{"id":23621,"date":"2020-05-04T07:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23621"},"modified":"2020-05-05T10:02:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:02:25","slug":"monday-update-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/monday-update-113\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Updated Tuesday, May 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the Downtown businesses that have announced their plans for today, the first day of Phase 1 of the city\/county <a href=\"https:\/\/backtobusiness.memphistn.gov\/framework\/\">Back-to-Business Framework<\/a>, or to put it another way, the end of house arrest. I am only listing places where their plans were posted\/tweeted, announced to the media, or told personally to me by a manager or higher. No hearsay.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>117 Prime &#8211; closed as they decide how to best move forward<\/li>\n<li>Alcenia&#8217;s &#8211; dine-in closed for now<\/li>\n<li>Aldo&#8217;s Pizza Pies &#8211; dining room closed for now, curbside and delivery available<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Slim&#8217;s &#8211; open for dine-in 4 PM Mon, Tue, Fri; 9 AM Sat-Sun<\/li>\n<li>Bardog &#8211; dine-in closed for the time being; take-out and delivery available<\/li>\n<li>Blind Bear &#8211; open for dine-in 11 AM-12 AM; will eventually return to regular hours<\/li>\n<li>Blues City Cafe &#8211; closed, &#8220;will give it a few weeks&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Central BBQ &#8211; will continue to focus on take-out and online for now<\/li>\n<li>Cordelia&#8217;s Market &#8211; outside seating open but not inside seating yet; feedback from customers encouraged re: when to open for dine-in<\/li>\n<li>Dyer&#8217;s &#8211; open for dine-in<\/li>\n<li>Flying Saucer &#8211; open for dine-in<\/li>\n<li>Flight &#8211; open for dine-in with full menu<\/li>\n<li>Huey&#8217;s &#8211; will remain to-go for now<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lawler&#8217;s on Beale &#8211; open for dine-in with limited hours<\/li>\n<li>Kooky Canuck &#8211; dine-in open with limited menu and reduced hours<\/li>\n<li>Local &#8211; will be training their staff on proper procedures this week; will remain take-out and delivery for now<\/li>\n<li>Maciel&#8217;s &#8211; will remain take-out and delivery for now<\/li>\n<li>Majestic Grille &#8211; closed for now<\/li>\n<li>Mollie Fontaine&#8217;s &#8211; closed for now<\/li>\n<li>Paulette&#8217;s &#8211; opening for dine-in starting Tuesday, May 5<\/li>\n<li>Puck Food Hall &#8211; not open for dine-in; will have CSA boxes available. Will also have coffee, gelato, and large format meals available for curbside pick-up<\/li>\n<li>River Time Market &amp; Deli &#8211; will continue their grab &amp; go and pick-up just inside the door for now<\/li>\n<li>Rizzo&#8217;s by Michael Patrick &#8211; outside seating open; employees only inside; curbside pickup available<\/li>\n<li>South Main Sushi &#8211; will remain take-out for now, dine-in later this month<\/li>\n<li>South of Beale &#8211; no dine-in (still doing takeout)<\/li>\n<li>Sunrise &#8211; no dine-in (still doing takeout)<\/li>\n<li>Tamp &amp; Tap &#8211; closed until about May 11, then online and curbside. Will play it by ear when to open dine-in<\/li>\n<li>Tin Roof &#8211; re-opening Tuesday, May 5; Cinco de Mayo specials on the 5th<\/li>\n<li>Westy&#8217;s &#8211; posted &#8220;apparently Monday is the opening day,&#8221; so that sure sounds like they&#8217;ll be open for dine-in today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t see your favorite place of business listed? Best bet is to Google their phone number and call them and ask them their plans. I would not assume any place would be open for dine-in. As you can see from the list above, a lot of proprietors are taking it slow with re-opening.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a Twitter account called <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UTBAPH\">Used to Be a Pizza Hut<\/a> featuring buildings that used to be Pizza Huts.<\/p>\n<p>Truth right here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">reminder that a bunch of people being at a park doesn\u2019t meant they aren\u2019t physically distancing and you absolutely don\u2019t have to tweet a photo of them indignantly<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (@ManishaKrishnan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManishaKrishnan\/status\/1257056354281426950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mother&#8217;s Day news from Sunrise:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Treat mom to some Mother\u2019s Day treats! Surprise her with brunch from Sunrise! We\u2019ve got a few specials for Mother\u2019s Day, Sunday, May 10 only! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gaoFiDlY8p\">pic.twitter.com\/gaoFiDlY8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunrise Memphis (@sunrise_memphis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrise_memphis\/status\/1257046483293134852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>RealClearPolitics has begun its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2020\/president\/2020_elections_electoral_college_map.html\">electoral map projections<\/a> for November. There are more toss-up states than I have seen in a long time. All the Obama-McCain and Obama-Romney toss-up states are toss-ups again, and so are Arizona, Texas, and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>All right, everyone. Let&#8217;s turn on our phone cameras and do the #SocialDistancing dance challenge of the day to show everyone we #StayedHome!<\/p>\n<p>(pause)<\/p>\n<p>Nah, screw that. Let&#8217;s go get a beer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Tuesday, May 5 Here&#8217;s a list of the Downtown businesses that have announced their plans for today, the first day of Phase 1 of the city\/county Back-to-Business Framework, or to put it another way, the end of house arrest. I am only listing places where their plans were posted\/tweeted, announced to the media, or &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/monday-update-113\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday update&#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\/23621"}],"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=23621"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23636,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23621\/revisions\/23636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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