Drive down Getwell past the bell tower these days and the storefronts have changed again. Not the restaurants everyone already knows about, the ones with the patio waits on a Friday night. Something quieter has been happening in the spaces between them, and it says more about what Silo Square is turning into than another opening-week write-up ever could.
The square that opened as a food court
When Silo Square broke ground back in 2018, the story was always food first. By 2022, the development had four of its planned thirteen town square buildings open, and nearly everything in them was a restaurant or a place to eat while you waited for a table somewhere else. City Hall Cheesecake and Slim Chickens were already serving. Tekila and Staks Pancake Kitchen were under construction. Georgia Blue had a location coming. The developer at the time described a pace so fast that his crew had barely slowed down even during the roughest month of the pandemic.
That was the identity for a while: Silo Square as a dining destination you'd drive to on purpose, park once, and eat your way through. It worked. It's still working for the restaurants that anchored the place early. But it was never going to be the whole square, and the last year of leasing activity makes that obvious.
What actually moved in over the last twelve months
In November 2025, a grocery store opened inside Silo Square. South Point Grocery set up at 6295 Front Street as the company's second location, an independent operation that also runs High Point Grocery in Memphis and the Cash Saver chain. It sells fresh produce, meats, handcrafted pizza, sandwiches, flowers, and runs its own coffee counter. That's not a restaurant opening. That's a household deciding it doesn't need to leave the square to restock the refrigerator.
Then in April 2026, the city's own business licensing records show a new retail tenant, Crown Jules, pulling a permit for women's clothing at 6376 Silo Square Lane South. Small detail, but it fits the same direction: less about a night out, more about an actual shopping trip you'd run on a Tuesday.
Here's the shift in plain terms, comparing the square's public snapshot from 2022 against what's operating now:
| 2022 snapshot | Current lineup | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Restaurants under construction or newly opened | Groceries, banking, retail, personal services |
| Anchor businesses | Tekila, Staks Pancake Kitchen, Georgia Blue, City Hall Cheesecake, Slim Chickens | South Point Grocery, Planters Bank, Bank3, Crown Jules |
| What it served | A destination meal | A weekly errand list |
Neither column replaces the other. The restaurants are still there. But the square has stopped being only a place you visit and started being a place you run through on a normal week.
The corner that isn't dining at all
Some of what's filled in doesn't fit either category cleanly, and those are the additions worth knowing about if you haven't been back in a while.
Mahjong Haus of Tiles and Style opened as a dedicated American Mahjong venue, the kind of standalone niche business that only shows up once an area has enough steady foot traffic to support it. It runs lessons, open play, leagues, and tournaments, and it sells its own tile sets and accessories. That's not a category Silo Square had two years ago at all.
Lucky Dog Music Hall & Bar brought live country and classic rock Wednesday through Saturday, with rollup barn doors that open onto Silo Park and the bell tower, plus a Sunday afternoon show schedule and a menu built around catfish crisps, po'boys, and a lobster roll. It's dog friendly, which matters if your evening walk already ends near the square.
Beans & Leaves rounds it out on the quieter end, a coffee, tea, and gelato spot built around a fireplace and outdoor seating, sourcing from small family farms. It's the kind of place that turns a square from a row of destinations into somewhere people actually linger.
Errands, not just outings
Put the last year's additions next to what was already there and a different picture forms. If you live near Silo Square right now, you could plausibly run a full Saturday of errands without leaving the development:
- Grocery shopping at South Point Grocery
- Banking at Planters Bank or Bank3
- A haircut at Oasis Grooming Barbershop, where owner Chris Newsom's team handles cuts, shaves, and beard trims
- A pediatric or family dental visit at PDGO, which pairs pediatric dentists with board-certified orthodontists
- A stop at Posh for nails or a facial
- Picking up a gift at Ultimate Gifts or kids' clothing at Wild Oats Children's Boutique
- Browsing men's wardrobe basics at Norton's
None of that existed in the square's 2022 snapshot. That version of Silo Square was restaurants and construction fencing. This version has quietly built out the errand infrastructure of an actual neighborhood commercial district, the kind of mix that shows up once rooftops outnumber parking spots for visitors.
The bridge that ties it to the park
Part of why this matters is geography. Silo Square sits directly across from Snowden Grove Park and the BankPlus Amphitheater, and a pedestrian bridge with an elevator was built to connect the two without forcing foot traffic across Getwell Road. That bridge means a resident can walk from a Silo Square dinner or haircut straight into a concert night or a ballfield afternoon at Snowden Grove, no car required. The square isn't just filling in on its own. It's filling in as the walkable front porch to one of DeSoto County's busiest park and amphitheater complexes.
What's still catching up
Not everything promised has landed yet. Silo Square's own site still lists a farmers market among its future businesses, describing it as the spot for fresh produce and fruit year round. That one hasn't opened. Given how quickly the grocery and retail side filled in over the last year, it's a reasonable bet that gap closes next, but it isn't there yet, and it's worth knowing the difference between what's operating today and what's still a plan on a page.
That's really the point of tracking a place like this instead of just reading its original opening-week coverage. Silo Square in 2022 was a construction site with a strong restaurant lineup. Silo Square today is closer to an actual commercial center, one where the newest tenants aren't chasing a dinner crowd, they're filling in the businesses a rooftop-heavy neighborhood actually needs on a weekday. Next time you're driving past the bell tower, the newest sign probably isn't a restaurant. It's more likely a bank, a grocery counter, or a mahjong table.
If you're weighing whether a neighborhood like this fits how you actually want to live day to day, that's exactly the kind of question worth talking through with someone who watches these changes as they happen. Heather L Williams tracks Southaven block by block, not just at listing time. Let's Connect — Get Your Free Home Valuation.
