Superior Bar is now open in the spot where the Memphis Police Museum used to be on Beale. I don’t have the exact address but it’s between A. Schwab’s and the Black Diamond patio.
Actually, even though it calls itself a bar, it’s more a club. Except for the bar itself, the rest of the place is a large dance floor, with a DJ spinning music.
I’m glad to see a new place to dance open on Beale; it needed one. I’ve never liked Alfred’s – always thought it was an overpriced tourist trap – and Club 152 has been booking some acts recently that have drawn rough crowds, so rough that they’ve started wanding patrons with metal detectors before admitting them. The only other dance alternative nearby up until now was three blocks away at Raiford’s, but the lines there can get insanely long.
They were not charging a cover last night. I didn’t try any of their drinks so I’m not sure about drink prices.