“We are surrounded by high-quality restaurants, so we didn’t want to enter the arena competing with them,” Hotel Pontotoc’s general manager said. “We had to find our own little niche with upscale bar bites.”
The rain this week boosted the Mississippi River’s level at Memphis. But that is likely to change and return to the drought level driven by a dry August in the Ohio River Valley.
The new South Main Street shop offers locally sourced produce, canned goods, beauty products and more.
The observation deck and boardwalk are due to open next year. It will offer an unobstructed view of the Mississippi River.
“The big alligators will swim about 20 yards from you, parallel to you, and they’ll stay right next to you for about half a mile,” said one paddler. “What they’re trying to do is figure out who’s bigger — you in the kayak, or them.”
The Dixon’s resident feline has survived enough near catnappings that the museum has put up a little sign letting people know he works there and not to take him home.
The Downtown Memphis Commission hosted Parking Day for the first time since 2017 on Friday, with three themed mini parks.
Four designs will be displayed on the Main Street Mall and will highlight and celebrate the city’s identity.
Marching bands, drumlines, street flippers and more took to Beale Street to celebrate what would be B.B. King’s 100th birthday.
Darren Watkins Jr. — also known as IShowSpeed — filed into his black SUV on Thursday afternoon and said the magic words. “Memphis is way more lit than Nashville. Memphis is super lit.” Slicing, Ja, Bass Pro: Popular streamer IShowSpeed’s day in MemphisRelated content:
Mayor Paul Young cut the ribbon on a new Riverside Drive that works for those on foot, on bicycles and in cars and narrows down access to parking for Tom Lee Park.
The Genre is the kind of spot where folks may come to hear live music or sing karaoke. But they’re missing out on the complete experience if they don’t indulge in the kitchen’s offerings.
Mitchell’s Breakfast Burritos opened Tuesday, Sept. 2, inside Rumba Room at 303 S. Main St., offering specialty burritos, wraps, quesadillas and salads.
The stretch between Beale Street and Georgia Avenue has been closed since mid-April.
The luxury hotel features commercial spaces, an outdoor patio, meeting and event spaces, and standard hotel amenities.
A teen was shot on Beale Street late Monday night amid the city’s 901 Day celebrations.
“Everyone’s having a moment to showcase and share their thing that makes them a special artist, and Memphis is here to eat it up.”
Real estate company Newmark listed the campus for sale, according to its website.
The new bridge over the Mississippi River will be named for the three “kings” associated with Memphis.
The Center City Development Corp. also approved a $30,000 grant for Dawg Team, a pet apparel and accessories store that will also offer boarding and a self-serve dog wash.
The draft financing proposal obtained by The Daily Memphian spells out the sources of the money — and the timeline for spending it.
Records and sources say there is a real, tangible pathway for Memphis to keep the Grizzlies. However, barriers remain for what is one of the country’s smallest NBA markets to keep its sole major league franchise.
The project, which also includes the former Schlitz Brewery, will feature both residential and commercial units.
The head of the Downtown Memphis Commission talks on “Behind The Headlines” about what’s beyond Downtown’s waiting period for several new and renovated institutions to come online.
The location would, in some ways, represent a homecoming and a “return to the street” where the journey began.