Posts Tagged ‘Downtown Memphis’
PaPa Pia’s is a casual Italian restaurant on Union Ave. downtown. I like them for lunch because they’ve got smaller, more manageable (and less expensive) portions of their entrees.
Tomorrow, two proposed ordinances designed to curb disorderly panhandling downtown will be introduced to the city council. The ordinances would ban the sale of single beers (think 40oz beers at gas stations) within the core of downtown and restrict panhandling to designated areas.
The hope is that by banning single beer sales and limiting panhandling areas, [...]
There’s possibly no better combination of flavors than when salty things and chocolate things are allowed to mingle in a Zip-Loc baggie. For example, the mix of homemade malted milk balls and salted pistachios that I picked up Peanut Shoppe downtown:
The Peanut Shoppe is one of my favorite parts of working downtown. First of all, [...]
I found another item from the scavenger hunt – a meal at Gus’s Fried Chicken (with the greasy receipt to prove it).
I’m not sure what I can say about Gus’s that hasn’t already been said. It’s a fairly simple place, and there’s a definite fried theme throughout the menu. Gus’s has a handful of appetizers [...]
If you’re walking on Madison in downtown Memphis, watch out for the construction maze. It’s kind of cool though – it makes Memphis feel just a bit like New York.
Cooper Young’s newest eatery, Restaurant Grace is open. It’s in the old Sweet space on Cooper, next to Burke’s Books. They don’t have a menu up on their Web site yet, but here are some of the items mentioned on their Facebook page: basil ice cream, crawfish toast, scallop pappardella, rack of lamb, oysters, and halibut and grits. Yum.
Chef (and total wonder boy) Ben Vaughn managed to get the place up and running in less than a month. While they’re putting the final touches on everything, they’re having a “soft opening”. They’re open for lunch and dinner, Monday – Saturday.
Live From Memphis‘ brand spankin’ new show “Get Down!” launched today. It’s about all of the cool things going on in downtown Memphis, and in true LFM style, it’s awesome.
The first episode features the funniest Salsa lesson ever, a meal at Bluefin, extreme kite flying and a wand-waving peanut.
Get Down!
But in the 1960s, Memphis underwent something of an alley beautification process to make the city’s smaller passages a bit more passable. A metal sign was erected over the entrance to the alley that says “KLYX Stereo Alley”. Apparently, radio station KLYX used to broadcast music via speakers into the alley.