{"id":28158,"date":"2024-09-03T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28158"},"modified":"2024-09-03T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:54:41","slug":"tuesday-update-304","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/03\/tuesday-update-304\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DM reports that Michael Patrick, the former namesake\/chef at Rizzo&#8217;s in the South Main district, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/section\/foodfood-news\/article\/46127\/former-rizzos-chef-opening-restaurant-in-mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is opening a new restaurant<\/a> in the former BT Prime Steakhouse space in Nesbit, Mississippi. It&#8217;ll be called Magnolia Bend Grille. The chef says to look for &#8220;elevated Southern fare&#8221; but it will not be &#8220;Rizzo&#8217;s 2.0.&#8221; The Lobster Pronto Pup will be back, though.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/eb1f92bd254ac114f51a393842588569\/national-baby-back-ribs-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Baby Back Ribs Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/dredging-underway-at-the-mississippi-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dredging<\/a> is happening on the Mississippi River to keep commercial barges moving during times of low river levels. Beaches along the river are exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget: The Bardog alley party (&#8220;Sweet Sixteen&#8221;) is this Sunday. Music, food, and fun are promised. I hear Sunday bartender Magic Mike will be DJing. He has fabulous taste in music. I plan on being there.<\/p>\n<p>Music Export Memphis is throwing a party in <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/mem-at-americanafest-preview-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ravine<\/a> this Thursday from 6 to 9. The party will be a preview of the organization&#8217;s presence in Nashville for the international AmericanaFest. Wyly Bigger, Josh Threlkeld &amp; Alice Hasen, Alexis Jade and Talibah Safiya will be among those performing.<\/p>\n<p>Laid-off Memphis Trolley employees and South Main business owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/memphis-trolley-employees-ask-public-to-sign-petition\/522-058a9026-dd94-4bd1-ac4d-829269c0e350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are asking Memphians<\/a> to sign a petition to bring the trolleys back in service.<\/p>\n<p>There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/locals-gather-to-unite-memphis-in-5k-race-for-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Race for Reconciliation<\/a> Downtown on Labor Day morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/downtown-stays-calm-over-holiday-weekend\/article_d589bc2a-6996-11ef-94c7-cf9e1c796817.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtown stayed safe<\/a> over the long holiday weekend. That is fantastic news!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hot97.com\/news\/glorilla-receives-key-to-the-city-in-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GloRilla received a key to the city<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Alcenia&#8217;s chef B.J. Chester-Tamayo plans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wknofm.org\/theweeklydish\/2024-09-03\/candied-yams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a &#8217;70s bash for her 70th<\/a> in Fourth Bluff Park this Saturday. There will be guest chefs in town for the party, including Chef Okr and Coconutcup NYC. Bonus reason to click the link: a recipe for Alcenia&#8217;s candied yams.<\/p>\n<p>Terrace at the River Inn will be closed Wednesday for a private event.<\/p>\n<p>Update on me<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have a phone, but I&#8217;m currently in two-factor authentication hell trying to get everything restored from iCloud<\/li>\n<li>I have a plan to get another computer, but I need to get the phone figured out first<\/li>\n<li>Still can&#8217;t access text or Facebook; best way to reach me is paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/li>\n<li>FML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not sure when I&#8217;ll be back with another post. Thanks for hanging in there with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DM reports that Michael Patrick, the former namesake\/chef at Rizzo&#8217;s in the South Main district, is opening a new restaurant in the former BT Prime Steakhouse space in Nesbit, Mississippi. It&#8217;ll be called Magnolia Bend Grille. The chef says to look for &#8220;elevated Southern fare&#8221; but it will not be &#8220;Rizzo&#8217;s 2.0.&#8221; The Lobster &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/03\/tuesday-update-304\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tuesday 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\/28158"}],"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=28158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28162,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28158\/revisions\/28162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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