Backbeat Tours is teaming up with two local breweries and a pizza parlor to create a Red, White & BREW tour of Memphis. The tour is on Saturday, July 11 leaving Second and Beale by Backbeat bus at 6 PM. The tour is three hours long and includes a tour of the High Cotton Brewery on Monroe Avenue, a tasting in the High Cotton tap room, then out to Midtown for a tasting in the Memphis Made tap room, followed by two slices of pizza at Aldo’s Pizza Pies. You get a souvenir glass to keep. Tickets are $39 and must be purchased in advance; click the link to purchase.
Good news for The Edge: The Wonder Bread bakery in that neighborhood, empty for several years, is under contract. It is said to be a solid contract and there is a good chance it will close. The building will likely not be a bakery and its planned use is not being disclosed at this time. Whatever happens to it, that building is a cornerstone of The Edge and having it occupied would be a win for the neighborhood.
John Paul Keith and Amy LaVere play the Silly Goose tonight at 10. There will be $2 local draft beers.
I have more information about happenings tomorrow night at the Blind Bear. As I previously reported, a large post-wedding party is expected there around 8, although the Bear will still be open to the public. They are going to take a week off from Wednesday night trivia, and Pam & Terry will play 7:30 to 10:30. As I previously posted, it will be a rare weekday night time edition of D-RANKS with B-RAD with Brad behind the bar. Oh, one more thing I should mention here… I’M TAKING THURSDAY OFF!!! Should be a long, fun night.
The Stumblin’ Elvis Pub Crawl returns Saturday, August 15 at 7 PM. Participants are asked to dress in Elvis or Priscilla attire, and bring a non-perishable food donation or monetary donation for the FedEx Family House. The Elvises will hit four or five bars Downtown, starting and ending at the Flying Saucer.
South of Beale now has a vegetarian black bean burger patty that you can now sub out instead of the regular beef patty.
The Grizzlies are looking for a digital marketing and email coordinator.
That’ll do it for now. Undecided where to go after work, although I’m leaning slightly in the direction of Max’s Sports Bar. Possibly a second post before I get out, so check back.