{"id":28408,"date":"2025-02-19T09:42:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28408"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:42:32","slug":"wednesday-update-286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/wednesday-update-286\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">Memphis is getting a new BBQ competition. <a href=\"https:\/\/grindcitybrew.com\/pages\/the-korean-bbq-festival-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mid-South Korean BBQ Festival (\u201cKorean BBQ Fest\u201d)<\/a>, to be held on the grounds of Grind City Brewing on Saturday, April 12, will feature cookteams\u2019 interpretation of South Korean style. South Korea is Memphis in May\u2019s.2025 honored country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">Hmmm I wonder if Squeal Street BBQ will get back together for this event? There\u2019s definitely an interest in <\/span><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1},&quot;attachmentInfo&quot;:{&quot;attachmentIdentifier&quot;:&quot;BF9F7D85-B078-4F0A-B6F6-8823F4F47A95&quot;,&quot;typeUTI&quot;:&quot;com.apple.notes.inlinetextattachment.hashtag&quot;}}\" data-tt-replacement=\"true\">#asianfood<\/span><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"> among members of that team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">When are we going to see a NORTH Korean BBQ festival? A photo of Kim Jong Un would be mandatory, of course, in every team booth, and competition categories could include \u201cdog,\u201d \u201ccat,\u201d and \u201crodent.\u201d Prediction if such an event occurs: A team from Knoxville will win Grand Champion with its BBQ Squirrel Fried Rice dish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hard Times Deli is now open at 655 Marshall, and Choose901 has <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/hard-times-deli-brings-big-flavor-and-bigger-dreams-to-the-edge-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a look<\/a> (includes a photo of the menu).<\/p>\n<p>Closed today due to winter weather<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Terrace at River Inn<\/li>\n<li>Groove on Demand rideshare<\/li>\n<li>Cossitt Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Memphis Made will have Junt fresh cream ale back on tap in its taproom for a limited time starting Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nVenmo:\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<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis is getting a new BBQ competition. The Mid-South Korean BBQ Festival (\u201cKorean BBQ Fest\u201d), to be held on the grounds of Grind City Brewing on Saturday, April 12, will feature cookteams\u2019 interpretation of South Korean style. South Korea is Memphis in May\u2019s.2025 honored country. Hmmm I wonder if Squeal Street BBQ will get back &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/wednesday-update-286\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/28408"}],"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=28408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28409,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28408\/revisions\/28409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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