The Blues’s Last Outpost in an Out of the Way North Memphis Bar
Visitors to Memphis’s Beale Street are usually disappointed. Although the street is famous for blues, blues is rarely heard there these days; the street’s fate …
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Cool Jazz at The Cove in Memphis’ Broad Avenue Arts District
The city of Memphis has produced a lot of great jazz musicians- Jamil Nasser, Charles Lloyd, Booker Little, Frank Strozier, Harold Mabern, Phineas Newborn Jr., …
Local Wine Made From Local Grapes in Shelby County, Tennessee
Delta Blues Winery, just east of Rosemark inside the city limits of Lakeland, is Shelby County’s only local winery. An older one near Millington closed …
Devour Sweets and Satisfy Your Cravings at Memphis’s Dvour Desserts
Just up from the Central Station Hotel in the South Main Arts District is Dvour Desserts, an arty stark modern space with coffee, cookies and …
The Train Has Arrived At the Station for Great Gelato in Memphis
On the Thursday of Fall Break week, I decided to venture into downtown Memphis as if I was on vacation. I didn’t have the funds …
A Beautiful Day and Great Fun at Coldwater Day
The phenomenon of “town days” is fairly unique to the state of Mississippi, and occurs mainly in predominantly-Black towns. It is possible that they began …
Life Just Got A Little Sweeter in East Memphis
Until the last few years, Memphis has been fairly limited in bakery options, particularly ones that offer desserts and sweets, but more recently there has …
Covington, Tennessee Has A Pizza Farm
There are fruit and vegetable farms, farms that raise pastured pork and beef, egg farms, and dairy farms…..but a pizza farm? Yes, In Tipton County, …
Joe Hall’s Annual Fall Car Show In Bartlett, Tennessee
Just as sure as fall and football season, every September, the man they call Joe Hall throws a car show at the old Lum Guffin …
Ramblin’ Joe’s Rambles To the Hamp
Ramblin Joe’s Coffee is Memphis-based, the public-facing retail arm of Ugly Mug Coffee Roasters, whose coffee bar at Perkins Extended and Poplar has been an …