The cheapest beer Downtown appears to be at Hooters, which has $1 domestic drafts all day. It’s by no means my favorite place, but hey, cheap beer. I was told that the Memphis Flyer received a personal visit from the Hooters girls to promote the beer special. Hey, I’m media too, sort of! Where’s my visit?
It’s time for the annual “who’s going to be open on Thanksgiving?” list. I’m not so much concerned with who’s having a Thanksgiving buffet or dinner – you can read the paper or Flyer for those – but rather, which bars are going to be open Downtown, for when people have had their fill of dinner with the family and need a beer or drink? E-mail me at paul@paulryburn.com if you know of a place that will be open.
So far the list is as follows… I know that Westy’s and Wang’s usually stay open for Thanksgiving. The Flying Saucer has signs posted saying they’ll open at 5. That’s what they did last year, and I learned that the people who work there were getting extremely worried about me when I didn’t show up until 5:03.
Hey, finally my long relationship with First Tennessee has paid off! They e-mailed me to offer me two Grizzlies tickets as a form of customer appreciation. And they’re club-level tickets! Nice!
I found out some info on the construction taking place on the west side of Main and Jefferson. It will be an 8-story Courtyard by Marriott hotel, owned by the same group that owns Sleep Inn and Springhill Suites next door. The hotel will have 131 rooms, each equipped with a flat-panel TV and a “jack pack” that allows iPods, MP3 players, computers, DVD players, and other electronic media to be hooked up. The hotel will open in December 2009.
The part of Jillian’s formerly known as Club Atlas is under construction right now, and will be re-opened as the Tiger Den. It will be an open-air lounge, a comfy place to watch Tiger games. Sounds like a much better use of the space than it was as Atlas. But, what will I make fun of on Thursdays in the spring and summer now?
Tigers play UMass at 11 PM tonight. I’m not attending the game, but since it’s Pint Nite I’ll watch it at the Saucer. I think I’ll do an extra long workday until about 9:30 or 10 – I have plenty to do – then head up there for some $2.75 Dos Equis Lager, and I also want to try the Schlafly APA that just came in. Right around halftime the clock will strike midnight, and it will be my birthday. I’m going to try to make it all the way to close for Pint Nite.