{"id":27547,"date":"2024-02-03T11:13:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27547"},"modified":"2024-02-03T11:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:13:34","slug":"the-carlsen-memphis-chess-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/03\/the-carlsen-memphis-chess-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carlsen @ Memphis Chess Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I’ve heard a lot of good things about the food at Memphis Chess Club. Friday I decided to walk down there and taste for myself.<\/p>\n

The chess club is on the ground floor of the Press Box Lofts on Madison, half a block east of B.B. King. You can become a member and play chess, both pickup games and tournaments. As a member, you can attend live, in-person lessons as well as access the club’s extensive library.<\/p>\n

For non-chess purposes, though, you don’t need to be a member. Anyone can order from the club’s cafe, and you should make your order a pizza. They have about 7 gourmet pizzas, each named for a chess master. I got the Carlsen, named for Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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The Carlsen is a thin-crust white pizza with two types of cheeses: mozzarella and Gruyere. They hooked it up with the gooey, chewy cheese – this pizza had more cheese than any “extra cheese” pizza I’ve ever ordered. Atop the cheese lay a generous helping of sausage as well as red onions and mushrooms.<\/p>\n

The pizzas were available in 8-, 12-, and 18-inch sizes. I ordered the 12, concerned that I might finish the 8 still hungry.<\/p>\n

The verdict: One of the most delicious pizzas in town! The white sauce was a hit and the crust was firm and crunchy. 10\/10 would get again!<\/p>\n

The 12-inch was way more than I could handle, though. I shoulda got the 8. I ended up leaving half the pizza in a box, gently perched on a trash can on Main Street for one of our homeless friends to find.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait to explore more of the menu. Don’t overlook this place!<\/p>\n

Cafe menu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recently, I’ve heard a lot of good things about the food at Memphis Chess Club. Friday I decided to walk down there and taste for myself. The chess club is on the ground floor of the Press Box Lofts on Madison, half a block east of B.B. King. You can become a member and play … Continue reading “The Carlsen @ Memphis Chess Club”<\/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\/27547"}],"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=27547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27550,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27547\/revisions\/27550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}