Couple of things before we get to the main topic:
1. There’s a new post on my other blog, A Better, Bigger Deal. Today’s topic: How to find iPods below the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
2. Correction to a previous post where I said that NTN Trivia is gone from Sleep Out Louie’s: It’s not gone, just suspended. They plan to close for renovations for a little while at some point in the next few months, and when they reopen NTN will be back. Glad to hear it, although I still have to question whether SOL is making a good move closing for renovations right as two other locals’ bars, Bar Dogs and the downtown Blue Monkey, open for business.
Okay, let’s get down to business.
As I continued to flip through this week’s Memphis Flyer, I noticed something new and different in the ad for TJ Mulligan’s Pinch: On Mondays they’re doing Team Pictionary. Pictionary, in case you haven’t heard of it, is a game kind of like charades, except you draw pictures rather than use gestures. It’s very popular with groups of friends who do “game night.”
I gotta applaud Mulligan’s for trying this, because it really shows they’re thinking outside the box. There are people who wouldn’t go to a bar to watch a football game or hear a band, but they would go to socialize with friends over a fun game. So Mulligan’s will be creating a new set of regulars, and as the people nearby (who live in Uptown or Mud Island) come on Mondays and get used to the place, they may start coming other nights of the week as well. That’s how you build yourself up as a neighborhood bar.
Me personally, I doubt I’ll be showing up for Team Pictionary night, not when my beautiful waitresses at the Saucer are serving $2.50 pints that night. But, I think it’s a brilliant move, and if you enjoy game nights with friends, this sounds like it would be worth checking out.