I went on a walk this morning. Here are some photos.
Thursday is the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If you’ve never been to MLK Reflection Park at Second and MLK Ave., this would be a good week to check it out. PRO TIP: Download one of King’s speeches or essays to your phone to read there.
The vacant lot next to The WKND Hang Suite (the original Raiford’s building) is vacant no longer. Looks like apartments are being built there.
The Bunk House is a South Main District event space you can rent. It’s on G.E. Patterson Avenue near St. Martin St. and is operated by my friend David Bunk who also has an art gallery and a Segway tour business on the same block.
Location, location, location: Four storefronts at 107-113 G.E. Patterson are for lease. Foot traffic on this block is substantial, with the building anchored by Memphis’ oldest restaurant, The Arcade, and popular sports bar Max’s. There’s a pizzeria and Memphis Escape Rooms across the street. This area is especially bustling the last Friday of every month for South Main Trolley Night. These storefronts are rare opportunities and someone needs to jump on them.
Is South Main getting an arcade? When I search for “Level Up Memphis,” the first result I got was a church.
If you walk your cat on South Main, please clean up after it. Also, WTF are you thinking, walking your CAT????
Slider Inn Downtown’s patio, known as “Slider Out,” is ready for spring concert season.
Green Beetle has frozen shirts. Those are gonna be niiiiiiiice in the steamy months of July and August.
My walk ended at the Flying Saucer, where I found this Easter egg. It contained some candy and a piece of paper that read, “1 free beer.”
I traded in my Easter egg for a Bearded Iris Double Homestyle, beer number 180 toward my ninth plate at the Saucer.
In other Downtown news, I’m seeing photos on Facebook today that make me sad. There was a festival yesterday and attendees left a lot of trash on the street and sidewalks. The trash was still there this morning. I find this particularly offensive because the site is less than a 2 minute walk to the location where Dr. King was shot. We love festivals, but please clean up after they’re over!
Flying Fish has some cool new T-shirts. They feature a picture of a crawfish holding up a sign that reads, “Just say NO to pot!” As in, a pot used to boil crawfish.
UConn and Bama have advanced to the NCAA men’s Final Four. They’ll be joined by the winners of Tennessee vs. Purdue (1:20 PM, CBS) and NC State vs. Duke (4:05 PM, CBS).
The DM has a look at Pinch retail business Greenhaus, selling houseplants.
The Grizzlies lost by 30 to the Orlando Magic last night. TANK TANK TANK
Today is International Taco Day. Too bad Maciel’s isn’t open.
It’s also National Tater Day, a good day to get an order of Rocket Tots at the Saucer.
Cafe Keough at 12 S. Main is looking for a barista.
Broadway hit WICKED comes to the Orpheum this Wednesday through April 21.
The LaQuinta Inn at Union and Danny Thomas will have a hiring event Thursday.
The Broom Closet at 552 S. Main will host a Mercury Retrograde Sound Bath Monday at 6:30 PM. The host is a certified sound therapist and they have zero-gravity chairs for participants to sit in.
Tandem Restaurant Partners is hiring a GM for one of its restaurants:
Memphis, we’re on the hunt for a specific General Manager profile for the midtown area: looking for strong working knowledge of mixology and cocktail preparation, bar ordering, inventory, cost controls, general operations management.Please email your resume to:julien@tandemrp.team
There will be a floral & nature painting workshop on Riverside Drive Saturday.
Ice Cube has offered Iowa basketball phenomenon Caitlin Clark $5 million to play in his BIG3 tournament. That’s more than 60 times what she could make as a WNBA rookie.
That’ll do it for this rather long post. I think I’ll stick around the Saucer for the Purdue game. Back tomorrow with more news.
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