The Beale Street Wine Race back in April never crowned a winner because of a shooting on the street (which is sooooo very Memphis). But a winner will be determined this Sunday, October 1. All 10 teams will run Cheek-in will be at 2 PM at Alfred’s with the relays starting at 3 PM.
The other events will not be replayed. Villa Castrioti won the opening parade back in April, and Jessica from Blind Bear won Queen of the Vine. A winner was determined in the grape stomp but had not yet been announced at the time of the shooting and will be announced Sunday.
Blind Bear can help you celebrate National Quesadilla Day today, as can Bardog, Maciel’s on Main, and Local on Main (which has a duck quesadilla!) Now that I think about it, Taco Bell at Crump and B.B. King is a place to celebrate too.
Here’s a pic of the collard green gumbo that will be one of The Features the weekly specials at Blind Bear this week:
Tony tells me that there will be an option of adding shrimp and he will send me a photo of that. The gumbo is good and spicy, as I prefer it!
I have a friend looking to pay a fair price for a one-day ticket to Mempho Music Fest this Saturday. paul.ryburn@gmail.com or hit me up on Facebook Messenger if you’ve got one.
Monster Market, “a pop-up for weirdos like you,” comes to The Medicine Factory (on W. Virginia Ave., a block north of Crump) October 13-18. They wrote, “Our 2023 collection is absolutely stacked with freaky art, weird apparel, strange trinkets, and unique gifts from 80+ makers.”
Fooling around on Google Maps a few minutes ago, I discovered a new restaurant called Memphis Jamaican Kitchen. It’s at 237 Vance, which I believe would put it just east of B.B. King. Menu
Let’s go ahead and take a look at college football games of note to Memphians coming up this weekend.
Friday, September 29
- 10 Utah at 19 Oregon State, 8:00 PM, FS1
Saturday, September 30
- 8 USC at Colorado, 11:00 AM, FOX
- 22 Florida at Kentucky, 11:00 AM, ESPN
- Texas A&M at Arkansas, 11:00 AM, SEC Netwirk
- 1 Georgia at Auburn, 2:30 PM, CBS
- 24 Kansas at 3 Texas, 2:30 PM, ABC
- Arkansas State at UMass, 2:30 PM, ESPN+
- 23 Missouri at Vanderbilt, 3:00 PM, SEC Network
- Boise State at Memphis, 3:00 PM, ESPN2
- 13 LSU at 20 Ole Miss, 5:00 PM, ESPN
- 11 Notre Dame at 17 Duke, 6:30 PM, ABC
- South Carolina at 21 Tennesse, 6:30 PM, SEC Network
- 12 Alabama at Mississippi State, 8:00 PM, ESPN
For now I’m going to continue to put Colorado’s games in the “of interest to Memphians” list, even though it isn’t a regional school. Coach Prime is a figure of national interest.
The Denver Broncos got pounded by Miami yesterday 70-20… dang that sounds more like a high school basketball score than the NFL.
Pickleball is coming to Beale Street with 6 temporary courts the day of the first preseason Grizzlies game Sunday, October 8. Then on November 18 (my birthday!), there will be a pickleball event at FedExForum.
From the CA: Small hotels don’t help attract conventions to Memphis, says an industry expert. When there is a concentration of smaller hotels, convention planners are forced to use 8-10 of them for room blocks, which can be quite a headache.
That’ll do it for today’s news. Back tomorrow.