Today is the last day of Downtown Dining Week, and some of the restaurants have 3-course Sunday brunch specials for $20.21. For those of you who are fans of the extremely popular chicken & waffles at Blind Bear: You can get them with a soup or salad or biscuits & gravy and apple moonshine bread pudding for $20.21 today 11 AM to 3 PM.
It’s also the last day of Fieldaze, celebrating the many things to do outdoors.
Pleased to see Arkansas and Memphis upset ranked teams yesterday: Memphis topped 23 SMU and Arkansas beat 17 Mississippi State. Arkansas became bowl-eligible with that win. Memphis needs one more.
Congratulations to all the kids who participated in the World Junior Barbecue League Championship at AutoZone Park yesterday.
Here’s a link to James Aycock’s COVID Week-in-Review that he posted yesterday. This tweet is the one in the conversation that stands out the most:
The very good news is that kids can now get vax’d.
Finally.
But I don’t understand the strategy here. We’ve had months to plan for this. And yet, per https://t.co/VtdRXZMOy0, this is the map of where vaccine appointments are located.
Wtf, y’all?
Seriously, wtf?
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— James Aycock is vax’d & masked (@firstresponses) November 6, 2021
If you’re a Downtowner with kids aged 5-11, you have to drive for miles and miles to get them vacc’d. Actually, that’s not my biggest concern, because most Downtowners are affluent enough to afford transportation. But what about our friends two miles to the north at KIPP Middle School? What about our friends two miles to the southeast at Larose Elementary? Why don’t they have the same access to vaccines as kids who live near Kirby Parkway or Poplar Pike or Germantown Road? To quote James, seriously, WTF?
Memphis 901 FC’s season has ended. They lost to Charlotte in a road playoff game last night. Congratulations to the Memphis squad on their best season yet.
Urevbu Contemporary, the gallery at 410 S. Main, hosts Art, Cocktails & Conversation for the Art Curious this afternoon at 5:00 (which by the way is sunset today). Participants will receive an introduction to the gallery, a tour, and information on how to get into collecting art.
Rumba Room hosts 90s vs. 2000s karaoke tonight 6 to 11.
Grassfire Bluegrass Band plays Loflin Yard at 12.
Louise Page will perform a pop-up concert Friday at lunchtime at Edge Plaza at Monroe and Marshall. If you get hungry, the Stick’em and Smurfey’s Smokehouse food trucks will be there.
Here’s an event with a name that is so Memphis: Brews, Breakfast, & Bullets. You can grab breakfast, get your concealed carry weapon permit, then celebrate with a beer. It happens at Grind City Brewing at 8:30 AM Saturday.
Veterans, you can receive a free Legendary Burger at Hard Rock Cafe all day long Thursday (Veterans’ Day).
Downtown Local has $3 tacos and live music every Tuesday.
College GameDay will be in Oxford on Saturday for the Texas A&M-Ole Miss game.
ABC 24 has a look at the history of Daylight Time, which ended for 2021 this morning at 3 AM/2 AM.
Please support your local Jack Pirtle’s this week. Its Bellevue store was heavily damaged by fire but its kind, wonderful owners made sure that the Bellevue employees were relocated to other stores and no one was put out of work. The closest Pirtle’s to Downtown Memphis is at 890 Thomas.
That’s it for now. Back tomorrow or possibly Tuesday with more news.