{"id":27061,"date":"2023-09-28T13:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27061"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T18:03:51","slug":"thursday-update-2-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/28\/thursday-update-2-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s National Drink Beer Day<\/a>. May I recommend the PBR?<\/p>\n

Okay, I’m gonna read the Best of Memphis 2023 results and list my Downtown-centric reactions. By the way, I forgot to vote this year.<\/p>\n

I bet this is the last year BBQ Fest makes it into the top 3 of Best Festival.<\/li>\n

Slider Inn grabs third for Best Bar Food. Their plate of nachos is enormous.<\/li>\n

Central gets Best BBQ! Damn right!<\/li>\n

Huey’s burger is good but overrated at number 1. Dyer’s, Majestic, and Blind Bear have all got Huey’s beat. Saucer does too. And Kooky.<\/li>\n

Congrats to Chef Tam (of her Underground Cafe) on winning Best Chef!<\/li>\n

SUPERLO FOODS got 2nd in Best Fried Chicken, beating Uncle Lou’s. Did not expect to see that. Of course Gus’s took a well-deserved win.<\/li>\n

All 3 winners in Best Local Brewery (Wiseacre, Ghost River, Memphis Made) have a Downtown presence now.<\/li>\n

HUEY’S won Best Restaurant?????<\/li>\n

Central nabs the Best Ribs category as well.<\/li>\n

Calvin from Rendezvous wins Best Server. Congrats to him!<\/li>\n

Wave a gun around on social media, get voted Best Local Athlete. That is so Memphis.<\/li>\n

E&H, Paula & Raiford’s, and Alex’s take Best After-Hours. Yes, yes, and yes.<\/li>\n

Bardog got second in Best Bar! Yay! And HUEY’S got third?????<\/li>\n

Blind Bear got third in Best Karaoke. Compared to most karaoke nights, the Bear’s is not bad at all.<\/li>\n

Paula Raiford gets a well-deserved win in Best Nightclub. Thank goodness Huey’s didn’t finish top 3.<\/li>\n

But Huey’s did take second in Best Sports Bar. Oh. My. God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
All right. I’m getting bored. Congratulations to the BOM winners.<\/p>\n
Creative Works, which is having a conference in town this week, will have a pop-up market 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday at the Ghost River taproom on Beale.<\/p>\n
Mark Twain at Large<\/a> comes to the Halloran Centre Friday night,<\/p>\n
Cordelia’s hosts an Oktoberfest<\/a> event Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
I’m thoroughly bored so I guess I’ll hit Publish. Back tomorrow or something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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