Thank you to the Memphis Flyer for a fun Best of Memphis Winners party at Beale Street Landing last night. I didn’t know the results of the Best Blog voting at the time of yesterday’s post, but I found out not long after: I got Readers’ Choice along with Choose 901 and I Love Memphis. I am honored to have my blog mentioned alongside those two very fine blogs. If you have never checked them out, you should.
If you missed last night’s party – or even if you didn’t – there’s another big, fun party tonight. MIFA’s Feed the Soul is tonight at The Warehouse, the green building at the northeast corner of Front and G.E. Patterson. Your ticket gets you live music on multiple stages, food, drinks, an oxygen bar with multiple flavors, a bourbon tasting, a silent auction, and more. Buy tickets here.
Wiseacre Brewery’s Grand Prize Giveaway starts tonight at Green Beetle trivia at 8 and goes on for the next eight weeks. When you win trivia, you win raffle tickets: Three for first place, two for second, one for third. On the Thursday before Thanksgiving, November 20, a winner will be drawn from the tickets. The winner will get a VIP tour for 8 of the brewery with a free beer sampling, tab at the bar, souvenir glass and Uber credit included. Wiseacre is not open to the public for tours, so this may be your only chance to see the brewery’s inner workings.
Oh, by the way… next Thursday, October 9, the trivia theme at the Beetle will be PRO WRESTLING TRIVIA!!!!!! I might be willing to be recruited onto someone’s team in exchange for a few PBRs. I have been watching wrestling since 1982 and am an encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge.
The MBJ reports that a new soul food cafe will open in the ground floor of The Renaissance Apartments at 99 N. Main. It sounds like the new cafe will go in the former Tony’s Pizza space. It’s being opened by the owner of Wrapsody next door. Where Wrapsody attracts a breakfast and lunch crowd, the new restaurant, called Main St. Cafe, will aim for an evening and weekend crowd. Projected opening date is tomorrow or Monday.
Construction delays are pushing back the opening date of the Cordova Kooky Canuck. The approximate soft opening date is October 21.
There will be a free workout session at RiverFit with Lauren Phelps Coaching this afternoon at 5:45. RiverFit is the Grizzlies’ pop-up fitness park at Tom Lee Park.
The Sensation Band performs at Handy Park, Third at Beale, tonight in a free Sounds of Beale concert.
That’s it for this post. Tonight I’ll do happy hour at the Silly Goose, then head over to Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe at 8:30 for the first Thursday poker night hosted by Winn. I think this will be a really good game, so come on out. The poker players are a great group and playing is a good way to meet people. It’s free, so why not give it a try? Extra chips if you show up on time.