Starter:<\/em> First Course:<\/em> Second Course:<\/em> Third Course:<\/em> Dessert:<\/em> Tickets are $60 plus tax and grat. Wednesday, December 6 at 6 PM.<\/p>\n Today is National Pickle Day<\/a>. Kooky Canuck and Local on Main are two Downtown restaurants with excellent fried pickles.<\/p>\n Pedestrian safety is being cited<\/a> as the reason why a section of Riverside Drive will remain closed on the weekends.<\/p>\n Electronic dance music legend Larry Heard performs with DJ Spinna<\/a> Saturday night 9-1 in Eight & Sand Lounge at Central Station Hotel.<\/p>\n A workshop called Unlocking Your Stories: Finding Our Voice in Poetry<\/a> happens Wednesday from 4 to 6 at the Cossitt Library. Ally Smith will be your presenter.<\/p>\n The basketball Memphis Tigers just missed the AP Top 25<\/a> this week. With 53 votes, Memphis came in 26th, just behind #25 Colorado (78 votes).<\/p>\n There are a couple of events coming up at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, this weekend. Friday from 7 to 9, there will be performances by Zoe Dominguez, Victoria Dowdy, and Sandy Lollis<\/a>. Saturday from 7 to 9, Jim Lauderdale<\/a> will take the stage.<\/p>\n Pantera<\/a> with special guest Lamb of God has announced a Saturday, February 10 date at FedExForum.<\/p>\n The man killed in a Sunday night shooting on the riverwalk near the Butler Avenue entrance was a St. Jude employee<\/a>. (Update: Two suspects have been charged.<\/a>)<\/p>\n COGIC lost one of its leaders<\/a> while its Holy Convocation was going on in Memphis. Bishop Sedgwick C. Daniels passed away on Sunday.<\/p>\n Iceland may be due for a volcanic eruption.<\/a><\/p>\n Redneck trivia at Momma’s was decided by an arm wrestling match last night. Now, I know what you’re thinking – “Paul, nobody cares” – but my former student Zach insists I put it in the blog.<\/p>\n By the way – I’ve never been to redneck trivia, but I heard more about it yesterday. It sounds like the TOPICS are redneck more so than the individual QUESTIONS. For example, “beer” might be a topic – rednecks like beer – but a question might be, “Which state has the most breweries in New England?”<\/p>\n Classic Blind Bear T-shirts are back in stock and for sale:<\/p>\n The Hyatt Centric seeks an assistant food & beverage manager<\/a>. The hotel is also looking for a bartender<\/a> for CIMAS Lounge.<\/p>\n Former Memphis head coach Mike Norvell has been linked<\/a> to the open head coach position at Texas A&M. Norvell is currently the HC at Florida State.<\/p>\n The Grizzlies have an in-season tournament game tonight at 9:30, an away game at the L.A. Lakers. TV will be Bally Sports.<\/p>\n The updated college football playoff rankings come out tonight at 8 on ESPN.<\/p>\n The Sheraton seeks a director of sales and marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n The CA’s Jennifer Chandler has 5 spots to find a pie for Thanksgiving dinner<\/a>. Notable Downtown: Makeda’s Cookies at 301 Jefferson. Makeda’s pies feature a “butterific” cookie crust.<\/p>\n The CA has a preview of Adam Sandler’s show at FedExForum<\/a> this Thursday.<\/p>\n Online sportsbook ESPN BET<\/a> launches today.<\/p>\n That’ll do it. Back tomorrow with college football and more news.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week I mentioned a December 6 beer dinner at Bardog. I now have more information about that event. It’ll be a joint venture with Hampline Brewing in Bardog’s Underdog Room called Bear of the Dog. This will be Hampline’s debut on the Memphis beer dinner scene. The menu: Starter: Tuna Carpaccio with Handlebar Haze … Continue reading “Tuesday 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\/27247"}],"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=27247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27253,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions\/27253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTuna Carpaccio with Handlebar Haze New England IPA<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAsparagus Bisque with Natch Lager<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBeet Salad with Cherry Bomb Cherry Amaretto Sour Gose<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBeef Wellington with a pilsner to be announced<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPumpkin Cheesecake with Dunk Tank Oktoberfest<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bear-2023-shirts.jpeg?resize=408%2C500\")
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