Sunday is Beale Street Wine Race, but this year I find myself wondering, what’s the point in going? With the demise of the Blind Bear, we no longer have a neighborhood hangout to cheer for. As far as I know, the participating bars and restaurants are all either suburban corporate entities or Beale Street tourist traps.
Renasant Convention Center will host a Street Beats Block Party May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) from 4 to 7 PM. Live music, games, drinks, tacos. Free tickets on Eventbrite.
Through May 31, it will cost only five dollars to park for three hours at one of 10 downtown garages. Don’t expect a break on weekend parking, though; the rate applies Sunday through Thursday 5 to 9 each night.
The MBJ reports that the building at 18 S. Main has been foreclosed on, and is now listed for sale.
18 S. Main
Get a free lemon or coffee granita with any purchase Saturday at Zio Matto Gelato is they celebrate their first birthday.
It’s NFL draft weekend. The first round is on ESPN tonight. The second and third rounds are on ESPN2 Friday. Rounds 4 through 7 will be on ESPN beginning at 11 Saturday.
Momma’s holds its first Performers & Pints Songwriter Night Tuesday at 6. Sponsored by the DMC and South Main Sounds.
Grizz host OKC in game 3 tonight, 8:30, TNT.
Some of the men at the Memphis Union Mission got a real treat Tuesday night at dinner. A church brought 100 smoked turkey legs. The legs were dark, almost black, on the outside and a beautiful reddish pink on the inside, wrapped in aluminum foil. They smelled heavenly. Unfortunately, the church only brought 100 legs and I was about number 107 in line. I got leftover Easter ham, which still wasn’t bad, but still, a far cry from a turkey leg.
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