The Majestic Grille is opening an hour early (10 AM) this Saturday for the 11 AM Memphis-Gonazaga game at the FedExForum. The Majestic will host the official Tiger Live Remote broadcast of the Tiger game, and they will also carry their Sunday brunch menu over to Saturday. That includes the drink specials, which are $3 mimosas, $3 bloody marys, and $12 “Majestic Mimosa” bottles of champagne. Regular lunch menu will be available too.
Other restaurants/bars in the area: If you’re opening early, let me know. Maybe I’ll make a list and post it Friday. I need to talk to the Saucer managers and confirm they’re opening early. I also need to stress to them the importance of choosing a Fire Sale that doesn’t suck on Saturday.
Heard a good story about the new Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace last night. My friend Sam took a kid who is a St. Jude patient up there last night. Chris Wallace comes in the restaurant where Sam works a lot, so Sam approached him, introduced the kid, and asked if he might be able to get some autographs for him. “I’ll do you one better than that,” Wallace replied. “He’s invited to practice tomorrow.” That was a very cool gesture.
It’s official – the Tigers are #1 in both polls for the first time since 1983. Of course, with a very strong Tulsa team on the schedule for Wednesday night, our top ranking could be short lived. When people think of legend-killers in the world of college basketball, Tulsa is often one of the first teams to come to mind.
A friend of mine pointed out something last night – if we remain at the top of the polls all season, not only are we sure to get a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, but we’re also likely to get the bracket closest to home. That would put us in the Alltel Arena in Little Rock for rounds one and two.
Had a great night at Pint Nite last night… I think I had so much fun because I wandered around the bar. Sat in my usual window seat with my friend Bobby for a while… then wandered inside and talked to a couple of people on the rail, where we proved that politics and religion actually can be discussed at a bar… then wandered over to the dart boards where there was a tournament going on (although, I didn’t participate, I suck at darts). Had a lot of fun. I need to start wandering around more rather than staying glued to one seat the whole night. Never made it to Circa or McGuinness, even though I had those on the agenda.
Tonight: The Rapscallions invite you to come get your ass kicked at trivia.