For lunch yesterday my troll and I ventured south to Grecian Gourmet, the Farmers Market vendor that became so successful that they opened a restaurant on South Main, in the old Onix location at Main and Huling. They had a $10 deal where you can pick an entree and a side. For my entree I got the gyro – a standard one which was a beef & lamb combination with red onion, lettuce, tomato, and tzatziki sauce. I paired it with a small Greek side salad with Romaine lettuce, feta, pepperoncini peppers, kalamata olives, red onions, and house vinaigrette. Great to have a new option in South Main. Check it out!
Let me back up to the beginning of Saturday. With a little time to kill, I started off the day listening to the Booking Memphis Wrestling with Jerry Jarrett podcast. I don’t listen to a lot of podcasts, but for my readers who are wrestling fans, this is a MUST listen. There are hardly any people who booked a wrestling promotion during the late ’70s/early ’80s territory days who are still around to talk about it. I mean, think about it. Eddie Graham is dead. Stu Hart is dead. Fritz von Erich is dead. Sam Muchnick is dead. Dusty Rhodes is dead. Verne Gagne is dead. Paul Boesch is dead. Bill Watts and Ole Anderson are still alive but they lack the self-reflection to discuss their booking decisions critically. Jarrett’s perspective is unique and fascinating and his latest episode, part 1 of his involvement with the McMahon family, gives a previously unheard insight into the business.
Skeeter season is here! After getting bitten multiple times Friday night I gave myself a good spray of OFF before going out. I will have the orange spray can out on my bathroom counter until October.
About 10 I headed south to the Farmers Market where I checked in on Swarm and… regained the mayorship of the Market! As far as I know this is the first time the mayor of the Market has been a member of a Top 10 team in shoulder at BBQ Fest. I look forward to representing the Market well as mayor!
By the way… quick programming note. I’ve been doing Farmers Market then Bardog lately on Saturdays. However, on Saturday, June 30 I have a BBQ meeting on South End. So I will do my south loop of bars that day, specifically
10:45 Farmers Market
11:00 Earnestine & Hazel’s
Next Max’s Sports Bar
Time permitting, I might throw in a visit to Carolina Watershed that day too. Just wanted to post my schedule for that day so it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone.
The crepe truck was back at the Farmers Market. They have a roast duck crepe. I was pressed for time so I couldn’t stay and get one but that sounds really good.
So anyway, post-Market I headed back north to Bardog where they had the Fredbird kids’ show on. I’m a Cardinals fan but that Fredbird show is some of the worst TV ever produced. John D commented that Rockey Redbird’s costume is better and that Fredbird looks like a low-budget Rockey. If the guy who wears the Fredbird costume quits his job, does Rockey get called up to the big leagues?
Northern Neck Regional Jail, in Warsaw, Virginia where Paul Manafort is currently incarcerated, has a Facebook page. Didn’t know you could “Like” a jail on Facebook.
Hey, just discovered that 201 Poplar has a page too!
D-RANKS with B-RAD at Pontotoc Lounge is first up, and I’ve learned to not even plan the day beyond that. Gonna get there early to request that one of the TVs remain on ESPN for the Arkansas-Texas College World Series game at 1. I may take a day off from the blog tomorrow but back no later than Tuesday with more news.