Uh-oh: Shelby County has experienced 4 days in a row of being above 150 new COVID cases a day. The positivity rate was 6.3% yesterday, above the 5% threshold that indicates we have the virus under control. That makes it unlikely that county health officer Dr. Randolph will relax the remaining restrictions in a new health directive this week.
The DM’s Jennifer Biggs has info on Backlot, the new breakfast and sandwich shop going into the location portrayed as the Bluff City Law office at 266 S. Front. She included a photo of the menu with the article. Backlot will open Wednesday if the refinished floor is dry by that day.
It’s National Grilled Cheese Day today. The Deluxe Grilled Cheese at Bardog, with ham and bacon added, would be my recommendation if you want to celebrate.
StyleBlueprint has an article about 3 women running legendary Memphis restaurants, and two of them are Downtown restaurants. Interviewed are Patrice Bates Thompson (The Four Way), Anna Vergos Blair (The Rendezvous), and Kelcie Zepatos (The Arcade).
The Grizzlies’ hold on 8th in the West got more tenuous last night as they lost to the New York Knicks on the road. Memphis now leads San Antonio by only one game. The Grizzlies host the Chicago Bulls tonight at 8.
Another Sunday night, another report on Nextdoor of gunshots fired Downtown. This time it was at Front and Jefferson about 11:45 PM. I guess I slept through that round of gunfire. If you hear gunshots, report it to 901-545-COPS. I didn’t hear those gunshots but I heard plenty of squealing tires and revving engines last night.
That’s it for this post. It’s supposed to be 80 today but much cooler the rest of the week, so I think I’ll postpone my professional writing activities until tomorrow and go out after work. Back tomorrow with more news.