{"id":27154,"date":"2023-10-20T01:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27154"},"modified":"2023-10-19T21:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:44:26","slug":"friday-update-local-on-main-running-chicken-and-waffles-special-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/20\/friday-update-local-on-main-running-chicken-and-waffles-special-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update: Local on Main running chicken and waffles special today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is National Chicken & Waffles Day<\/a>. Now, if this were a Saturday or a Sunday, I’d have a long list of Downtown restaurants where you could celebrate with this soul food favorite. On a weekday, though? That’s a tough one. Looks like I’m gonna have to send you to a hotel.<\/p>\n

Capriccio<\/a> inside the Peabody<\/li>\n
King & Union Bar Grocery<\/a> in the Doubletree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Wait, I just found a non-hotel restaurant:<\/p>\n
- Fannie Lou’s Chicken & Waffles at 500 Tennessee Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Fannie Lou’s is run by the guy who operated Cheesecake Corner for years. According to Facebook, Fannie Lou’s now has cheesecake.<\/p>\n
  One more…<\/p>\n
  \n
  Sugar Grits has “Bird in the Bed,” Southern fried chicken atop a Belgian waffle topped with spicy maple syrup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  And now I have a message from the folks at Local on Main:<\/p>\n
  \n
  Local on Main will run a special today: A Nashville hot chicken breast with house-made slaw between two waffles. A pic is below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n
  Make that two pics:<\/p>\n
  $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n
  Would you believe I’ve NEVER tried chicken & waffles before? Maybe today will be the day. I plan on stopping by Local on Main this morning around 11.<\/p>\n
  A word of warning if you go out for brunch in Downtown Memphis this Sunday: The person pictured below may show up at your table and ask, “CAN I HAVE A BIIIIIIIITE?”<\/p>\n
  $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n
  The Nuh-Uh Girl<\/em><\/p>\n
  This person is known as The Nuh-Uh Girl<\/strong> and she was famous on this blog from 2006 to 2013. Her favorite thing to eat is OPF – Other People’s Food. She moved out west about 10 years ago and she’s now a wine sommelier in Park City, Utah. She’s been on Facebook this week asking where in Downtown Memphis has a good Sunday brunch, and she’s been spotted not far away in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
  Mud Island readers: On Wednesday, October 25 – the day of the Grizzlies’ first regular-season home game – be on the lookout for the Memphis Grizzlies Claw Crew as you drive to work. They’ll be at the roundabout at Island Drive and A.W. Willis Ave. with swag and ticket giveaways.<\/p>\n
  Memphis 901 FC hosts Louisville City FC<\/a> at 5:30 Saturday in the first round of the USL playoffs.<\/p>\n
  TheBigWe Foundation<\/a> will present A Creative Play Date<\/a> Sunday in Tom Lee Park (at the park’s Monument to Listening) from 3 to 5 PM. All are welcome for an afternoon of art and painting, family-friendly games, and a musical petting zoo.<\/p>\n
  The city has an opening for an animal services officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n
  The ShotGunBillys<\/a> play Momma’s at 8.<\/p>\n
  Deep Roots<\/a> plays Slider Inn Downtown at 8.<\/p>\n
  Bronx-based rapper and record producer Lord Finesse<\/a> plays Eight & Sand Lounge in Central Station Hotel tonight from 9 PM to 1 AM. Lord Finesse is known as the leader of the D.I.T.C. Crew<\/a> (“Diggin’ in the Crates”).<\/p>\n
  The Mullet Bros<\/a>, spreading awareness of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), paid a visit to Downtown Memphis this week.<\/p>\n
  <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that’ll wrap it up. Possibly back later today with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is National Chicken & Waffles Day. Now, if this were a Saturday or a Sunday, I’d have a long list of Downtown restaurants where you could celebrate with this soul food favorite. On a weekday, though? That’s a tough one. Looks like I’m gonna have to send you to a hotel. Capriccio inside the … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/20\/friday-update-local-on-main-running-chicken-and-waffles-special-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> “Friday update: Local on Main running chicken and waffles special today”<\/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\/27154"}],"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=27154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27159,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27154\/revisions\/27159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}