Downtown bar moment of the week: Yesterday a couple sitting next to me asked for “the vodka with the bird on it.” It took the bartender a couple of minutes to figure out they were asking for Grey Goose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Save the date: South Point Grocery will have its 1-year anniversary celebration Saturday, March 4. Here’s what will be going on that day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out in The Edge, Chef Tam’s Underground Cafe will add a grab & go just in time for spring. Perfect for customers who want great food but need to get in & out fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the expansion, Chef Tam’s is hiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stop by the cafe for an immediate interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson<\/a> performs at the Orpheum tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently went on a darkness retreat to contemplate his next career move. ESPN explains: What’s a darkness retreat?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Memphis Magazine’s Ask Vance column had a look back at the Britling Cafeteria<\/a> which opened at 155 Madison in 1921. I wonder if the group that now sits at the corner table at Max’s Sports Bar had a table there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feast & Graze will have its next Toast & Jams brunch<\/a> with DJ A.D. on Sunday, March 26. The first brunch was said to be a runaway success. Tickets are $67 and space is limited. You get unlimited table-side-served dishes and complimentary drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s have a look at stats site FiveThirtyEight’s updated NBA predictions<\/a>. The Grizzlies <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Grizz didn’t help their playoff odds last night, though. They dropped one on the road at Philly, 110-105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Food & Wine has a look at Pozole Rojo<\/a> (red pozole). It’s been a soup special at Bardog lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DJ Tree will play upstairs at IBIS, 314 S. Main, 9 PM to close Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toby Sells of the Memphis Flyer reports on upcoming proposed Downtown development projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Penny’s Memphis Tigers will be short a man the rest of the season. Keyonte Kennedy is said to be out with “a non-basketball injury.” Except, in a sense it IS a basketball injury. Kennedy, frustrated over the loss to Houston on Sunday, punched a wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s put my Tiger fandom aside for a second. If this had been a story about a Tennessee Vol, I would have done an entire post making fun of him and also the UT coaching staff for recruiting him. I hope Keyonte’s rehabilitation from injury includes not only medical treatment, but an anger-management curriculum as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without Kennedy, the Tigers closed out Wichita State 83-78 last night. Will that be enough to get them off the playoff bubble? Next up: at home vs. Cincinnati, Sunday 1 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today is World Bartender Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s also National Tartar Sauce Day<\/a>. The Majestic Grille and Local on Main both have good Friday fish specials. It’s fish pudding day at Calvary Waffle Shop. If fast food is more your thing, there’s a Captain D’s and a Long John Silver’s near Third and Crump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it’s National Tortilla Chip Day<\/a>. No question about it, Maciel’s is the place to go. Get ’em with the guac or the chorizo cheese dip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s the news for now. Back tomorrow with more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Downtown bar moment of the week: Yesterday a couple sitting next to me asked for “the vodka with the bird on it.” It took the bartender a couple of minutes to figure out they were asking for Grey Goose. Save the date: South Point Grocery will have its 1-year anniversary celebration Saturday, March 4. Here’s … Continue reading “Friday update”<\/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\/26466"}],"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=26466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26467,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26466\/revisions\/26467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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