{"id":2465,"date":"2008-08-15T13:10:26","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2008-08-15T11:55:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T16:55:22","slug":"friday-catch-up-rooster-bands-bowling-building-facing-demolition-watches-restaurant-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/friday-catch-up-rooster-bands-bowling-building-facing-demolition-watches-restaurant-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday catch-up: rooster, bands, bowling, building facing demolition, watches, restaurant news"},"content":{"rendered":"

All right, time to post some of the stuff I haven’t had time to type up.<\/p>\n

The Red Rooster has dressed their rooster up for Elvis week.\u00a0 See photo below.<\/p>\n

Heard back from a reader who tried Safari which is now open for lunch.\u00a0 She said the food is not really tapas, but wraps and a few sides.\u00a0 She had the falafel wrap and her friend had the chicken schwarma wrap, both of which they described as fresh and a nice size to fill you up.\u00a0 She was also impressed with the service.\u00a0 Looks like the place is off to a good start.\u00a0 It’s just south of Main and Huling in the space that used to be Wendell’s World Beat Grill.<\/p>\n

According to this MBJ article<\/a>, there may be a potential buyer for the Gassner Building, the slanted building across from the ballpark on Madison.\u00a0 However, this may not be good news for those who want to preserve historical buildings… according to the article, an unnamed New York firm wants to buy the building for $1.1 million and raze it.\u00a0 Memphis Heritage is involved in the fight to save it.\u00a0 The building, built in 1974, has been vacant for years.<\/p>\n

Shout-out to Guy in College<\/a>, a blogger from Germantown who linked to me recently about the Daily Grill closing.\u00a0 I’ve now heard that the “name Memphians are familiar with” that may be placed on the restaurant is possibly Interim.\u00a0 Glad to hear that… I had a hunch it might be renamed Sleep Out Louie’s and am glad to hear I was wrong.<\/p>\n

Need a new watch?\u00a0 Amazon is running a promotion where you can get an extra 40% off on select watches<\/a> $\"\"$ through August 18.\u00a0 That’s a sweet deal… many of the watches are already listed at 25-70% below the manufacturer’s retail on Amazon, and that’s before<\/em> the extra 40% discount, which is applied at checkout.<\/p>\n

A very cool group called Funk de Ville<\/a> played the Saucer last night.\u00a0 9-piece band in costumes playing ’70s funk and disco music, lots of horns.\u00a0 Sort of a cross between Dr. Zarr and FreeWorld, two of my favorites.<\/p>\n

New Orleans band Dash Rip Rock<\/a> plays Automatic Slim’s tomorrow night, August 16, at 10:30 PM.<\/p>\n

Bowling news:\u00a0 Jillian’s now has unlimited bowling on Monday nights for $10.\u00a0 Also, I’ve heard that a Wii bowling league may be forming Downtown soon.\u00a0 Details to come.\u00a0 You won’t need to own a Wii to participate.<\/p>\n

… And that’s today’s lunchtime post.\u00a0 Not sure what I’ll be doing this weekend.\u00a0 A lot of the gang is spending the weekend in Chicago, so except for a stop at a farewell party tonight, it’ll be up to me to find my own fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"