{"id":8411,"date":"2010-12-03T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T18:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2010-12-03T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T18:48:05","slug":"fri-update-street-closing-restaurant-specials-for-runners-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/03\/fri-update-street-closing-restaurant-specials-for-runners-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fri update: Street closings, restaurant specials for runners, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

WMC-TV has released a list of street closures<\/a> for the Memphis Marathon tomorrow. Let me summarize: If you plan on driving anywhere Downtown between about 7 AM and 1 PM tomorrow, you’re screwed. Just don’t do it.<\/p>\n

Welcome to all the runners who are in town. If you’re looking for locations to carb up tonight, here’s a list of area restaurants who will have specials or discounts<\/a>. In most cases you have to show your official race number. If you want a recommendation, I’ll say that the Mardi Gras Pasta at King’s Palace Cafe on Beale Street is one of the best pasta dishes I have ever had.<\/p>\n

Tonight is also the party to end Movember at Max’s Sports Bar. For the month of November, many men in Memphis took the pledge not to shave and to grow a Movember moustache. The Memphis chapter, I was told last night, was one of the most active nationwide, raising $8,000 for men’s prostate cancer research and awareness of men’s health issues. Great job guys!<\/p>\n

My plans for tonight: Will make a quick stop by the Saucer, where my friend Jake will be celebrating his fifth plate. That means he’s now a Master of the Universe and gets a snazzy black membership card. I’m 133 beers away from joining Jake in the club.<\/p>\n

Afterward it looks like some of the gang will head over to Bar None to celebrate our friend Clay’s birthday a day early. “What’s Bar None?” you’re probably asking. It’s the chef’s pub that John Bragg has created in the old Circa location. They’re open for a sneak preview 8 PM to midnight tonight and tomorrow night, with happy hour prices all night long. There will also be menu tastings and I know for a fact the Nuh-Uh Girl will be there, so expect photos.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Nuh-Uh Girl… Air Traffic Mike has invented a new holiday in her honor. It’s called HaNuh-uh-kkuh. Read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All the talk about pasta has made me hungry… think I’ll hit Fazoli’s for lunch. Outta here for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"