Tonight is Ladies’ Night at Pretty Taco at Front and MLK. DJ ICON (formerly DJ Decepticon) will supply the tunes.
- Free cover for ladies
- Drink specials
- Parking garage next door
The Facebook post restaurant management made said “Dress to Impress”… ugh… dress codes don’t work very well in this city. Especially not when it’s 90 and muggy outside and people are walking around to 4 different bars in one night. I wish Pretty Taco luck with it though.
The big Memphis news is that the NBA announced Ja Morant’s suspension for conduct unbecoming to the league in the form of waving a gun around on Instagram video for the second time. He got 25 games, a reasonable raise from his 8-game suspension for the first incident.
The 2023-24 NBA schedule is not out yet, but a look at last season’s schedule suggests that Ja will be out through approximately the first week of December. He won’t be able to play in Grizzlies’ preseason games either.
Morant’s suspension will put increased importance on Tyus Jones, considered by many to be the best backup point guard in the NBA. Just about any chance Memphis had of using Jones as a bargaining chip in a trade to fill the team’s small forward need is off the table now.
Now they’ll have to find a backup PG for Jones for those 25 games. Chris Herrington of the DM weighed in on the matter. Second-year player Kennedy Chandler is available but probably isn’t ready to handle a starting role should Jones have to miss games. Herrington thinks a more viable option is to field a squad without a true point guard and with Desmond Bane as the primary ball handler.
The suspension without pay will cost Ja a little over 7 and a half million. However, Nike, with whom he has an endorsement deal, has announced they will stand by him and will not drop him from the brand.
Pink pineapples at South Point Grocery!
Bonus points for South Point NOT saying these would make good pizza toppings. Pineapple does not belong on pizza.
From WREG: WKND Hang Suite employee allegedly hits server with glass hookah pipe
There will be a burlesque show called Seduction on South Main in the upstairs of IBIS, 314 S. Main, Friday, June 23 from 8 to 11.
Dads receive their first beer free tomorrow (when starting a tab) at Grind City Brewing Co.’s Father’s Day celebration. Tacos Mondragon and SnoJunt will be the food trucks on site.
The Smoke and Rolls food truck will have All Day Brunch beginning at 1 PM today at the Ghost River Brewing Co. location at Main and Crump.
If you missed Deep Roots at Blind Bear last night, you can catch them at Loflin Yard at noon tomorrow.
There will be a Father’s Day Backyard Style Barbecue tomorrow at the Terrace at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid. Items from the grill, classic cookout sides, and of course burgers and dogs. $50 for adults, $25 for kids 3-12.
That’s it. Back tomorrow if there’s any news.