GREAT NEWS!!! Chick-fil-A Uptown opens this Thursday. It’ll be at 550 Uptown Street near the intersection of Danny Thomas and N. Parkway. It is locally owned and its hours will be 6 AM to 10 PM Monday-Saturday. Like all Chick-fil-A locations, it won’t be open on Sundays because Jesus.
Let’s have a look at college football games of interest this weekend:
Saturday
- 21 USC at 23 Illinois, 11:00 AM, FOX
- 22 Notre Dame at Arkansas, 11:00 AM, ABC
- Arkansas State at UL-Monroe, 2:00 PM, ESPN+
- 4 LSU at 13 Ole Miss, 2:30 PM, ABC
- Auburn at 9 Texas A&M, 2:30 PM, ESPN
- 15 Tennessee at Mississippi State, 3:15 PM, SEC Network
- Memphis at Florida Atlantic, 6:00 PM, ESPN2
- 6 Oregon at 3 Penn State, 6:30 PM, NBC/Peacock
- 17 Alabama at 5 Georgia, 6:30 PM, ABC
A lot of people thought Memphis would be ranked following Saturday’s 32-31 upset of SEC opponent Arkansas, but they’re not: The Tigers would be number 31 if the AP rankings extended that far.
Good news, though: ESPN FPI favors Memphis in every game this season – even vs. South Florida. The closest matchup sees the Tigers as 61/39 favorites over ECU.
Flamenco dancing comes to the Halloran Centre Thursday night.
Main Street is getting new pole banners.
PodBox, the Memphis podcast festival, returns to the Cossitt Library Saturday and Sunday.
The Downtown Neighborhood Association has its monthly meeting Wednesday 5:30-7:30 on the newly-renovated patio of The Lobbyist in The Chisca on Main. Get the inside scoop from President Jerred and Executive Director Luanne. Free beer and wine for members.
The Archives, the bistro in Hotel Napoleon, is now open for breakfast 6:30-10:30 seven days a week.
I usually stay out on Tuesdays. Not tonight! It’s too likely to storm overnight. I’m gonna pay the Union Mission 6 bucks to stay in. Muchas gracias to the blog reader who Venmo’d me 3 nights’ worth of stays there yesterday. Back tomorrow with more news.
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