{"id":22743,"date":"2019-10-14T08:26:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T13:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=22743"},"modified":"2019-10-14T08:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T13:26:46","slug":"truck-stop-chicken-coming-to-trendy-main-street-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/14\/truck-stop-chicken-coming-to-trendy-main-street-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck stop chicken coming to trendy Main Street spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folks, I have big news. If you want Chester&#8217;s Fried Chicken and you live Downtown, you will no longer have to drive across the bridge to the truck stop at Exit 272 to satisfy your hunger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22744\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5092.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I saw this sign on the door of Bluefin&#8217;s side bar, formerly Bluefin Diner, Bluefin coffee shop, and Bluefin deli. Yep, they&#8217;re going to be slingin&#8217; chicken out of that space now. This is probably the smartest thing the new owners have done since they took over a few years ago. Man, you know the folks over at Gus&#8217;s a few blocks away must be shakin&#8217; in their boots at the thought of the intense competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies host the Charlotte Hornets at 7 this evening in a pre-season game. This will be our first look at the 2019-2020 Grizzlies versus an NBA opponent. The game will be on NBA TV.<\/p>\n<p>Edible Memphis has a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ediblememphis.com\/sandwich-guide\">sandwich guide<\/a>, curated by a member of the Memphis Sandwich Clique.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a bar in St. Louis with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/news\/st-louis-open-concept-bar-pay-hour\">new concept<\/a>: They charge by the hour, not by the drink. So, for example, if you want to drink Bud Light, you pay $10 an hour and you can drink all you want during that hour.<\/p>\n<p>Only in Texas: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-man-brings-steer-to-petco-to-test-all-leashed-pets-are-welcome-policy\">A man brought a steer to Petco to test their &#8220;all leashed pets are welcome&#8221; policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to get this week started. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks, I have big news. If you want Chester&#8217;s Fried Chicken and you live Downtown, you will no longer have to drive across the bridge to the truck stop at Exit 272 to satisfy your hunger. Yesterday I saw this sign on the door of Bluefin&#8217;s side bar, formerly Bluefin Diner, Bluefin coffee shop, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/14\/truck-stop-chicken-coming-to-trendy-main-street-spot\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Truck stop chicken coming to trendy Main Street spot&#8221;<\/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\/22743"}],"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=22743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22745,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22743\/revisions\/22745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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