Monday night, I was watching the national football championship game at the Blind Bear, when a friend of mine checked in at the King’s Palace Tap Room on Beale Street. “Dollar PBR on Mondays,” she posted. Back in my early days as a Downtowner, I would go there every Monday night and drink dollar PBR and watch wrestling with NightHawk, the bartender at the time. Around 2005 the Saucer became my main spot and I started going to the Tap Room less frequently. I was happy to hear they still had dollar PBR on Mondays, and when my friend said “Come on down,” I decided I would.
A couple of things about the Tap Room haven’t changed. For one, they still had wrestling on one of the TVs! That was excellent, because I was much more interested in Roman Reigns’ U.S. Title defense against both Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho than I was watching the team in orange and the team in white.
Also, the Tap Room still has its mug club, where you buy a beer mug, decorate the bottom to make it your own, and then ask for it every time you come in. You get discounted beer prices, and your mug holds more beer than the standard pint glass. The mug I bought in 2004 still hangs on the wall, with “#52 Professor Paul” decorated in green on the bottom. Since it has not been washed in many years, I didn’t want to drink out of it, but I asked if my troll and I could see it.
By the way, my buddy Shane owns mug #1 in the mug club. There are now several hundred mugs.
One thing has sure changed though. They said, “another 25 minutes or so and we’re going to do last call.” I don’t remember the exact time, but wrestling was still on so it couldn’t have been after about 10:10! (Monday Night RAW officially ends at 10, but they do an overrun to make wrestling seem less fake.) Back in the day, I remember being out at the Tap Room playing pool til 1:30, sometimes even 2 in the morning! Shane, what happened to our bar?
Congratulations to Clemson on a shocking come-from-behind victory. I was rooting for Bama because they are SEC, but Clemson earned that one. Also, congratulations to Chris Jericho on becoming the new WWE United States Champion. And of course, congratulations to the University of Tennessee football team on being Champions of Life.
On to the news… Memphis Brewfest returns to AutoZone Park Saturday, April 22. This is one of Memphis’ larger regional beer festivals, with attendance capped at 2100. There will be beer sampling stations in the ballpark concourse, and they are really good about bringing in beers not normally found in our city. ’80s hair band cover band Aquanet will provide the live music. 100% of net proceeds go to Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy.
Miss Cordelia’s is changing its store hours. Beginning this week, the Mud Island grocery store will be open 7 AM to 9 PM.
Aldo’s Pizza Pies Downtown is hiring hosts, counter staff, and delivery people. They have full-time and part-time positions. Apply in person between 2 and 4 in the afternoon Monday to Friday.
This is BRILLIANT:
Pro Tip – Use a fax machine dial up tone as your voicemail greeting to deter people from leaving messages.
— Bebop Bobby Digital (@freeDone01) January 9, 2017
If you have any friends who visit Memphis and are into yoga, Downtown Yoga has announced that they have travelers’ packages for those who want to maintain their practice while in town. Travelers can purchase 4 classes for $45, or unlimited classes for one week for $60.
Thanks to Daniel from Silly Goose from sharing this Buzzfeed article: How “stouting” whiskey is changing the game
Popular women’s-only event Cupcakes, Cocktails and Cursing returns to The 101, 101 S. Main, tonight from 7 to 9 PM. Enjoy cocktails, cupcakes and talk to ya girls about women’s issues, relationships, or whatever you want. Admission is $8.
The Downtown LYFE Kitchen, currently under renovations, will be the first in the country to go full-service when it reopens. There will be some menu changes but they will stick to the overall concept of healthy eating.
That’s it for now. Off to work. Possibly I will do a midday post.