SXSW Day 1: Walking Around Downtown and East Austin
As I do every year, I spent the late afternoon and early evening strolling around the downtown area, Sixth Street and East Austin. The crowds …
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SXSW Day 1: Gus’s Fried Chicken Brings The Taste of Memphis To Austin
One of the main differences at this year’s South By Southwest in downtown Austin was something that Memphis people have loved for year, Gus’s Fried …
Yes, CHOCOLATE Beignets at New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Company
After my dinner at Acme Oyster Bar in Metairie, I headed across the street to something called the New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Company, which …
Dinner at Don’s Seafood Hut in Metairie @Donsseafood
After the second-line, I was both hungry and exhausted, but food was harder to find than you might think. New Orleans is still a bit …
Breakfast at McElroy’s in Ocean Springs MS
McElroy’s Seafood used to be called McElroy’s Harbor House, but that was back when the restaurant was in Biloxi, right by the Small Craft Harbor …
Great Seafood and Coastal Charm at Bay St. Louis’ Trapani’s Eatery
Mississippi might evoke images of the old South, or the Delta blues perhaps, or maybe the urbanity of Jackson, but in the coastal counties, Mississippi …
Jackson’s Morning Bell Records (@MorningBellJxn) Moves Into New Larger Digs, Adds Coffee and Food
Since the sad demise of Mississippi’s venerable Be-Bop Records chain several years ago, the sole survivor as far as vinyl and indie rock has been …
A Jazzy Jam Session Start to the New Year with the Steven Lee Trio at @DowntownBleu
Although Memphis has a legacy that includes some of America’s greatest jazz musicians (including arguably the greatest jazz pianist ever, Phineas Newborn Jr.), it is …
A Taste of the Crescent City in Midtown Memphis: Kelly English’s New Second Line
Perhaps no restaurant’s opening has been more widely awaited in Memphis than Kelly English’s new Second Line concept next door to his acclaimed Restaurant Iris. …
Carmen Hicks and Stefanie Bolton Live With A Band at the New Deuces Bar and Grill @StefanieBolton3
Last Saturday night, December 14, I was invited out to the all-new Deuces Bar and Grill on Winchester Road next to Hickory Ridge Mall to …