One of the Peabody rooftop series’ most popular bands, Aquanet, plays the Thursday night rooftop party tonight. Aquanet performs covers of ’80s hair band songs in full costume. $10 admission, but that includes your first drink and an American buffet with popcorn, grilled cheese sandwiches, dill pickles, and potato chips with onion dip. Ladies free before 7. If you’re in the VIP section, there’s a second American buffet with spinach dip, sausage and cheese with crackers, pepperoni pizza, mushroom and onion pizza, and chicken fingers. 6-11 PM. They’ve announced they will have a 52″ TV in the Skyway for those who want to watch Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
Over on the rooftop of the Madison Hotel, the King Beez will be playing soul, blues, and R&B. 7-11 PM. $7 cover, cash bar and small plates available.
In other Madison Hotel news, they will host a Summer Truffle Wine Dinner on Sunday, June 24. Here’s the info, from the press release they sent me:
eighty3 executive chef Connor O’Neill will prepare a five-course menu featuring the tantalizing truffles from the Tennessee foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Each course features truffles and is paired with select wines for a dinner unlike any other. Cost is $75 per person, and reservations are limited. Reserve online at www.eighty3memphis.com or call 901-333-1224. Menu:
amuse-bouche
Truffle BBQ duck with smoked Gouda on cornbread
appetizer
Grilled oyster with truffle butter and Parmesan, plus a vanilla vodka and truffle oyster shooter
first course
Napoleon of smoked trout and sweet potatoes with truffle lemon vin
second course
Crispy lobster and leek mac-and-cheese
main course
Center-cut rib eye with truffle butter and sweet potatoes
dessert
Truffle bacon ice cream and beignets, plus homemade chocolate truffles
Back to things happening tonight: Felicia Suzanne’s will have live music in the courtyard tonight. Two Mule Plow performs from 7 to 9, and there will be drink and food specials during the show.
Donnie Darko plays tonight as part of the Orpheum’s Summer Movie Series. 7:30 start time. $7 adults, $6 for kids 12 and under.
The National Civil Rights Museum is about to undergo its first major renovation of the Lorraine Motel building since the museum opened. Construction will begin in November, and the old Legacy Building boarding house across the street, which is now part of the museum, will remain open. The public is invited to a sneak peek at the final design plans on Tuesday, June 26 at 6 PM in the museum’s auditorium.
More news on the police substation planned for Beale Street. ABC 24 reports that the substation will be located at 340 Beale, which I believe would be the building that housed the Red Rooster most recently. That’s right across Fourth Street from Club Crave (formerly the Plush Club). PERFECT location to put a police substation. It will cost $50,000 over a 5-year lease and I cannot think of a better use of the money.
Seth from the Best Memphis Burger blog was interviewed on “a girl, a fork, and a spoon” and listed his five best Memphis burgers. Two of those burgers are Downtown – The Uptown Burger at Roxie’s Grocery on North Third, and the Four Cheese Burger at Kooky Canuck. I haven’t made it to Roxie’s yet but I wholeheartedly agree about the Four Cheese Burger.
Lots going on tonight – rooftop parties, as well as another party nearby. Ladies, I would suggest a tube top for tonight’s attire. Gonna go grab some chili cheese fries from Dixie Queen, then back for a fun afternoon of trying to get a CMS to do things a CMS was never meant to do. Will be out about 6 tonight.