River Time Market & Deli has a lot going on this week! Here’s their latest news update from Facebook:
This week you will see the changes we are making for our Summer Menu. We are starting with our Deli Salads and Garden Salads! Gearing up for the warm weather! You will see the you make it Sandwiches and Salads! and yes you have been asking so I am delivering – The Philly Cheese Steak and The Philly Chicken Sandwiches and yes Salads! We have added to this your loved sandwiches The Buffalo Chicken and The Mesquite Chicken! What else you ask? Yep – this Saturday you will see our Breakfast Burrito pop on the menu – and our take on the choices you have been asking for – The River Raft – what is that you ask? it is a triple wrapped tortilla pocket sandwich – you choose your meat, cheese, veggies, toppings and dressing or yes the Deli Salads will also be offered on these sandwiches starting Thursday. I will have the Plain Flour and the Honey Wheat Tortillas. to see the updated menu – www.rivertimedeli.com.
If you haven’t made it to River Time yet, they’re on the south side of Court Square, next door to Blue Plate Cafe.
Black Panther is the movie tonight in the DNA’s Spring Movie Series on Mud Island in Greenbelt Park. Free to attend. People will start to gather at 7:30 and movie time will be 8. Gandy’s Grub Hub food truck will be onsite if you get hungry, or you can pre-game at Mud Island’s restaurants.
Country singer/songwriter Alexis Taylor performs tonight at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, from 5:30 to 7:00. If you can’t make it out there, the show will stream online.
The Bluff City Mafia will host a watch party for Saturday’s Memphis 901 FC match vs. Indy Eleven Saturday at 5:30. The party will be in the Cavern (downstairs) of the recently-reopened Brass Door. Paid Bluff City Mafia members, be sure to pick up your bracelets for drink specials.
Jennifer Biggs has a look at By the Brewery in her New Eats column, but there’s more big news: The Daily Memphian will be moving into new digs soon. She says they’ll be on the south end of South Main, with a rooftop for parties and plenty of walkable dining options for those who choose to return to the office.
The Grizzlies’ season is over, but, what a year to be proud of. Nobody expected Memphis to be in the play-in tournament at the beginning of the year, much less win a game in the play-in, much less win two games in the play-in and make the NBA playoffs, much less to steal a playoff game on the road. The future is bright. Great year, Grizzlies.
Pam & Terry will play the Ghost River taproom Friday from 5:30 to 8:30. It’s their first time there, so come show your support.
Cooper-Young Beerfest will make its return October 9. If learning about beer and talking to the brewers is your priority at a beer festival, as opposed to getting your picture taken for the society page in the paper, CY Beerfest is the one for you.
Paula Raiford is trying something new: A text-only line. Text Disco to 901-519-2720 and share your favorite story about Raiford’s Disco.
Black-owned firm Allworld has been chosen to handle construction on The Walk on Union, the multi-use project going in on the south side of Union between Front and Danny Thomas Blvd. Allworld has worked with big names in Memphis including FedEx and the Shelby County Schools.
Amazon has announced it will stop testing workers for marijuana. I hope other companies will take notice and follow suit. Testing for weed is a stupid and outdated practice.
CNN has an article about the possibilities of mRNA vaccines now that they have proven their worth against COVID. mRNA could be thought of as a framework on top of which extremely safe vaccines for many diseases could be developed.
A man faces charges for drag racing in Whitehaven. I wonder if he was one of the idiots who’s been speeding around Downtown, causing a safety hazard.
Brent who cooks at Silly Goose (and who owns restaurant wholesaler Black Sheep Meats) says his experiment with a chorizo taco pizza in the Goose’s wood-fired oven is going to happen today. He’s also been experimenting with skillet brownies in the oven, although he has to cook those in the morning before the oven gets super hot – “so if we do them, when we run out, we’re out.”
Today is National Moonshine Day, and I will suggest Blind Bear as the best place to celebrate. They’re open today 3 PM to 3 AM.
A 5-story building at 386 S. Main, which will rise above its neighbors, was approved with modifications by the Design Review Board yesterday.
Love that passive income… my professional writing activities produced a $500 bonus while I slept last night. After work I will go out and celebrate with some of that chorizo taco pizza and of course, a PBR. Back tomorrow with more news.