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Downtown Dining Week<\/a> 2025 has been announced, and it’s not far off – November 3-9. Participating restaurants in DDW create multi-course fixed-price menus to offer for the week. These menus are often a tremendous value and serve as an intro to the restaurant for first-timers. It’s a chance for restaurants to win customers over, turning them into regulars.<\/p>\n

Many of the restaurants haven’t posted their DDW menus yet, so I recommend you bookmark the main page and check back. When we get down to the week before, I’ll do a Paul’s Picks list of the best deals.<\/p>\n

If there’s a restaurant you KNOW you’re going to want to eat at during DDW, go ahead and make reservations NOW. Don’t wait for them to publish their menu. Especially if you want a prime reservation time of 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, or 8:00.<\/p>\n

But, please don’t be a poo-head or a dingus who makes reservations they aren’t sure they’re gonna keep. This deprives the restaurant of revenue and fellow diners of a delicious experience.<\/p>\n

Choose901 has a list of where to get free meals in Memphis<\/a> – churches, soup kitchens, meal boxes and such. Might want to bookmark this page on your phone so you have this info handy to provide to those in need.<\/p>\n

I’ve been working from the mezzanine of the Memphis Chess Club lately. Never been up there? Let me show you what it looks like.<\/p>\n

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Pretty cool, huh? It’s quieter than downstairs and there’s considerably less glare on my laptop screen.<\/p>\n

Today is National Cheese Curd Day<\/a>. Celebrate at the first & last bar in Tennessee, Momma’s.<\/p>\n

It’s also National Red Wine Day<\/a>. Automatic Slim’s has half-off bottles today for Wine Down Wednesday.<\/p>\n

FedEx is hiring part-time seasonal package handlers<\/a> to work in a warehouse-like Downtown environment. $18.80\/hour starting pay.<\/p>\n

Video: Fishing for white bass in the Mississippi River at Downtown Memphis<\/p>\n