Tonight after work I hit Circa for one of their happy hour beers, then made the trek down South Main to G.E. Patterson Avenue to watch the Tiger game at Calhoun’s.\u00a0 First time I’ve been there in 29 days, and first time to see the bar during a Tiger game since they’ve had time to develop a regular crowd.<\/p>\n
The place was PACKED.\u00a0 Luckily I had a friend who saved me a seat at the bar, but otherwise if you want a bar seat you need to get there an hour prior to game time.\u00a0 Keep in mind that, given the size of Calhoun’s, “packed” means about 40 people. I got to enjoy one of their newest draft beers, a Mexican beer called Dos Equis Special Lager, while I watched the game.\u00a0 In addition to #1 Memphis defeating Houston, there were a couple of added bonuses.\u00a0 The only other undefeated team in NCAA Division I, #2 Kansas, lost to #24 Kansas State, and Arkansas defeated Mississippi State.\u00a0 I noticed that Calhoun’s has a framed photo of a razorback hog above their main TV.\u00a0 Nice.<\/p>\n
My friend at the bar next to me commented that the crowd at Calhoun’s was a “Blue Monkey crowd,” meaning the crowd that hung out at the Downtown Blue Monkey 3 years ago.\u00a0 That’s a South Main neighborhood crowd, which is what they wanted.\u00a0 Glad to see them doing well.\u00a0 They wanted to provide a hangout for the neighbors and they did it.<\/p>\n
That said, I don’t see myself hanging out there more than a couple of times a month… simply because, South Main isn’t my neighborhood.\u00a0 The Downtown core is.\u00a0 That should not be taken as a negative statement against Calhoun’s in any way.\u00a0 It’s a GREAT place to watch Tiger games and other sports.\u00a0 I highly, highly recommend it if you’re a sports fan and\/or if you live in South Main.\u00a0 It’s just that I have too many fun hangouts within 5 blocks of where I live to get down there regularly.\u00a0 I tabbed out about 9:30 and told my friends I was walking home, and that’s what I did.\u00a0 I went home and bought a $2.75 Fire Sale (Dos Equis Amber, they almost<\/em> got it right) and listened to Roxanne Lemmon’s band and watched waitresses walk around.<\/p>\n Let’s get on to the daily news.\u00a0 Tomorrow, January 31 (which will be today by the time most of you read this), Ballet Memphis will have an open rehearsal at the One One O’ Six Lofts on Main just south of Union from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM.\u00a0 You’re invited to bring lunch (you can get to-go food from a number of nearby restaurants, including Huey’s, Sawaddii, Rio Loco, Pa Pa Pia’s, Sauces, the Majestic Grille, etc.) and watch.<\/p>\n The Food Network will be in town Friday and Saturday to film at Alcenia’s restaurant in the Pinch District.\u00a0 The show is “Dinners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”\u00a0 Owner BJ Tamayo will do some cooking, and her 87-year-old mother Alcenia for whom the restaurant is named will share cooking tips.<\/p>\n Walking home tonight, I saw a sign that said The Flying Fish is now doing happy hour with $1 drafts and $4 margaritas 4-7 PM weekdays.<\/p>\n Time to get a good night’s rest.\u00a0 With the Dempseys show tomorrow, I know I’ve got another late night coming, so I better stock up on sleep tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tonight after work I hit Circa for one of their happy hour beers, then made the trek down South Main to G.E. Patterson Avenue to watch the Tiger game at Calhoun’s.\u00a0 First time I’ve been there in 29 days, and first time to see the bar during a Tiger game since they’ve had time to … Continue reading “Something different: An evening at Calhoun’s. Also: Free ballet performance, Alcenia’s, Flying Fish”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}