I’ll start off with reminders for a couple of things going on tonight… it’s the annual “Rock & Roll for Red” party tonight at the Red Rooster from 7 PM to midnight.\u00a0 Your donation (I think they’re suggesting $10) raises money for the American Heart Association.\u00a0 Great cause, great venue.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, over at the Saucer, the Dempseys take the stage at 9:30.\u00a0 It’s been over two months since I last caught a Dempseys show Downtown… can’t wait.\u00a0 If you’ve never seen this band, you’ve got to.\u00a0 Wonder if they’ll do their “cities, states, counties and towns” song medley tonight… I have a special hand gesture I do during “Rocky Top” that I especially look forward to doing this time of year because Bruce Pearl is such a tool.<\/p>\n
Automatic Slim’s is going to have live music and DJs on the weekends beginning in March… a good move now that they’re staying open until 3 AM every night.\u00a0 Chef Michael Patrick said he’d e-mail the lineup and I’ll post it when he does.\u00a0 I saw DJ Mark Anderson quite a bit on the listings they wrote on their outside sandwich board.\u00a0 Good choice.<\/p>\n
This Sunday is the annual Soup Sunday fundraiser for Youth Villages at FedExForum from 11 AM to 2 PM.\u00a0 For a $20 donation ($10 children) you can sample soup from about 50 Memphis restaurants, and some will offer other treats as well.\u00a0 This is a great event but I’ll offer the same advice I offer every year… GET THERE EARLY.\u00a0 By “early” I mean, be waiting at the door at 10:55.\u00a0 The lines get ridiculously long within a half hour of opening, and by 12:30 some of the restaurants start to run out of soup.<\/p>\n
Note to Mountain Dew lovers:\u00a0 Since the Forum carries Pepsi products, you get all-you-can-drink Mountain Dew as part of the bargain.\u00a0 The two years I did Soup Sunday I walked out with a caffeine buzz that had me soaring for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n
I’m probably not going to make it to Soup Sunday this year… promised John Bragg that I’d give Circa’s brunch a try.<\/p>\n
Looks like there are several good Mardi Gras parties going on Saturday night the 21st.\u00a0 The Phoenix Club will be Downtown at the Cadre Building (Second at Monroe) from 8 PM to 1 AM.\u00a0 Party guests can play casino games for the chance to win prizes, and later in the evening Lord T and Eloise will take the stage.\u00a0 Tickets are $40 per person and can be purchased at the Phoenix Club’s website<\/a>.\u00a0 Sauces and Red Rooster are among the sponsors, so I have reason to believe there will be some pretty good food there.\u00a0 VIP Memphis is also a sponsor, so I have a feeling Ptolemy Kat<\/a> and her friend Amanda will show up and badger the photographers to take their pictures all night.\u00a0 Plus they’ll probably take their own pics and post on Facebook.\u00a0 If I see one more Facebook pic of Amanda with her mouth open I just may delete my account.<\/p>\n Calhoun’s is having a party that night as well.\u00a0 Jambalaya cookoff from 7 to 9 PM with guests tasting for free and participating in the judging, and guests are invited to “show their flair” and Calhoun’s staff will crown a king and queen of the “Calhoun’s Krewe” based on the best male and female costumes at 10.\u00a0 $2.50 Abita specials throughout the night.\u00a0 Mikey told me they recently acquired one of those all-in-one stand-up video games that has many of the classic ’80s games including Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Galaga.\u00a0 I think he said it had 3-D golf too.<\/p>\n As I’ve blogged previously, Orleans on Front and its downstairs bar, the Voodoo Room, will also have a Mardi Gras party Saturday night.\u00a0 Upstairs, Chef Clint will offer a special menu of Cajun dishes including stuffed bell peppers, shrimp Creole, jambalaya, red breans & rice, Gulf Coast Ribeye with lump crab and crawfish sauteed in creole butter, crawfish cakes with pepper jack cheese sauce, Mardi Gras pasta, parmesan fried green tomatoes with comeback sauce & grilled shrimp, and the traditional Mardi Gras dessert, king cakes (individually sized).\u00a0 Clint will give away a bottle of Caymus Cabernet to the person wearing the best costume or mask for the evening.<\/p>\n Downstairs in the Voodoo Room, there will be a PBRtini and crawfish pie eating contest at 11 PM.\u00a0 A maximum of 6 people can enter, and if you want to enter you need to let Hoop or Clint know right away – e-mail him at chefclint@orleansonfront.com.\u00a0 A $50 bar gift will be the prize.\u00a0 At 1 AM there will be a giveaway for a huge string of beads for the person who “best represents themselves” in true Mardi Gras fashion.\u00a0 You can figure out for yourself what that means.<\/p>\n Then there’s Bardog Tavern, which is saving its Mardi Gras party for Tuesday night the 24th.\u00a0 I’m sure that one will be fun.\u00a0 Tuesdays are $3 Pint Night there.\u00a0 Hmmm… thinking about taking a week off from trivia to bar-hop Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Time to get busy…\u00a0 I’ll be at E&H for a party my apartment building is having for residents tonight (free Soul Burgers and the Nuh-Uh Girl lives in my building… hmmm wonder if she’ll show up).\u00a0 After that it’ll be time for the Dempseys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ll start off with reminders for a couple of things going on tonight… it’s the annual “Rock & Roll for Red” party tonight at the Red Rooster from 7 PM to midnight.\u00a0 Your donation (I think they’re suggesting $10) raises money for the American Heart Association.\u00a0 Great cause, great venue. 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