Easily enough news for a second post this Tuesday.
Bardog Tavern is once again giving away a hearse this Halloween. I drove by it this morning. It’s a white 1992 Cadillac hearse, a DeVille model I believe, the last year before they redesigned the DeVilles. I’ll try to get a pic of it and more details about the raffle in the coming days.
More info about the Memphis Made Brewing rollout here. As I reported at lunchtime, their first two beers will be sold at both Flying Saucers Friday night. If the Saucer’s not your cup of tea, you can get the beers on Saturday Downtown at Bardog and Aldo’s Pizza Pies, and in Midtown at Slider Inn and Young Avenue Deli.
Downtown Dining Week is coming back November 17-23. Many of Downtown’s best restaurants will offer a special menu for $20.13 that week. Restaurants participating can be seen on the website. Menus will be revealed October 20.
The Corked Carrot is closed for repairs and an MLGW project. They will re-open on Friday.
The annual Memphis Gay Pride Parade happens Saturday. It will kick off at Fourth and Beale at 1 PM.
If you went to the MIFA Feed the Soul event at The Warehouse last Thursday, or if you want to see who did, photos are here.
Very interesting quiz on the NY Times blog: How well can you read the mind behind the eyes? I scored 26/36, which is about average. My Facebook friend who posted this got 34/36, which is excellent.
Grizzlies single-game tickets go on sale Saturday at the FedExForum beginning at noon. The team will hold a open practice at 1.