{"id":22367,"date":"2019-05-26T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=22367"},"modified":"2019-05-26T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T14:39:51","slug":"memphis-saucer-why-cant-we-have-nice-things-sunday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/26\/memphis-saucer-why-cant-we-have-nice-things-sunday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Saucer: Why can’t we have nice things? (+ Sunday news)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Yes,” he said. “Six of the 16 locations have it.”<\/p>\n

Shortly after that, my friend Bob and I had a conversation with Kirk, the Saucer’s GM at the time. Bob and I are both Masters of the Universe, people with 5 or more plates on the wall at the Downtown Saucer, so we hoped our opinion would carry some weight. We said we heard 6 of the Saucers carried PBR, and we hoped that our Saucer would become number 7.<\/p>\n

Kirk wasn’t having it though. “I don’t want that kind of clientele in here.” That was a bit insulting. Kirk knew good and well that both Bob and I were PBR drinkers at all our other hangouts.<\/p>\n

In 2015, a friend traveled to Nashville and posted a photo of a PBR at their Saucer. It was getting closer! Still, Kirk wasn’t interested in hearing about it.<\/p>\n

In 2017, I traveled to Little Rock for my mom’s funeral. I stayed Downtown and walked over to the Saucer on President Clinton Ave. after getting done with my son\/heir duties for the day. I swiped my card in the computer and pulled up “Beers Not Yet Tasted.” As I scrolled through the list, my eyes lit up as I got to the Ps. Little Rock now had PBR too! By that point, the Memphis Saucer was no longer one of my regular spots, but with Kirk no longer there, I was encouraged that PBR would make it to Memphis soon. If it does, I thought, I’ll have to put the Saucer back on the agenda.<\/p>\n

It didn’t happen though.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was surfing Facebook on my phone. I’m a member of the Saucer’s Masters of the Universe group, and this post came across my News Feed.<\/p>\n

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WHAAAAAAT? The Cordova Saucer has PBR now, and the Downtown Saucer does not? What a terrible injustice!<\/p>\n

It would be so easy for the Downtown Saucer to put PBR on the menu and make a generous profit on each 16 ounce can sold. There are four bars within a block walk that sell it for $3 a 16 ounce can, but the Saucer could probably get away with as high as $3.75.<\/p>\n

As recently as Friday night, I would have been in there. I went to happy hour at Silly Goose, and tabbed out around 7. Normally the Blind Bear would be my next stop, but they were having a networking event and I knew the place would be super packed and not a lot of fun. So I had no place to go, and went home. If the Saucer had PBR, I would have gladly gone over there and had a few. I would love to spend more time there and get to know the 2019 staff. I have a feeling others would come back as well. I hope the Downtown Saucer will correct its status as a PBR desert in the near future.<\/p>\n

Okay, rant over. On to the news (there’ll be another rant BTW…)<\/p>\n

The City of Memphis has achieved a record. Yesterday at the Celebrate Memphis Festival, a record was set for the world’s longest picnic table<\/a> at 1336 feet.<\/p>\n

The Accessories<\/a> take the stage this afternoon at 5 at The Dirty Crow Inn.<\/p>\n

Yoga and paddleboarding come together<\/a> this morning at Memphis River Park for a 10 AM class followed by mimosas. YOGA!<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was shopping at City Market and I saw something in the cooler called Bitchin Sauce<\/a>. I almost bought it but didn’t. I Googled it after I got home and it’s almond-based, vegan, gluten-free, and uses neither beans or tahini. Well that sounds like something I will never buy! I’m blogging it nonetheless for the interest of my readers who may enjoy something like this.<\/p>\n

It’s Yazoo Glass Night<\/a> at Cerrito Bingo at Loflin Yard this afternoon 4 to 6. Winner of each round gets a Yazoo pint glass in addition to the other usual prizes. If it’s your birthday week, you get an extra bingo card. Stick around after bingo for turtle races.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Outlaws will have a watch party<\/a> for the U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Mexico soccer match at Brass Door today at 11 AM.<\/p>\n

There will be a gin tasting<\/a> at The Greyhound, the bar inside the new hotel across Union from AutoZone Park, on Tuesday, June 4 6-8 PM. Four gins will be paired with small plates and a talk will be given by an industry expert. Unlike vodkas, gins have a wide variety in their tastes.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget that FreeWorld is throwing Dr. Herman Green a birthday party tonight at the Blues City Band Box, 9:30 PM.<\/p>\n

Today is the 13th anniversary of the infamous Memorial Day Eve at Sleep Out Louie’s. We all gathered there for Sunday brunch at 10:30 AM when it opened and were still there at 10:30 PM. There were many games of Buzztime trivia and then a whipped cream fight broke out. At one point I licked whipped cream off the boobs of one of my blog’s readers (I’ll decline to say who; she’s happily married now). Spontaneous fun kept breaking out over and over again.<\/p>\n

Brunches aren’t like that anymore. It seems like Sunday brunch is so… I don’t know, sterile… lately. I guess it’s because we’re all 13 years older. I miss the old days sometimes.<\/p>\n

Yet, I’m going to get out and make the most of the day. I feel like I’m finally cured from my allergy-caused upper respiratory infection that I had all last week. Coughing has subsided, eyes are no longer red, temperature is back to normal. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"