Trio, including two employees, buy Midtown’s Bayou Bar & Grill
The Bayou Bar & Grill has been run by Bill and Carla Baker for the past 30 years. Now the restaurant has new owners.
Topic: Midtown
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August 2024
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July 2024
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Liberty Park $112M private development takes step forward
Further development at Liberty Park took a key step forward Tuesday: A City Council committee approved the up-to $112.5 million project that could change Midtown.
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Proposed recovery home in Midtown sparks neighbors’ concern
“In the meeting, (a neighbor) asked, ‘Are we getting violent offenders?’ (A company representative) said he’s not allowed to discuss that.”
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April 2024
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Immaculate Conception school to close this year
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis.
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Whataburger eyeing former Midtown police station site
The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council.
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March 2024
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Studiohouse on Malvern art gallery opens doors
Studiohouse on Malvern, located at 418 Malvern St. in Midtown, hosted its second annual open house March 2. It featured owner-artists Keiko Gonzalez and Mary Jo Karimnia as well as other artists and performers.
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February 2024
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250-pound sasquatch stolen from Cooper-Young yard
One neighbor compared the theft to the Mona Lisa being taken from the Louvre.
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January 2024
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Dive bar ‘for Fun Times and Friendship’ opens Saturday
“A good dive bar should feel old and unassuming, have cheap but good drinks and a great atmosphere,” owner Louis Connelly said.
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December 2023
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Midtown convenience store shut down due to repeated criminal activity
Shelby County District Attorney General Mulroy said 600 calls for service have been made to the property in the last two years and 60 arrests have been made there this year alone.
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October 2023
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Opera Memphis raises curtain on Midtown digs
The nearly 70-year-old organization hosted an open house to showcase its new location at Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street in Midtown.
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September 2023
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Belly Acres closes Midtown location
In a statement, owners encouraged customers to go to the Regalia location in East Memphis or the “soon-to-be” Silo Square location in Southaven.
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Letter to the Editor: The police officers who ‘too often go underappreciated’
A Midtown resident says thank you to Memphis Police Department officers.
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August 2023
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Man dies in Midtown after being detained by MPD
A heavy police presence continued to surround an apartment complex near Madison Avenue and Auburndale Street Friday evening after Memphis police officers detained an unidentified man earlier in the day.
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March 2023
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Printer’s Alley space to get a little ‘goofier’ with new bar
A former teacher with Teach For America hopes to offer the best plate of nachos around at the new Louis Connelly’s Bar for Fun Times and Friendship.
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January 2023
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Herrington: Where does Midtown end? A defining question for modern Memphis
Defining Midtown is perhaps the key question of Memphis geography, in part because it helps define the rest of the core city. If Midtown is encased by Downtown, South Memphis, East Memphis and North Memphis — and maybe that’s debatable, too — then defining Midtown partly defines the rest.
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October 2022
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Pride-themed march in Midtown protests cancellation of drag show
“We have families and rights. To see the children, who were having a good time, crying and terrified, was horrible,” said organizer Jenna Dunn. “It lit a fire inside of me that was already burning.”
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September 2022
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‘We aren’t afraid': Memphis gathers for the 2022 Cooper-Young Festival
After weeks of violence, community members gather at the Cooper-Young Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, to celebrate “our diversity and beauty and our rich culture.”
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August 2022
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Scooter’s Coffee closer to Midtown location, in former CK’s
The Memphis Landmarks Commission board approved plans for a Scooter’s Coffee drive-thru location at 1698 Poplar Ave.
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Board OKs Union Station townhomes in Central Gardens district
The 10-unit subdivision will be on the back of the former Memphis Police Department precinct on Union.
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Inked: Coffee franchise plans for its first Memphis location — Uncle Goyo’s plans for its second
This week’s Inked covers a Scooter’s Coffee Shop location, updates on Felicia Suzanne’s in South Main, a possible second location for Uncle Goyo’s Mexican Restaurant and the sale of part of the Germantown Parkway Parcels shopping center.
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June 2022
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Mark Flanagan marked a cultural and political transition in Midtown
Flanagan, who is remembered for his signature shorts and flowered Hawaiian shirts, died June 15, ending a career that included involvement in the local Democratic Party’s executive committee as well as an organizer of the Midtown St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl.
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Inked: Final step for Butler Row development, apartments coming to Raymond James Tower
This week’s Inked covers updates on the $65 million Butler Row development, pending changes to the Raymond James building, a new tenant at The Altana in Midtown and a new hotel in the South Main district.
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May 2022
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Weinberg family adding to ‘comfort area’ with second Midtown store
By moving Eclectic Eye to Cooper Street and opening Paradox at PeCo next door, the Weinberg family is showing their commitment to Midtown.
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@the Park apartments set for completion by fall
The 176-unit @the Park apartment complex near Overton Park is scheduled to be completed this fall. Construction on the $22.25 million development near Sam Cooper Boulevard and East Parkway began in fall 2019.
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April 2022
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Parkview residents speak out about being forced to move
“It’s so sad, because there were people there that had very severe handicaps,” said one former resident. “It was very difficult for them. They were almost homeless. And they were able to somehow gather the money to pay to move.”
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