Rare early-morning post. Woke up about 4, couldn’t get back to sleep…
If you need a break from the craziness of Music Fest this weekend, or if you need an alternative to Music Fest, don’t forget that Tennessee Brewery Revival is ongoing. This week’s musical entertainment includes Side Street Steppers from 3 to 7 PM Saturday, May 2; and Artistik Approach 3-4 and Delta Cats 4:15-7 Sunday, May 3. There are always food trucks (crawfish on Sundays too) and lots of regional craft beer, Brewery staple Goldcrest 51, and the Cadillac of beers, PBR.
I got an interesting little tip last night that I thought I would pass on: There’s a bar menu at Texas de Brazil. For around $12 you get six pieces of meat, mashed potatoes, and bread. The only catch is, you don’t get to pick the pieces of meat. When you order, the bartender goes to the back and gets you three pieces of meat, then when you’re ready the bartender gets you three more. Six pieces is enough to fill up someone with an average-sized appetite, and for the price I could live with not being able to pick my pieces. The deal is only available if you sit at the bar.
Various puns involving lettuce (Lettuce Eat, Lettuce Toss It Up A Bit This Week, Lettuce Turnip the Beet) are the theme at Memphis Farmers Market tomorrow. It’s the beginning of National Salad Month and the market has everything you need to make the perfect salad, even toppings you might not associate with the market including artisan cheese, croutons, and seafood morsels. From 9 until noon you can get your blood pressure screened for free courtesy of UT College of Pharmacy. Live music by The Three Kings 8:30-10, Ashlee K. Thomas 10-11, Eric Crays 11-12:30. Downtown bike ride departing from the Market at 9 (must wear helmet). Pet adoptions too. 7 AM to 1 PM tomorrow at the pavilion at Front and G.E. Patterson. PRO TIP: If you must drive a car to the market, come as early as possible, preferably before 11 when the Music Fest crowd will begin to converge in the South Main area. Walk, bike, or ride the green bus that sounds like a trolley if at all possible.
There’s a Groupon for Flynn’s, the karaoke bar on Beale Street, currently ongoing. $14 for $25 worth of American food.
Over on Mud Island tonight at 5, there’s a Kentucky Derby Dinner at Tug’s. Menu features bourbon salmon, Kentucky Hot Browns, and mint juleps.
For the first time for any BBQ team I have ever been on, our team T-shirts were ready before May 1. I saw them last night and they look awesome. If you need shirt printing done, be sure to talk to Josh at Winfield’s at 2 S. Main, across the street from Walgreens. Moody Ques team president Moody, vice-president Clay, and workhorse “Mr. Load-in” met last night to discuss a plan to get team bags together. We hope to have them ready to distribute by about Wednesday of next week.
If you live in the core or South Main, it might not be a bad idea to leave work early this afternoon (I am). Parking is going to be crazy down here with Music Fest going on. I am about to leave for work 30 minutes early so I can check out early this afternoon. Happy Music Fest if that is your plan this weekend.