The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Halloween is one the time of year it is socially acceptable to dress up and act ridiculous. This year restaurant are getting in on the action as well. The following places are running specials or throwing hot parties Halloween weekend:
1.) Kooky Canuck is throwing their annual Halloween party on October 27th. The party starts at 8pm, and you must be 21 to get in. There will be and costume contest and drink specials.
2.) Patrick’s will also be throwing a party on October 29th, starting at 9pm. There will be a DJ, Jager girls, and drink specials. The winner of the costume contest will win a trip for 2 to New Orleans!
3.) Broadway Pizza will be giving away a bicycle on Halloween night, to enter you must order a Pabst Blue Ribbon. Drink specials include $6 pitchers and $2.50 12oz bottle of PBR. They will also be serving T-Bone steaks. You get an extra entry for the bike if you drink a PBR and order a steak.
4.) East Tapas Bar is having their first annual Halloween party on Oct. 27th. Star and Micey are going to play, and there will be a costume contest, drink specials and free food. There’s no cover. (Thanks to I Love Memphis for this info.)
If anyone knows of any more events, please let me know. I plan on keeping this a running list up to Halloween.
Football season is officially in full swing everyone! Every Sunday and Monday night, the streets will be empty as people park themselves in front of the tube with beer and grub. I have listed my top 5 approved sports bars in Memphis, of which I think are the best to catch the game. They all have the quality TVs. They all have good food, and they all have beer. What else do you need? Grab some company and head on out.
1.) Brookhaven Pub and Grill: Huge TVs and BBQ Chicken Nachos. Yum!
3.) Kooky Canuck: Larger than life drinks and food.
4.) Young Avenue Deli: Huge pull down projector they use for big games, and great food and beer to go with it.
5.) Huey’s: Not much else goes better with football than a burger and beer, and Huey’s has the best of all three.
6.) Local Gastropub: Awesome food and great TVs to go with it. I hear the Steak Sandwich is what you should go for.
Zoo Rendezvous is my favorite Memphis event. I look forward to it every year. All you can eat from hundreds of local Memphis restaurants and all you can drink from local bars. If you do not eat yourself sick, then you are doing something wrong. The point of the whole night is to eat so much that you cannot physically walk to your car. Let me tell you, I succeeded.
The Memphis Zoo describes this event as “Shake, Rattle & Roar! Memphis’ biggest party of the year is getting even bigger! Experience the excitement of four bands, a sports bar and Memphis’ finest restaurants and bars, all at the wildest venue in town.”
ALL of my local favorites were there, and some I even made it around to twice. For those who are curious, here is a list of everyone who had a booth:
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| Amerigo Athens Distributing Company Automatic Slim’s Bardog Tavern Bayou Bar and Grill B.B. King’s Blues Club Bluefin Bonefish Grill Bon Ton Boscos Squared Budweiser of Memphis Cafè Palladio Cafè Society Catering For U CFY Catering Charlie Vergos Rendezvous Cheffie’s Cafe’ Ciao Bella Italian Grille Circa Coletta’s Italian Restaurant Community Coffee Corky’s Bar-B-Q Fascinating Catering Folk’s Folly Prime Steakhouse Fratelli’s Grill 83 The Grove Grill Gus’s Catering – Collierville Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken – Downtown Harrah’s Entertainment – Paula Deen Buffet Hog Wild & A Moveable Feast Horseshoe – Jack Binion’s Steakhouse Horseshoe – Push Nightclub Houston’s Restaurant Humdingers Huey’s Interim Restaurant & Bar Itta Bena Kooky Canuck La Baguette Lancer Catering Le Chardonay Longhorn Steakhouse Lynchburg Legends Bar & Grill |
Me and My Tea Room The Medallion at Holiday Inn University of Memphis The Melting Pot Memphis Pizza Cafe Muddy’s Bake Shop Murphy’s Pub A “Neu” Mystery Restaurant Old Venice Pizza Co. Owen Brennan’s Restaurant P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Panini Catering by Java Coast Patrick’s Steak and Spirits Pearl Oyster House Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Roadhouse Casino The Range Steakhouse Sekisui Sharky’s Gulf Grill Simply Delicious Caterings South of Beale Southwestern Distributing Company Stix Sunset Atop the Madison The Superior Bar of Memphis Swanky’s Taco Shop Sweet Grass TCBY Texas de Brazil Trolley Stop Tsunami Ugly Mug Coffee United Liquor Corporation Wade and Company Wang’s Mandarin House Westy’s Yolo Frozen Yogurt |
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You get served mini portions in order to taste everyone’s goodies. Even with the mini sizes, you fill up quickly from all of the food!
Pizza from Memphis Pizza Cafe
I have to say, my favorite thing all night was the steak sandwich from Folk’s Folly Prime Steakhouse. It was a rare cut of prime rib on a soft roll. Oh my god. We may have gone back for seconds or thirds. My favorite dessert was the Fudge Pie from Westy’s. I look forward to this every year. Hot and fresh fudge brownie topped with french vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. Yum!
The party was alive and packed from the get go. Everyone seemed to have a blast.
My friends at Huey’s won Best in Show AGAIN this year for having such fun booth decor! They were all rocking the animal print and records.
Kooky Canuck won an award as well for having so much fun at their booth!
All in all the event was successful. The Memphis Zoo was able to raise a lot of money, and everyone partied hard. If you didn’t have a chance to make it this year, I highly suggest you mark next September in your planner. You don’t want to miss this.
I have been requested, per my friend Caroline, to feature a post dedicated to gluten-free diets. I know this is important to many people, so I have created a list of gluten-free friendly, local Memphis restaurants. Some of these places have gluten-free menu items. Some have specific gluten-free menus, and some are 100% gluten-free.
If anyone knows of any other gluten-free friendly local restaurants around town, please comment and let me know. I would love to increase this list!
This is a last minute post, I know. However, in case any of you are planning on going to the Candlelight Vigil for Elvis Week tonight, here are some good local restaurants to grab a bit to eat at nearby. Also, please come say hi if you see me. I will be down there for a few hours!
Memphis has a lot of wonderful farmer’s markets across town, so why would you want to go to a boring ol’ grocery store when you could get all of your basic food groups from local growers? Not only is it better for you and the community to shop here, but it is also more fun to go around to different booth and explore the goodies.
Here is a list of all of the farmer’s markets in Memphis for you to try out this summer:
Do you love celebrating Easter and spending time with friends and family? Is that pesky kitchen getting in the way of your quality time? (Hey! Roasting a lamb, plus preparing hard boiled eggs and scalloped potatoes takes a lot of time!) I thought so. Below is a list of local places to eat this Sunday, where you can spend quality Easter time with friends and family, minus the stove.
1.) The Grove Grill will be serving Easter brunch from 10:00am until 5:00pm. The menu will be a la carte, but will include items such as roast beef tenderloin, cinnamon croissant French toast, crab quiche, and oysters on the half shell.
2.) Jim’s Place will serve Easter brunch from 10:30pm until 2:30pm. Their menu will include pecan crusted catfish, deep fried oysters, roast leg of lamb, and mousaka.
3.) Grill 83 will also have Easter brunch, including banana stuffed French toast, smoked salmon, and leg of lamb. It’s a little bit fancy, and it costs $45.00 per adult and $15.00 per kid.
4.) Paulette’s will be serving up Easter brunch from 11:00am until 3:00pm. Their menu will include raspberry mimosas, Eggs Hussarde, omelets, crepes, and even crabcakes.
5.) The Peabody Hotel will be serving up their traditional Easter Brunch from 11:00am until 2:30pm. This is where my family has gone in years past, and I always looked forward to it as a kid! Their menu is endless.
6.) The Inn at Hunt Phelan‘s Easter brunch will include Crab Justine, Eggs Florentine, and roast leg of lamb. Also, every table gets a basket full of chocolate eggs!
7.) The Brooks Museum of Art will have Easter brunch from 11:00am until 2:30pm. Their menu will include Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb with Jalapeño-Mint Pesto, Sweet Pepper-Mustard Sauce, & Pickled Green Tomato Relish, Roasted Cornish Hen with Smoked Paprika Jus, and Steak & Eggs Benedict.
