{"id":27420,"date":"2023-12-21T10:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27420"},"modified":"2023-12-21T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:59:23","slug":"thursday-update-291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/21\/thursday-update-291\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant management company Packed House has announced holiday hours for all of its businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Momma&#8217;s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Eve &#8211; closes at 5 PM<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Day &#8211; closed<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; normal hours<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; normal hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slider Inn<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Eve &#8211; closes at 5 PM<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Day &#8211; Downtown opens at 5 PM; Midtown closed<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; open 11 AM-1 AM; DJ DanceAlone plays Downtown 9 PM-1 AM; Witnesse plays Midtown 9 PM-1 AM<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; normal hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aldo&#8217;s Pizza Pies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Eve and Day &#8211; closed<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Eve and Day &#8211; normal hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bardog<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Eve &#8211; normal Sunday hours &#8211; so 11 AM to 3 AM. INSIDER TIP: Last I heard, Butt Slut #1 and Bardog OG James are scheduled to work the upstairs bar 8 PM to close.<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Day &#8211; opens 5 PM<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; open as normal 11 AM-5 PM; open 7 PM-1:30 AM for their New Year&#8217;s Eve Bash (must have ticket; highly recommended by this blogger; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/bardog-tavern-2024-nye-bash-tickets-775813377697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; open normal Monday hours, which are 8 AM to 3 AM. Assuming she doesn&#8217;t switch with someone, Emily would be your morning bartender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today is National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/7fb02c91bd7ecebd0d52f74085894ee7\/national-coquito-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coquito Day<\/a>. This beverage is part of the holiday tradition of Puerto Rico. Coquito recipes vary and the drink is aged in the refrigerator before being served.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/591983c78a51ee180d10df935ff6cf7b\/national-french-fried-shrimp-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National French-Fried Shrimp Day<\/a>. My recommendation is the Shrimp Basket at Flying Fish. I was gonna recommend Huey&#8217;s but it appears they don&#8217;t have the shrimp po-boy anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant returns to The Grindhouse tonight at 7 as the Memphis Grizzlies battle the Indiana Pacers. Local TV coverage will be Bally Sports. Free Grizzlies rally flag to the first 10,000 through the FedExForum gates.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a holiday special at Feathers Spa at the Peabody Hotel: Buy (in-store) a gift card to the store worth $175 or more, and receive a free Zents gift set valued at $85. The gift set includes moisturizing body wash and an age-defying probiotic lotion.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/wurlitzer-wonderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wurlitzer Wonderland<\/a> night at The Orpheum, a one-night concert featuring the theater&#8217;s historic pipe organ. Festive tunes played on the 95-year-old organ will get you in the holiday spirit. 7 PM showtime. $10 cash at the door.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Memphian has added <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">word games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>E-scooter company Bird has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/12\/21\/electric-scooter-rental-company-bird-files-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed for bankruptcy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>December 21 is the day of the year that Memphis gets the least sunshine&#8230; but the historically coldest time of the year is mid-January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/weather\/january-coldest-winter-month-mid-south-snow\/522-3ee091e8-f85b-426b-8d05-7d3ea7a2701c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 24 explains why.<\/a> For the same reason, June 21 is the longest day but July is the hottest month.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be a white Christmas in Memphis, but it&#8217;s beginning to look a lot like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/weather\/memphis-weather-severe-thunderstorm-arkansas-mississippi-radar-severe-weather-tornado\/522-f5757f2e-5ff8-45e5-a46f-b9ddf2e4a36f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wet Christmas<\/a>. And &#8211; good news &#8211; a warm one.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s specials at Bardog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackened salmon Alfredo &#8211; 19<\/li>\n<li>BBQ sliders &#8211; beef sliders with bacon, cheddar, BBQ sauce, pickle &#8211; 17<\/li>\n<li>Soup: Chicken &amp; dumpling<\/li>\n<li>Dog: Bacon, bell pepper, ketchup, mustard<\/li>\n<li>Mussels: Garlic, tomato, white wine<\/li>\n<li>Bourbon pecan pie<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate cake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant management company Packed House has announced holiday hours for all of its businesses. Momma&#8217;s Christmas Eve &#8211; closes at 5 PM Christmas Day &#8211; closed New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8211; normal hours New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; normal hours Slider Inn Christmas Eve &#8211; closes at 5 PM Christmas Day &#8211; Downtown opens at 5 PM; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/21\/thursday-update-291\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update&#8221;<\/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\/27420"}],"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=27420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27421,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions\/27421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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