One of the best parties of the fall season, Feed the Soul, will happen once again at The Warehouse at Front and G.E. Patterson (the green building on the northeast corner, across from the Memphis Farmers Market) on Thursday evening, August 8. A crowd of 1000 will gather for food, drinks, and live music, Tameka “Big Baby” Goodman, The Soul Therapy Band and DJ Stan “The Bellringer” Bell of radio station V101 will provide the live entertainment. There will also be a raffle for prizes donated by area merchants, an oxygen bar, and rum and bourbon tastings. Proceeds benefit MIFA and tickets can be purchased for $45 apiece on MIFA’s website. I have been to this party several years past and it is a lot of fun. Recommended, for sure.
Choose901 is having a pop-up back-to-school shop today from 11 to 7 at 50 Peabody Place. It is in observance of Tennessee’s tax-free weekend for back-to-school clothes and some supplies. Around the corner, Life is Good will also have a tax-free weekend celebration.
A Hound Dog Tour (on bus) leaves from Backbeat Tours, 140 Beale, today at 1. Rock out to the music of Elvis while seeing where he grew up, went to school, and worked, as well as sites that were important to his early career. $28-32, and since it is a bus I assume space is limited.
WREG Live at 9 had the chef at Agave Maria stop by to do a seared scallops recipe. I had them on their shrimp and scallop enchilada a few weeks ago at my friend Tony’s birthday party, and they are good.
Fresh produce news: The Easy Way at 596 S, Cooper in Midtown could become a locally-sourced market under new ownership.
Hungry Memphis has a visit to 387 Pantry. They may add a growler station soon. That would be good for South Main! They’re also considering a grab & go and possible partnerships with food trucks.
Folks in the French Fort neighborhood are fed up with the old, dilapidated former Quality Inn building on Alston Avenue. It is the first building I-55 drivers see as they enter Tennessee, and sexual encounters, drug deals, and other bad stuff happen in there. Vagrants who hang around the old hotel are discouraging people from coming to the neighborhood.
Excited about a weekend free from drama. I’m on call for work, so I will be taking it extremely easy today, but unless I get a call or text I am going to stick to my usual plan: Panda Time at Bardog (she’s been promoted to bar manager now, but she’s still in the building, and “Michael Time” doesn’t have the same ring to it), librarian glasses at Blind Bear, a visit to Max’s Sports Bar, and then over to the Moody Ques cookout on Monroe. Hopefully a stress-free, fun-filled August Saturday.