{"id":1926,"date":"2008-04-23T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T04:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2008-07-12T15:26:46","modified_gmt":"2008-07-12T20:26:46","slug":"drunk-post-bar-rankings-memphis-farmers-market-dinner-bum-patrol-free-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-ipod-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/23\/drunk-post-bar-rankings-memphis-farmers-market-dinner-bum-patrol-free-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-ipod-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk post: bar rankings, Memphis Farmers Market dinner, bum patrol, free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, iPod, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set a record for my stay at Itta Bena tonight… got there at 5:15 and left at 9:00. Usually I’m out of there by 7 to head to the Saucer, but tonight I didn’t want to leave. That place is really coming together – they have a new slate of specialty nights coming out (details to come – Itta Bena staff e-mail me, I was too lazy to take notes), and they’re hiring people (Sam) who can draw and hold a regular crowd. The place has the potential to become my new Sleep Out’s, which is scary considering Itta Bena’s food has a much higher price point than Sleep Out’s. Was thinking about it tonight, if I had to rank my top 10 current favorite bars they’d be<\/p>\n

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  1. Flying Saucer<\/li>\n
  2. Red Rooster<\/li>\n
  3. Itta Bena<\/li>\n
  4. Calhoun’s<\/li>\n
  5. Big Foot Lodge<\/li>\n
  6. Hoop’s Bar\/EP’s<\/li>\n
  7. McGuinness<\/li>\n
  8. Earnestine & Hazel’s<\/li>\n
  9. Circa by John Bragg<\/li>\n
  10. Downtown Huey’s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I never thought Itta Bena would get anywhere near #3 on my list, but they have. It’s a really fun, relaxed place to hang out.<\/p>\n

    I kind of like doing that, ranking bars. I may do that once every few months or so, to see how the order changes. One note: Raiford’s is ranked as an honorary #1. It’s such a different animal from the other bars on the list that I didn’t know how to compare it.<\/p>\n

    When the Downtown Monkey opens, I see it entering the rankings somewhere between #4 and #6, with the potential to go higher if they do it well and I like the crowd.<\/p>\n

    Speaking of Itta Bena… attention former employee Lizzie… keep in touch… you can reach me at my e-mail (paul@paulryburn.com) or through MySpace or Facebook. I know her cousin reads this daily, please forward to her if she doesn’t see it. Miss you when I head up there.<\/p>\n

    The Majestic Grille is doing a wine dinner the last day of this month. Details:<\/p>\n

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    Link to the Eyewitness News 24\/30 story on the new Downtown safety patrol (“bum patrol”) that was on the news tonight: click here<\/a>. Handling-Panhandling<\/a> co-founder Mike King is interviewed about the success of the patrol.<\/p>\n

    Ben & Jerry’s is doing free scoop day (Edit: Had the date wrong, correct day is Tuesday, April 29).<\/strong> Just show up and ask for your free scoop. The Downtown Ben & Jerry’s is at Third and Peabody Place, on Third just south of the Hampton Inn entrance. I remember Scoop Day 2007 well. The reason I remember it so well is that the Nuh-Uh Sister had a tube top on.<\/p>\n

    Thanks to the people who e-mailed with suggestions about my iPod<\/a>\"\", which I thought had died an early death. It has since come back to life.<\/p>\n

    Off to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Set a record for my stay at Itta Bena tonight… got there at 5:15 and left at 9:00. Usually I’m out of there by 7 to head to the Saucer, but tonight I didn’t want to leave. That place is really coming together – they have a new slate of specialty nights coming out (details … Continue reading “Drunk post: bar rankings, Memphis Farmers Market dinner, bum patrol, free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, iPod, more”<\/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\/1926"}],"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=1926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}