What to Order: The Dame just opened, and you need to try the goat cheese spread
Goat cheese spread served at The Dame. (Ellen Chamberlain/The Daily Memphian)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
Downtown’s Hotel Pontotoc reopened in August, and with it came The Dame, a sultry lounge tucked just beneath street level.
Guests can partake in the bar’s quirky “Happy Minute” specials from 5 to 5:01 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays. The brainchild of industry veteran and general manager Norbert Mede, Happy Minute is a playful way to kick off an evening.
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