Month: November 2009

I ate at Bangkok Alley tonight for Downtown Dining Week.  Here are pics:

Larb

Strip steak with panang sauce

Fried bananas with vanilla ice cream

More DDW pics to come this week.

If Sunday brunch isn’t your thing, here’s an alternative. I just walked down Union and noticed a sign in Bangkok Alley’s window advertising Dim Sum Sunday tomorrow from noon to 3. There were about a dozen different varieties, mostly priced between $3.25 and $4.25. I believe I saw a couple of stir frys as well in the $11 range.

At the Saucer, blogging from my iPhone. Just got done with a $5.50 buy-in, 45 person PokerStars tournament. Top 7 positions paid. I finished 7th and won $7.37. Yay, $2.37 profit for 2 hours work!

If you play Buzztime/NTN Trivia at Calhoun’s or elsewhere in town, then you may occasionally run into situations where you want to play, but all the Mobile Playmakers (or as we call them, “the little blue crack boxes”) are in use.  Well, if you have an iPhone, now you can play anyway.  There’s a Mobile Playmaker app available for free.  Just search for “Buzztime, Inc.” in the app store.  It will turn your iPhone into a little blue crack box, and you can play at any location that offers both Buzztime and Wi-Fi (which Calhoun’s does).

So now PROFPR will be able to dish out beatings to SKIPPY at trivia without ever touching a blue box.  I like it.

I got an e-mail from the Majestic Grille this morning saying that they’ve now expanded their popular 11 AM-3 PM Sunday brunch to include Saturdays as well.  They’ve also added some new menu items, including pancakes (blueberry or plain); filet mignon benedict; and ham, broccoli, and aged white cheddar frittata.

Good call on the Majestic’s part.  I’ve had several e-mails and text recently asking, “Who does brunch on Saturday?”  Glad to see they’re responding to demand.  There are a lot of places Downtown that do brunch on Sunday, but I’ve long said that the Majestic is the gold standard.  Nice to have the gold standard available two days a week now.

Whew… too busy at work today to get a lunchtime post in – sorry about the lack of reading material today.

If you live on Mud Island, be sure you close your curtains or blinds or window coverings tight. Action News 5 is reporting that there’s a peeping Tom on the island. And no it isn’t me… I’m busy at the Saucer trying to look up ski… Er, um, I mean I’m busy drinking beer.

Be safe everyone.

Next week, November 8 through 14, is Downtown Dining Week.  Many area restaurants will offer 3-course dinners for only $20.09 plus tax and gratuity.  Click here to view a list of participating restaurants, then click on a restaurant to see what’s on the menu.

Yum… some good stuff on the menu… that maple flank steak from Kooky Canuck that I talk about all the time is on there… can’t go wrong with the she crab soup from either Itta Bena or Sauces… that surf n’ turf entree at Sauces sounds delicious too… I’ve had the chicken seven hills from Itta Bena and can tell you it’s fantastic… same for the Spaghetti ala Vodka at Bardog… and wow if you like tilapia, next week is definitely your week, as there are several restaurants serving it.

Here’s a bonus tip for this week… if you’re looking for something different for lunch, walk up to Main and Exchange where all kinds of soul food vendors are set up for COGIC week.  They’re definitely willing to serve non-COGIC members (I ate there several times over the last couple of years) and the food is really good.  Plus it’s fun to look at all the vendors selling outrageous hats.

Off to the Alley Jams party in Barbaro Alley.

The South Main Association will have its monthly meeting next Tuesday, November 10, at Itta Bena restaurant on the third floor of BB King’s at Second and Beale.  Social at 6 PM, program starts at 6:45.  Contemporary Media publisher Ken Neill will speak on “The Future Nature of Local Journalism.”  Hmmm… as a blogger, that sounds like a topic of interest… guess I’ll have to show up late to trivia next Tuesday.

Cash bar, hors d’oeuvres compliments of Itta Bena.  Free food?  Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.

We’ve had Santas stumbling around Downtown in years past, and more recently, Elvises… but it looks like some people Downtown have come up with a new concept.  Yesterday I saw on Facebook that there’s going to be a Snuggie pub crawl in a few weeks, on Saturday, November 28.  Participants will stumble around several Downtown bars wearing a Snuggie, the blanket with sleeves.

They’re going to do a $10 entry fee to the party, with proceeds benefitting Amelia’s Voice.  The tentative order, according to their Facebook page, is Tap Room on Beale at 8 PM, Silky O’Sullivan’s at 9 PM, Kooky Canuck at 10 PM, and Club Chill at 11 PM.  There will be a contest for snazziest Snuggie with prizes in several categories.

For more info, get on Facebook and search for “1st annual Memphis Snuggie pub crawl.”  Note that I’m not involved in the organization of this event (although I may buy a Snuggie and participate), so the Facebook event listing is the place to go for up-to-date info about the pub crawl.

More problems with the car… another blasted light on the dash came on as I pulled the car out of the parking garage this morning.  So I drove it to Quality Auto, who informed me that I need a new water pump and belt.  This really hasn’t been my week as far as the car is concerned.  While I’m waiting on it to be fixed, I guess I’ll try to catch up on some posts.

Tonight is the last Alley Jams party in the Wednesday night series thrown by the Center City Commission.  It’s the Goner Records party that got rained out last month.  It will be in Barboro Alley near Parking Can Be Fun, with Harlan T. Bobo, Mouserocket, and Magic Kids.  Vending starts around 4:30, music around 6.