southern Milling in downtown Martin, Tennessee, will appear on season seven of the…

The Food Genie serves more than meals to Martin community

Before Quincey Porter was serving the Martin, Tennessee community his best soul food dishes and specialty burgers, he was selling…