Table Talk: Patrick’s keeps its customers with a good menu — and a good time
Patrick’s customers eat lunch March 3. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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I’ve spent enough time in Memphis restaurants to know when a place has its rhythm down. Patrick’s Neighborhood Bar & Patio in East Memphis has that rhythm.
On a recent visit, I walked in just before lunch, and the dining room was already humming at 11:30 a.m. — just half an hour after opening its doors. Less than an hour later, it was close to 70% capacity in a dining room that seats about 130 people. While some eateries are working to find their footing in a post-COVID world, business is steady at Patrick’s.
It’s easy to credit customer loyalty to the restaurant’s leadership.
“We’ve more than doubled sales in 20 years,” said Mike Miller, owner of Patrick’s. “And we’re thankful for everybody that comes to see us.”
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