Bar Talk: Mortimer’s

By Jennifer Biggs, Daily Memphian Published: January 28, 2019 2:42 PM CT

<strong>The Ultimate Mor-tini from Mortimer's Restaurant, a longtime Memphis mainstay in East Memphis.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian) — **The Ultimate Mor-tini from Mortimer's Restaurant, a longtime Memphis mainstay in East Memphis.** (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

There are many reasons to go to a bar, and a stiff drink is only one of them. At Mortimer’s, regulars lean to a cold beer, a simple vodka and tonic – or a handful of M&Ms. Above all, they go to visit with each other in the East Memphis bar and restaurant that’s about as where-everybody-knows-your-name as it gets.

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Jennifer Biggs

Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.

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