Capriccio Grill in the Peabody Hotel will be hosting a 150th anniversary dinner and tasting for Jack Daniel’s Whiskey on Thursday, September 22 at 6 PM. The dinner will be hosted by Lynn Tolley, a Brand Ambassador and Master Taster for Jack Daniel’s, the the great-great-grandniece of Jack Daniel himself. In the spirit of Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House in Lynchburg, Tennessee, the dinner will be served family style. $85 plus tax and grat. Call 901-529-4000 to make reservations.
Segway rides are coming to South Main beginning Saturday, August 20. You may have seen Real2Reel Photography owner David Bunk riding around on his Segway, and now you can ride on one too! Two hour rides will be offered Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. If you become a member of the club for $50 a year, rides are only $25 each. If you purchase a year membership no later than today, Thursday, August 4, you will get a 50% discount (901-497-5200 to purchase). Bunk says that a guide will be provided for your safety, but these are not the historical tours being offered elsewhere Downtown.
It’s National Farmers Market Week this Saturday at the Memphis Farmers Market, and they’re participating in the Farmers Market Coalition’s #LoveMyMarket challenge. Pick up a “I FARMERS MARKET” temporary tattoo at the Market on Saturday, and then get creative and take a photo of the tat on yourself or whomever or whatever you want. Post your photo to Instagram with the tag #LoveMyMarket. Contest deadline is August 31, and winning photographers and markets (this is a national contest) will be announced by September 16.
Also at the Farmers Market on Saturday, there will be an All About Farms coloring page from 9-11 AM for kids to color and present to their favorite vendor. The UT Extension Institute of Agriculture will demo how to prepare corn relish at 10, 10:30, and 11. Live music by “MFM Surprise” 8-10:30, and Jaclyn Monroe 11-12:30. The Market happens every Saturday from 7 AM to 1 PM under the pavilion at the corner of Front and G.E. Patterson.
A new craft brewery is getting close to opening in Memphis. Crosstown Brewing will open next door to Crosstown Concourse on N. Cleveland Street. That will make five breweries total in the city, with the others being Ghost River, Wiseacre, High Cotton, and Memphis Made.
A dog owner who is a fan of Pokemon GO dyed her Pomeranian to look like a Pikachu. Can we please stop the madness?
There’s an all-you-can-eat fish fry at AutoZone Park tonight that comes with a special Redbirds ticket ($17 field box, $20 dugout). College students with valid ID can get a $5 bluff seating ticket, with $2 domestic draft available in the left field bar. Opponent is the Omaha Storm Chasers with first pitch at 7:05 and gates open at 6. Want to beat the line and maximize your fish-eating time? Buy your ticket in advance here.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a menu for a new restaurant going into the ground floor of the Lincoln-American Tower, The Lighthouse. The Daily News has an article about the new restaurant and its owner, Tamra Eddy. The restaurant will open Monday, August 15 and hours will be 10 AM to 9 PM Monday through Saturday.
It’s National IPA Day and if you’re a fan of that style of beer, Flying Saucer will tap some rare IPAs tonight beginning at 6 PM.
In other Saucer news, FreeWorld will perform there next Friday, August 12, from 9:30 PM to 1:30 AM as part of the Dead Covers Project. They will record the music of the Grateful Dead and record it to submit to the Grateful Dead’s website. The Dead is one of FreeWorld’s biggest influences, and it will be a night of improvisation and reinterpretation.
A Nashville-based group wants to build a 155-apartment unit on North Main called Uptown Flats at Main and Looney. Looney is 5 blocks north of A.W. Willis Avenue.
That’s it for now. Back later with more.