Downtown bar moment of the week: Yesterday a couple sitting next to me asked for “the vodka with the bird on it.” It took the bartender a couple of minutes to figure out they were asking for Grey Goose.
Save the date: South Point Grocery will have its 1-year anniversary celebration Saturday, March 4. Here’s what will be going on that day:
- Free burgers and hot dogs
- Live music by Bri Marie beginning at noon
- $5 deli sandwiches
- Grecian Gourmet pop-up
- Beer samples from Memphis Made
- Food samples from local vendors – Elise Dessert Company, OH Grate, Las Delicias, and more
- In-store specials
- South Point merchandise and gift card giveaways
Out in The Edge, Chef Tam’s Underground Cafe will add a grab & go just in time for spring. Perfect for customers who want great food but need to get in & out fast.
With the expansion, Chef Tam’s is hiring.
- Cashiers start at $13.75/hour
- Hosts $14.50
- Servers base pay $8.50 – with tips $17-$35
Stop by the cafe for an immediate interview.
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson performs at the Orpheum tonight.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently went on a darkness retreat to contemplate his next career move. ESPN explains: What’s a darkness retreat?
Memphis Magazine’s Ask Vance column had a look back at the Britling Cafeteria which opened at 155 Madison in 1921. I wonder if the group that now sits at the corner table at Max’s Sports Bar had a table there.
Feast & Graze will have its next Toast & Jams brunch with DJ A.D. on Sunday, March 26. The first brunch was said to be a runaway success. Tickets are $67 and space is limited. You get unlimited table-side-served dishes and complimentary drinks.
Let’s have a look at stats site FiveThirtyEight’s updated NBA predictions. The Grizzlies
- Are considered the current second-strongest team in the West (behind Denver)
- Are considered the current fourth-strongest team in the NBA (behind Denver, Boston, Milwaukee)
- Have better than a 99% chance of making the playoffs
- Have a projected record of 50-32
- Have an 18% chance of making the NBA Finals
- Have an 8% chance of winning the NBA Finals
The Grizz didn’t help their playoff odds last night, though. They dropped one on the road at Philly, 110-105.
Food & Wine has a look at Pozole Rojo (red pozole). It’s been a soup special at Bardog lately.
DJ Tree will play upstairs at IBIS, 314 S. Main, 9 PM to close Saturday.
Toby Sells of the Memphis Flyer reports on upcoming proposed Downtown development projects.
- A skybridge from AutoZone’s building (It’s the STORE SUPPORT CENTER Toby!!! Not the headquarters!) to the Downtown Mobility Center currently under construction
- A second boat dock off Greenbelt Park
- A co-working space at 635 Madison in The Edge that is expected to have a koi fish theme
Penny’s Memphis Tigers will be short a man the rest of the season. Keyonte Kennedy is said to be out with “a non-basketball injury.” Except, in a sense it IS a basketball injury. Kennedy, frustrated over the loss to Houston on Sunday, punched a wall.
Let’s put my Tiger fandom aside for a second. If this had been a story about a Tennessee Vol, I would have done an entire post making fun of him and also the UT coaching staff for recruiting him. I hope Keyonte’s rehabilitation from injury includes not only medical treatment, but an anger-management curriculum as well.
Without Kennedy, the Tigers closed out Wichita State 83-78 last night. Will that be enough to get them off the playoff bubble? Next up: at home vs. Cincinnati, Sunday 1 PM.
Today is World Bartender Day.
It’s also National Tartar Sauce Day. The Majestic Grille and Local on Main both have good Friday fish specials. It’s fish pudding day at Calvary Waffle Shop. If fast food is more your thing, there’s a Captain D’s and a Long John Silver’s near Third and Crump.
And it’s National Tortilla Chip Day. No question about it, Maciel’s is the place to go. Get ’em with the guac or the chorizo cheese dip.
That’s the news for now. Back tomorrow with more.