Big Foot Lodge has settled a lawsuit regarding similarities in its name and concept to two restaurants in California.\u00a0 With that behind them, according to this Commercial Appeal article<\/a>, the restaurant is now looking to expand to a second location.\u00a0 The article notes that despite the slow economy, sales at the Downtown location have been extremely strong.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Glad to see them looking to the future… with their fun menu and creative desserts, I think it’s a concept that would work really well in the suburbs.<\/p>\n Stopped by the Saucer last night for a beer… they have signs up that their leftover John McCain glasses are now on sale for $2.50.\u00a0 “Christmas gifts for your Republican friends!” the sign reads.\u00a0 “Sure to be a collector’s item!”\u00a0 Hmmm… the Saucer wasn’t around in 1984, but if it had been, I kinda doubt that Walter Mondale glasses would be “collector’s items” today.\u00a0 Every time I see those leftover glasses I think, “who would be dumb enough to buy one,” but then I remember that the Saucer has a location in Cordova.<\/p>\n Restaurant.com<\/a> Happy birthday a day late to my friend Clay… his very-soon-to-be wife Jessica organized a surprise party for him at Itta Bena last night, although he totally had it figured out beforehand.\u00a0 Good to be at the bar at Itta Bena again, haven’t been there in a couple of months.<\/p>\n Don’t forget that there’s a Downtown group meeting outside the Arcade restaurant at 7:30 AM tomorrow to cheer on the marathon runners.<\/p>\n Time to get busy… gotta troubleshoot a WordPress installation, then work on my latest website idea.\u00a0 So far my only plans for tonight include a friend’s plate party at the Saucer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A blog reader who is on a BBQ Fest team e-mailed me today.\u00a0 He received a letter from Memphis in May telling his team that the only change in setup for 2009 is that some of the larger lots will be reduced in size.\u00a0 It doesn’t appear there will be a change in fees.\u00a0 So … Continue reading “Friday 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\/2868"}],"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=2868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} is running a new promotion: Enter code LIST at checkout for 60% off through Sunday, December 7.\u00a0 That means you can buy $25 face-value gift certificates to some of Memphis’ most popular restaurants for $4 instead of the usual price of $10.\u00a0 You can also give someone a membership to their Dinner of the Month Club and save 60% on the purchase through Sunday.<\/p>\n