{"id":12770,"date":"2012-09-13T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T18:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2012-09-13T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T18:02:30","slug":"thur-update-burger-fest-bands-and-participating-restaurants-redbirds-homeless-grant-fire-museum-exhibit-double-j-adds-poker-saucer-stein-holding-contest-pics-goose-patio-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/thur-update-burger-fest-bands-and-participating-restaurants-redbirds-homeless-grant-fire-museum-exhibit-double-j-adds-poker-saucer-stein-holding-contest-pics-goose-patio-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur update: Burger Fest bands and participating restaurants, Redbirds, homeless grant, Fire Museum exhibit, Double J adds poker, Saucer stein-holding contest pics, Goose patio and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Memphis Burger Fest<\/a> made a couple of tweets this morning with more information about the festival. There will be several live bands, including Burn the Sun, Grand Theft Auto Memphis, Saved by Zero – the ’80s Tribute Band, and Denise and the Sofa Kings. The burger competition is open to anyone with a grill, but several restaurants have chosen to compete, including Bleu, Patrick’s, Owen Brennan’s, Cafe Eclectic, and BGR the Burger Joint. The festival is Sunday, September 30 at Minglewood Hall and I’m one of the celebrity judges. Come on out and try some burgers!<\/p>\n

Congrats to the Memphis Redbirds, who renewed their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals through 2014.<\/p>\n

Also congrats to the City of Memphis, which scored a $5 million federal grant<\/a> to keep homeless families together in temporary housing. Right now, in many cases the men have to go to one shelter and women and children to another.<\/p>\n

The Fire Museum has added a new exhibit.<\/a> It’s called “9-1-1 Safety Theatre” and will teach kids and adults when it’s proper to call 9-1-1. For example, it is not proper to call 9-1-1 because you need an ambulance to give you a ride to the convenience store so you can buy a beer. No kidding, that happens. The Fire Museum is on Adams Avenue just east of Main.<\/p>\n

Another poker night is being added Downtown. I’ve been informed that Double J Smokehouse and Saloon is adding a Wednesday night poker game. I wasn’t sent a lot of details, but will find out more before the first game. If you want to play poker Downtown, here’s the complete list of where you can do it. All these games are free to play.<\/p>\n