Those of you who park on the streets Downtown overnight may want to pay to put your car in a parking garage this evening. The storms predicted to move through between 10 PM and 1 AM have the potential to produce up to 2-inch hail. From the National Weather Service: Using everyday objects to estimate hail size
Also, you might want to get a full charge on your phone and other portable devices this evening.
Soul food news:
Four Way is doing Good Friday Fish plates pic.twitter.com/81B8o24Vti
— Karona Alizé D’Virus (@NicTheEditor) April 8, 2020
Mighty Lights news:
Mighty Lights will glow blue to honor healthcare workers battling #COVID19 tomorrow evening💙
You are invited to dedicate a light at https://t.co/4HjV9WOiYe. Mighty Lights will pledge half of the proceeds to the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Mid-South COVID-19 Fund. pic.twitter.com/LAABuP7BGU
— City of Memphis (@CityOfMemphis) April 8, 2020
Pass this on to our friends at the CA and anyone else who affected: there’s a journalist furlough fund
River Time Market & Deli has announced that they plan on gearing back up for curbside and grab & go later this month. Follow the deli on Facebook to keep up with the latest news. They are tentatively looking at April 24.
Mongo with a very solid plan to get us through this pandemic:
Things could be a lot better in this country if @CocaCola would just rerelease the 1886 Coca-Cola.
— Mayor Prince Mongo (@MayorMongo) April 7, 2020
Bernie is dropping out of Democratic presidential race, leaving Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee.
Nacho suggestion from Max’s Sports Bar:
You’ve had our BBQ pork nachos, but have you had them with our white queso? Come get an order togo for lunch. And maybe even a beer or 6!
Hopefully you’ll make a better beer decision than the person above did, though.
The Rendezvous was featured on Good Morning America’s Deals and Steals segment this morning.
News from the island: Tug’s Casual Grill is getting in to the Easter dinner to-go action. Order by 7 PM Saturday, April 11 at 901-260-3344 for curbside pickup between 10 AM and 3 PM Sunday. $3o for two people or $60 for 4 people. Garden salad, choice of five entrees (with sides), choice of three desserts, dinner rolls. Fifteen bucks a head is not bad at all for a prepared Easter dinner.
That’s it for now. I just ordered Global Cafe for lunch and I am pretty damn excited. Back later today or tomorrow with more news.