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Wiseacre Brewing Co. celebrates its 10th anniversary this month, and that puts it solidly in the elder statesmen category of local brewers. The first local brewery to open since Prohibition was repealed was Boscos, out at the now-closed Germantown restaurant, and that was way back in 1992.

In 2007, Boscos founder Jerry Feinstone started Ghost River Brewing... then crickets.

Bruscetta is served at Cocozza in Harbor Town. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)

That’s until 2013, when Memphis Made Brewing and Wiseacre both opened. They must’ve left the gate open, because since then, the community has grown by about a brewery a year. This month, Wiseacre celebrates with an anniversary dinner and a fun event.

On Saturday, April 15, Taste the Rarity is back at Wiseacre on Broad Avenue, and you can click here to get a list of the participating brewers — local, regional and national — that will come in with some of their “best and weirdest” beers for the festival. It’s a fun event, an afternoon deal, and tickets are $70-$115.

On Thursday, April 27, chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman — who operate Little Bettie inside Wiseacre Downtown, along with their other Enjoy AM restaurants — will host a dinner with Wiseacre owners (and brothers) Kellan and Davin Bartosch. It will be at the Downtown location and they’re calling it a Surf or Turf dinner. Tickets are $50, and you can grab yours by clicking here. 

Memphis Made plans to celebrate its anniversary in October. But Hampline Brewing is going all day on Saturday, April 29, to celebrate its second anniversary, with beer, music, free Gus’s chicken and general carrying on. No tickets are needed; just show up between 1-10 p.m. at 584 Tillman St.

Speaking of tickets: We have a really nice Friday lunch for you April 21. We’re going to Cocozza, Patrick and Deni Reilly’s Italian-American restaurant in Harbor Town on Mud Island.

A good judge of when the Seessel’s lemon butter pie is done is when the light brown color extends to the edges of the pie. Yellow spots are perfectly fine. (Jennifer Biggs/The Daily Memphian)

I’m not sure how we’ll eat all this food, but here’s what’s on the menu: We’ll starts with three appetizers, an antipasti platter, meatballs and calamari. Next we’ll have a pasta course of vodka rigatoni and bucatini a la Enzo. Then to the entrees: Eggplant parmesan, chicken piccata and pork Milanese, with a house salad — and, oh, you know you don’t have to pick, right? Because you’re getting it all, plus tiramisu for dessert.

Tickets are $25 for Daily Memphian subscribers, plus tax and tip, and $30 for non-subscribers, plus tax and tip. They’ll offer specials on wine for $6 per glass, which is not included in your ticket price. Tickets go on sale at 6 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 5; click here to claim your discount and get yours. Remember, they sell fast.

And weather permitting, we’ll meet at 11:30 a.m. on the patio that day for some snacks and, if you desire, a light cocktail.

We were busy last week! If you weren’t able to keep up with it all, here’s a recap. Read about it now.

We gave you the recipe for the Seessel’s Lemon Butter Pie in Recipe Exchange and bookended Saturday’s recipe with a Friday story about the history of our hometown grocery and a Sunday profile of John Barnard, who was the head baker at Seessel’s for 20 years. He’s also the reason we can recreate these recipes today for the home kitchen. And there’s more to come; no worries.

Art and Janet Seessel pose with their chocolate butter pie. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)

Josh Carlucci visited Kwik Chek, took a look with fresh eyes, and found a couple of $10 Deals there. 

The Liquor Store is opening a second location in Williamsburg Village, where Southall and Tenero were, and owners Ed and Brittany Cabigao say it will be ready in May. 

There’s more: Tommy’s Burgers has more than 100 items on its menu. It’s opened in the old CK’s on Park Avenue at Mt. Moriah Road and is serving up breakfast, Mexican food, sandwiches, salads, dinner entrees and, of course, burgers.

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice is coming to Summer Avenue, Bare Fruit Acai Bar has opened in Olive Branch, and Kukuruku Crispy Chicken officially opens in Lakeland April 8. 

But, we’re not done. We have new Mexican restaurants coming (besides Tommy’s, which sort of is one). Pretty Taco is coming to the former Paramount space on S. Front Street and El Idolo owner Gustavo Lopez plans to open Lopez Grill in Bartlett Station, just half a mile or so from his current restaurant.

Chocolate butter pie was a popular choice at Seessel’s. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)

Halsey Werlein, who was most recently the general manager at Itta Bena and has been in the restaurant business a good while, is opening the fast-casual Pretty Taco and plans to have the doors open within a week or two.

And World Central Kitchen is helping out in the area, providing meals to the victims of last week’s tornados in Covington and in Wynne, Arkansas. They’ll need help delivering meals at least through the rest of the week; if you’re able to help, there’s a contact in that story.

Happy Easter, everyone. Here’s something brand new to me: Do you know you can dye your eggs raw and then put them back in the fridge and eat them as usual? You can’t keep them above 90 degrees for more than two hours, and they go back in the fridge after the hunt. Anyway, this is according to an article I read in The New York Times, and it seems a frugal alternative to having a fridge full of boiled eggs. 

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