Smurfey’s Smokehouse at 149 Madison has its grand opening Friday and Saturday. If you’ve eaten at their food truck, you know; if you haven’t, you must go. Pulled pork baked potato with cheese, veggies, and Smurfey sauce; dat is all da people need to know.
WWE Monday Night RAW will be broadcast exclusively on Netflix beginning in January 2025. Yeah, I know some of you will respond, “Who cares, it’s a fake sport,” but RAW has consistently been one of the highest-rated cable TV shows of the past 30 years. This deal will generate a lot of subscriptions for Netflix… just as Thursday Night Football has for Amazon Prime. Tremendous assets are being leveraged in new ways.
Content is king. All hail King Content.
Starbucks at Main and Monroe is back open.
It’s National Peanut Butter Day.
Shen Yun comes to the Cannon Center this Saturday and Sunday.
Shufflegrit with the Scrub Jays play South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, this Friday at 7.
And – one more reminder about a BIG show happening this Saturday: Island 45 plays the Blind Bear at 9 that night. Not only will our awesome friend, Downtown regular Jenn, be fronting the band, but it will be a BIG birthday celebration for another well-known Downtowner, Butt Slut #1. There’s still time to get her a gift – she likes hippos, soup, and the Dallas Cowboys.
IBIS is throwing a service industry New Year’s party tonight. It’ll be upstairs with DJ Tree spinning. $4 High Noons, $5 Mexican Tea shots, $6 Red Bull vodka. Door prizes for the first 50 guests and VIP cards for all service industry folks.
The Cooking with Chef Eli event at Cossitt Library’s Dos Hermanos Kitchen that got snowed out last week has been rescheduled for this Thursday at 6. Learn to make pan-seared salmon with a bechamel sauce, spinach, and fettuccine.
Nerd Nite Memphis happens at the Memphis Chess Club this Friday from 7 to 9. Nerdy knowledge about architecture and biology, great food and drink, and a musical interlude.
Rowdy Franks plays Momma’s tonight. 7 PM. $2 off apps. $15/$17 domestic buckets.
The Boil Water Advisory has been lifted for MLGW customers.
A pizza festival is coming to the Agricenter in September. It’ll benefit the Mid-South Food Bank and admission will include unlimited pizza samples.
Beale Street Bears proposes a trade that would bring Tyus Jones back to Memphis. The Grizzlies would also add a second-rounder to their bag of picks.
The Grizzlies have a 6:30 game at Miami. It’ll be on Bally Sports.
I may post Bardog and Local specials later this morning, so check back.