This Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15, Wayne’s Candy will have a special pop-up shop at 101 S. Main. The hours will be 10 to 4 Friday and 10 to 2 Saturday. Wayne’s permanent location, on East Carolina in the south end, has over 2000 different candies in a 30,000 square foot warehouse. Great place to take care of your Halloween needs.
Two friends of mine had a birthday dinner at Catherine & Mary’s last night. They said the service was mind-blowingly good, and the service impeccable. “They do the little things, like pull the chair out for you as you stand up. You don’t see that much anymore. They’re old-school.”
Next week, October 17-21, is Memphis Seafood Week. Restaurants will encourage a healthy lifestyle by offering their patrons healthy seafood dishes. Participating Downtown restaurants include Dejavu, Flying Fish, and Pearl’s Oyster House. All Captain D’s are participating, so I guess the Crump location counts as a participating Downtown restaurant too.
Downtown Huey’s 20th birthday party is this Sunday, October 16. Live music includes The Joe Restivo 4 2-4 PM, Deering & Down 4:30-7:30, and Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine 8-midnight. There will be drink specials. A portion of the proceeds will go to Urban Bicycle Food Ministry, a nonprofit that feeds 300 people a day.
Make Memphis’s Trep Talk is a feature in which they talk to some of the city’s most compelling entrepreneurs. Recently they talked to Ed Cabigao of South of Beale and Zaka Bowl.
Mexican-style beers scored surprisingly well at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. The competition is open to US breweries over, so Corona and Dos Equis did not compete, but American breweries entered beers in the Mexican style.
By the way, the gold medal for “American-style lager or ice lager or malt liquor” went to none other than Pabst Blue Ribbon. Nice for America’s largest beer festival to validate that PBR is better than the Miller Lite or Bud Light that many of my friends drink.
Possibly back later with a second post.