LPI Memphis to turn 22 Cooper into ‘Gateway to Overton Square’
Bari Ristorante e Enoteca moved to a new location at the corner of Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street, leaving 22 Cooper St. vacant and LPI Memphis wondering what will fill it next. (Neil Strebig/The Daily Memphian)
The former bar menu from Bari still sits on the chalkboard inside 22 Cooper St. (Neil Strebig/The Daily Memphian)
A lightswitch sits out in the open among discard brick inside 22 Cooper St. on bustling Overton Square (Neil Strebig/The Daily Memphian)
Jeff Dawson of LPI Memphis said he will keep the bar. “A lot of locals remember this bar area,” he said. (Neil Strebig/The Daily Memphian)
“We want it to be inviting,” Jack Dawson of LPI Memphis said of the former home of Bari Ristorante e Enoteca. “This is the entrance to the space. It needs to be worthy of that sort of greeting.”
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Overton Square LPI Memphis MidtownNeil Strebig
Neil Strebig is a chef turned journalist covering economic development and commercial real estate for The Daily Memphian. He grew up in Pennsylvania and has worked at media outlets including the York Daily Record/USA Today Network and most recently as Report for America Corps Member with Lookout Santa Cruz. He is a graduate of Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
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