Month: January 2008

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Elective Affinities: Southern Hopefuls Huckabee and Thompson

CREDIT: jb

IN TRANSIT FROM DES MOINES TO MANCHESTER –On their last day of campaigning for the Iowa caucuses and with the New Hampshire and South Carolina tests looming, the
two bona fide Southern hopefuls in the Republican presidential field had
personas that meshed in important particulars and diverged in others.

Ditto with their destinies: Former Arkansas governor Mike
Huckabee famously finished first in GOP ranks, while ex-Tennessee senator Fred
Thompson managed a distant third. That’s the divergence; the mesh is that
neither is out of the woods, but both are still in the game.

No sooner had Huckabee finished off his up-from-nothing
miracle in Iowa than such bell cows of the Christian right as Richard Viguerie
were trying to disown him. Not for doctrinal heresies of the religious sort but
for deviation from the tax-cutting priorities of the Republican Party elite.
Viguerie, who a generation ago assisted greatly in fusing the social and
economic conservatisms of the Reagan era, essentially accused Huckabee – an
economic populist who dares to assail “Wall Street Republicans” — of sawing off
the economic leg of that coalition.

This refrain was promptly parroted by that cockatee of the
airwaves, Rush Limbaugh – prompting a brief back-and-forth between himself and
the candidate, who, unlike so many other name Republicans, doesn’t mind pulling
on such feathers.

Huckabee is a threat to an established order, and, just as
establishment Democrats, assisted by the establishment media, were able to kill
off Howard Dean’s hopes in 2004, so might the GOP hierarchy do likewise to those
of the Republican heresiarch – his first-place finish in Iowa notwithstanding.

As for Thompson, the line on him for several months has
been that the actor/politician from Tennessee had fallen way short of the
enormous ballyhoo of his advance billing and long ago flunked his audition.

Indeed, Thompson has played the role assigned him every way
but right. He has looked haggard, fumbled his lines, and done everything a
starring player shouldn’t. Coming from the same moderate tradition (and stable)
as fellow Tennessee Republicans Howard Baker and Lamar Alexander, he was billed
as a conservative’s conservative – the kind who could put to rest the fears of
Viguerie and Limbaugh and suchlike who see George W. Bush’s house of cards – and
thereby the party’s generational dominance of American affairs – hopelessly
aquiver.

However late in the day, Thompson has seemingly found his
motivation for such a role and learned to play it. That was the conclusion one
could draw from the barn-burner he delivered to a packed room at the West Des
Moines Marriott on Thursday morning, the day of the caucuses. So strong a
showing it was, so animated the reception from his audience that it seemed
obvious that Thompson, like one of those Miss America alternates, was a
potential standby in case of trouble with the GOP frontrunner.

Any frontrunner – be it Huckabee or the resurgent
John McCain or Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani or whoever. All he had to do was
survive by fnishing third in Iowa – which, by the skin of those thespian
pearly-whites, he did.

As if in recognition of their doppelganger status, both men
ended their appeals to voters in Iowa with overlapping thematics: “

Thompson: “This is a country where a country boy or
girl in Tennessee or Iowa or anywhere else can grow up and have a pretty good
chance at the American dream.

Huckabee: “If American can elect me as president, if
means that the dreams of this country can come true for anybody.

Thompson: “I’ve got a 100-percent pro-life voting
record. I’ve always been pro-life. That’s why so many right-to-life
organizations have endorsed me.

Huckabee: “I’m pro-life. It’s not a position that
the pollsters gave me last week. I’ve been saying this all my life. Check me
out. I’m not pro-life because I’m political. I’m political because I’m
pro-life.”

Thompson: “What you see is what you get I don’t
think I’ve ever been accused of flip-flopping or choosing my positions on issues
to win an election.”

Huckabee: “You need to believe that someone is
telling you the truth, who’ll be honest with you We need a president who
believes something and will do what he believes.”

Thompson: “Our best days are still before us.”

Huckabee: “I want the best generation to be then one
that hasn’t been born yet”

Thompson: “We need to unite as Republicans and reach
out and get some independents and Reagan Democrats.”

Huckabee: “We need to have [with us] not just a
Republican Party but we need a country.”

Thompson:Tonight is important…We’ve got to show them Let’s go out and shock
the world.

Huckabee: Tonight we can make a statement heard all
over the world. Your grandchildren will be saying, were you there that
night that guy nobody had ever heard of won the presidency?

And in fact: If Thompson recovers from his long limbo in
the presidential race and becomes his party’s candidate of last resort, he will
indeed shock the world. For that matter, if Huckabee can continue riding
his current star and build on his triumph in Iowa to be the nominee, that outcome,
too, will resound all over the world.

To repeat: There are differences between the men and differences
between the candidacies. That is the very point. Only one of them could have said this on
Thursday: “The big-government, left-wing, high-taxes, weak-on-security
Democratic Party is just salivating about taking the reins and the power just so
they can kinda roll to a welfare state. And we’re not going to let that happen”

That was Thompson the D.A., of course, heaping on the red meat, knowing what
his role is now. Huckabee, the ex-preacher, is smoother, milder, in a curious way genuinely ecumencial. When he jammed with a local rock band in Hennick on his first
day in New Hampshire after the Iowa vote, he ended up playing bass with evident gusto on “Put a
Little Love in Your Heart” and even on the old to-the-barricades stomper from Creedence, “Fortunate Son.”
He, too, knows what his role is.

Watching what happens to either of them from now on is
going to be good theater.

(Flyer political editor Jackson Baker, having followed the presidential-campaign circus out of Iowa, continues his reporting from New Hampshire for the next few days.)

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American Gladiators: More Notes on the Iowa Caucus Round

DES MOINES — It will be said – all-purpose scofflaw
Christopher Hitchens had already said it on the eve of the caucuses – that the
results in Iowa could not be trusted because they were not the usual kind of
one-man, one-vote suffrage and because the various candidates’ camps had offered
inducements to supporters. Free rides to the caucus sites, modest souvenir
goodies, things like that.

Hitchens should have spent Thursday night in Cedar Falls,
the northeast Iowa sister city to Waterloo, where Leigh Bailey Kroeger
(disclaimer: my niece) presided over Democrats caucusing at Ward 3, Precinct 2.
“It was like a freight train,” she said of the teeming turnout for Barack Obama.
They were the lion’s share of the record 258 caucusers that showed up, and it
was obvious nobody baited the Illinois senator’s adherents to come, and that
nothing could have kept them from coming (though even the weather, clear
and only modestly cold by mid-winter Iowa standards, put up little resistance).

Democratic caucuses in Iowa are famous for the
horse-trading that goes on mid-way when lower-rung candidates fail to get the
necessary 15 percent share of the turnout to remain “viable” and their
supporters are free to join one of the other candidates’ camps.
Normally, there’s a lot of pleading and cajoling. Not so Thursday night. The
Obama people made it clear they didn’t need to get down on bended knee, and the
designated representatives of Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, for their part,
just couldn’t make the sale.

“It was more like an American Gladiator contest than the
usual caucus give-and -take,” said Kroeger.

Hence, there was much less changing sides than usual,
although Kroeger herself, a Biden supporter, organized a modest switch-over to
Hillary Clinton. “She was trailing way behind Edwards, and I like all three of
the top three, so I thought it would be appropriate to keep them as close
together as possible.”

In the end, all that did was give Clinton two delegates to
go with Edwards’ two. Obama had a comfortably disproportionate five.

Talk about a “coalition of the willing!” Obama’s,
incidentally, while youth-oriented to some degree, was made up almost entirely
of white-bread middle-class Iowans – a rebuke in advance to any notion that his
candidacy depends on – or is even appreciably predicated on – a black, urban
constituency.

Most of the pundits and the established media seem to grasp
that – though they haven’t escaped their census-takers’ mentality nearly so well
in the case of Republican winner Mike Huckabee. Only Pat Buchanan, of the
talking heads on TV Thursday night, seemed to understand the obvious – that much
of Huckabee’s vote came measurably from his message of economic populism, aimed
at the country’s worker bees and those familiar, as he once said, with “the grub
of the earth on their hands.”

New Hampshire has its share of those as well, its different urban-Eastern
demographics and its straight-out primary system notwithstanding, and Huckabee
has at least a fair chance of holding up his end there, too, against rivals Mitt
Romney, John McCain, and Fred Thompson. Rudy Giuliani is still AWOL, and anti-war
libertarian Ron Paul is a wild card. As for Obama the freight train – the trick
for Clinton and Edwards is just to stay close enough to keep the game in play –
lest the game simplify itself too quickly to American Gladiator. Singular.

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Cybill on Broadway?

According to various reports, Cybill Shepherd may be headed to Broadway this spring in a role described by novelist and occasional playwright Gore Vidal as an alcoholic nymphomaniacal billionairess.

All mean-spirited jokes about typecasting aside, last month The New York Post reported that Vidal had completed Masks Outrageous and Austere, the unfinished play Tennessee Williams was working on in 1983 when he choked on the cap of an eye drop bottle and died. Although no theatre has been booked, Peter Bogdanovitch, who directed Shepherd in The Last Picture Show, has been tapped to helm the project.

Williams’ early, minor, and unfinished works have received quite a bit of attention in recent years. Not About Nightingales, a “lost” work from 1938 was nominated for six Tony Awards after its Broadway debut in 1999, and has since been revived all around the country. Also, writer, actress, and former Memphian Jodie Markell finished shooting the previously unproduced Williams screenplay The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond in September 2007.

Vidal, who abandoned playwriting in the 1960s, says that Williams had only completed 10 pages of the script before he died but it was clear where things were headed.

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Punk’d (Memphis-style)

Among the memorable moments in Memphis punk-rock history, some things you just count on: the New York Dolls playing the Auditorium in ’73, when David Johansen of the Dolls was arrested either for inciting a riot or impersonating a woman (accounts differ); the Sex Pistols at the Talysen Ballroom in ’78 (no incidences, but hey, it was the Sex Pistols); and singer/onstage-defecator GG Allin at the Antenna club in ’91, when Allin was stabbed by a fan.

Other high points are anybody’s guess, and in The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists (Backbeat Books), it’s Eric Friedl — onetime Oblivian, today a True Son of Thunder, and the man behind Goner Records — doing the guessing.

In addition to Friedl’s “10 Things That Made Memphis Punk,” count on #11, supplied by Memphian Jim Cole and his fond memory the 1910 Fruitgum Co.’s “Bubblegum Riot” at the Mid-South Coliseum in the late ’60s. At the top of the bill was Tommy James & the Shondells, but it was the Fruitgum Co. that brought the house down and the police out in force when members of the band went running through the aisles, the lead singer took a swing at a security guard, and a dozen cops dragged the group off the stage.

Which kind of puts Tav Falco’s appearance on Marge Thrasher’s TV talk show (#2 on Friedl’s list) in a kinder light. After Falco and his Panther Burns performed their version of “Train Kept A-Rollin,” Thrasher greeted the group with: “That may be the worst sound I’ve ever heard come out on television.” Falco’s polite reply: “Thank you very much.”

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The Magic 2008-Ball

Flyer editors and writers were each issued a new-fangled, high-tech research tool this week: a
Magic 8-Ball. Their first assignment? Create a list of fail-safe predictions for the coming year. Here’s what they came up with. You can’t say we didn’t warn you. — Bruce VanWyngarden, editor

Will COGIC’s Holy Convocation come back to Memphis?

Presiding bishop Charles E. Blake, elected in November, has promised that the 100th anniversary Holy Convocation wouldn’t be the last in Memphis, so the saints will return in 2008.

Even if the 6.5-million-member denomination decides to move the convocation to Atlanta or Los Angeles sometime in the future, they’ll be back eventually. Memphis is the birthplace of COGIC, and there are few higher claims than that. Face it. Even after thousands of years, the Olympics returned to Athens. Magic 8-Ball says: Without A Doubt.

Will Broad Avenue become the new South Main?

Okay, so maybe Broad won’t replace South Main as an arts district, but it may soon become just as relevant an art space with possibly hipper cred. The neighborhood just pulled off its second highly successful art walk, with works featured at Material, Metalcast, LRP Gallery, and other galleries. With the addition of the nautically themed Cove, featuring the décor formerly housed at Anderton’s East, the place has the potential to come into its own. Signs Point To Yes.

If strippers are forced to wear pasties, will crime go down?

We agree with outgoing Councilman Tom Marshall: There is no evidence that pasties deter crime. Nor will banning beer sales in topless clubs do anything to alleviate the city’s rampant gang problems. People will get buzzed one way or another. At least beer is legal. Legislating morality seldom works, says the 8-Ball. In other words: Don’t Count On It.

Will Elvis-mania ever die?

With Elvis Presley Enterprises investing in an expansion at Graceland — and a cleanup for the area around it — don’t expect Elvis-mania to wane anytime soon, even if his once-teenybopper fans require bifocals, walkers, and hip replacements. Ask Again Later.

Will the City Council have a productive year?

With a gazillion new members — some new to elected office, some not — the council will take this year to begin to understand what its job is, what its power is, and where its footing is (not to mention its office). And if there are more Main Street Sweeper-type indictments in the works, it will slow things down even more. Very Doubtful.

Will the Zippin Pippin’s future be resolved this year?

If the Zippin Pippin weren’t a roller coaster ride, it would be the perfect metaphor for one. Ever since Libertyland closed, the city has claimed the Grand Carousel but shunned the Pippin.

The cars were sold at auction, but the wooden structure was never removed from the former park. The ride and the cars were then donated to the Save Libertyland group and added to the National Historic Register. Then the city claimed ownership of the ride, because it wasn’t removed from the property by a certain date.

In December, the City Council was presented with three options for the Fairgrounds area, but, well, see above. My Sources Say No.

Will hometown hotties Ginnifer Goodwin and Justin Timberlake ever hook up?

Though Goodwin reportedly broke up with Chris Klein earlier this year, Timberlake seems to be going strong with Jessica Biel. Besides, if the 2008 ball said “As I See It, Yes” or “It Is

Decidedly So,” Perez Hilton would be posting
it to his blog right now.

Better Not Tell You Now.

Will Memphis and Shelby County consolidate their crime-fighting efforts?

To avoid a power struggle between county sheriff Mark Luttrell and Memphis police director Larry Godwin, maybe the Justice League will step in as the county’s top crime fighters. But things this big move slowly, and the Magic 8-Ball is also slowly turning. Now it says: Very Doubtful.

Will blogger Paul Ryburn move to the suburbs?

The downtown blogger (paulryburn.com) doesn’t just eat and drink downtown. He lives, works, and plays there, too. He helped found a community group against downtown panhandlers and the Residents for a Safer Downtown organization.

But if he hooks up with a suburb-loving lady — maybe a Romanian in a tube top — you never know. Still, the 8-Ball says: My Reply Is No.

Will there be a compelling on-field reason to go to Redbirds games this season?

AutoZone Park is a great place to be in the summer — barbecue nachos in the bleachers, kids rolling around on the bluff, the satisfying crack of baseballs ricocheting off wooden bats.

But, if atmosphere is the primary selling point of minor-league baseball, then a chance to see tomorrow’s stars today is the secondary one, and, in that respect, the St. Louis Cardinals’ threadbare minor-league system hasn’t treated Redbirds fans well of late.

That could change next year, when the Redbirds are likely to boast a real top prospect in the form of centerfielder Colby Rasmus. The 21-year-old, who broke Bo Jackson’s prep home-run record in Alabama, was projected as a Top 50 prospect by both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus prior to last season and is sure to shoot up that list for 2008 after hitting 28 home runs and stealing 18 bases in only 128 Double-A games last season. Signs Point To Yes.

Will more local politicians and their associates be indicted?

Local FBI agent-in-charge My Harrison and U.S. attorney David Kustoff have expanded the hunt for governmental crooks beyond the scripted theater-in-the-round of Tennessee Waltz videos into actual graft initiated by the felons themselves.

Two recent indictees are former MLGW head Joseph Lee and former county commissioner Bruce Thompson, each of whom is charged with offenses that in previous years would have been shrugged off as one-hand-washing-the-other politics. It Is Certain.

Will the Grizzlies get better?

The Grizzlies’ slow start this season may seem like same-old, same-old to casual fans, but a closer look strongly suggests the team has played better than its record. In the NBA, point-differential (how many points a team has won or lost games by) has proven to be a better indicator of future performance than winning percentage.

Through mid-December, the Grizzlies boasted the point-differential of a near-.500 team, closer to the even mark than any other losing team in the league, something reflective of the bad luck and poor late-game execution that resulted in a league-worst 0-5 record in games decided by 3 or fewer points.

Also factor in that, because of injuries to center Darko Milicic and point guard Michael Conley, the team had yet to play a single game with its eventual projected rotation, and the Grizzlies are poised to be a team that improves over the course of the season. As I See It, Yes.

Will Grizzlies attendance come back?

After finishing last in NBA home attendance last season, the Grizzlies have crept up a little in the standings early this season, but that’s more a result of other teams doing even worse than the Grizzlies doing better.

Barring a major event (like winning the draft lottery, drat!), NBA attendance is generally more a reflection of the previous season than the current one. So, winning back fans will be a slow process. The real test will be if the Grizzlies can improve this season and generate expectations for the 2008-2009 season.

So, we may start to get an answer to this question in 2008, but the answer won’t be complete until the fall. Cannot Predict Now.

Will conditions at the Memphis Animal Shelter improve?

In recent months, grassroots activists, animal rescuers, and animal advocates have formed a group called Change Our Shelter. They claim adoptable animals are being euthanized for minor conditions like allergies or runny noses, and they want to see the shelter change its euthanasia policies to allow rescue groups to adopt sick animals. They’re also fighting for longer adoption hours, a friendlier staff, and a new citizen-run shelter advisory board. Ask Again Later.

Will Nothing But the Truth be another Memphis-made prestige film?

Memphis has generally had pretty good luck with the quality of its recent made-in-Memphis flicks. The Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line garnered an Oscar for Reese Witherspoon. The still-unreleased Blueberry Nights brought one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world, Wong Kar-Wai, to town. 21 Grams didn’t quite work, but it paired an elite cast (Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro) with a hot director (Alejandro Inarritu, who went on the make Babel). And that doesn’t even factor in Craig Brewer’s films.

Nothing But the Truth, the recently shot political/journalistic potboiler that’s a thinly veiled roman à clef about New York Times reporter Judy Miller’s role in the CIA leak case, doesn’t boast quite the pedigree. Director Rod Lurie is best known for the overheated The Contender. The declarative title of Lurie’s Memphis-made follow-up suggests a similar lack of nuance. Outlook Not So Good.

Will the Rhodes-Jennings Building come back to life this year?

The 19th-century cast-iron gem that is the former Lowenstein’s Department Store and later Rhodes-Jennings Building on North Main downtown is being rehabbed — again. So, is 2008 the year someone actually moves into the place? With the bad luck this century-old building’s had, the 8-Ball’s staying on the safe side:

Ask Again Later.

Will 2008 be a better year for new Memphis music than 2007?

Amy LaVere broke out big-time and stalwart local artists such as Vending Machine and Harlan T. Bobo released fine records in 2007, but most of the heavyweights on the local music scene took the year off. In 2008, new records from the North Mississippi Allstars and Reigning Sound (based in North Carolina now, but recorded in Memphis) are already on tap, which should get the year off to a good start. Most Likely.

Will a major earthquake strike Memphis in 2008?

Ever since the great earthquake of 1811 shook this area with such force that the Mississippi River flowed backward — well, that’s the story, anyway — Memphians have been nervously expecting “the big one.”

Experts and pseudo-experts have given their opinions, and one year a scientist named Eben Browning even predicted the exact day the quake would strike (December 3, 1990). News flash: It didn’t. We keep hearing that we are sitting directly on the New Madrid fault, so it’s only a matter of time, but the fact is that we are not. The fault line is actually several hundred miles to the west, so even if a quake did run along that fault line, there’s no way to say how much damage it would cause here — if any. Very Doubtful.

Will Target move into the Sears Crosstown building?

Midtowners have been begging for a “big-box” retailer for years, but with the not-in-my-backyard caveat (because of the huge parking lot these places normally demand). The majestic Sears building on North Cleveland has been vacant since 1983 and has changed hands countless times since then. It’s about the only property in Memphis that already has the size, parking, and location necessary for a big-box retailer. But the 8-Ball is waffling: Cannot Predict Now.

Will Pau Gasol be traded?

Chicago newspaper columnists and a not-insignificant segment of the team’s fan base would like to answer this question in the affirmative, but all signs so far from the team’s new brain trust of general manager Chris Wallace and coach Marc Iavaroni point to no.

Gasol’s presence allowed the Grizzlies to work out a deal this summer for Gasol’s Barcelona buddy Juan Carlos Navarro, a crafty, deadeye shooter who already has become a fan favorite and is currently one of the league’s biggest bargains. Navarro will be a restricted free agent this summer, however, so moving Gasol (without moving Navarro along with him) could make resigning Navarro more difficult.

Ultimately, the answer to this question could be dependent on whether Gasol can break out of his early-season slump and whether the current roster can gel. Ask Again Later.

Will John Daly say or do something embarrassing in 2008?

The fast-living hard-drinking sometime Memphian is way overdue for a blow-up. (We’re hoping for a love connection between Daly and Tamara Mitchell-Ford, but that’s probably too much to hope for.) It Is Decidedly So.

Will some perky food or travel channel host come to Memphis?

And, of course, while they’re here they are contractually obligated to repeat the age-old nonsense about how the city is divided to the point of civil war over the wet or dry preparation of barbecue ribs. Most Likely.

Will Harold Ford Jr. come back home
to stay?

Since he lost his Senate race to Bob Corker, Ford has taken so many high-profile jobs outside of Memphis, sometimes it seems like all the former congressman ever wanted was Shelby County in his rearview mirror.

Outlook Not So Good.

Will Scripps Howard sell The Commercial Appeal?

The CA‘s circulation is tanking hard, labor disputes are ongoing, and recent dunderheaded decisions to move the newspaper’s ad layout department to India and seek paid sponsors for editorial content have resulted in harsh criticism. Scripps recently split the company into print and broadcast divisions, so they’re already halfway there. Signs Point To Yes.

Will the “West Memphis Three” get a
new trial in 2008?

Few crimes have caused as much controversy as the triple murder that took place in Crittenden County in 1993. Three boys tied up, mutilated, and strangled. Three boys arrested. One confession (perhaps). After a lengthy and complicated trial, two boys (now young men) are serving life sentences, one other is on death row.

But hold on. What are we to make of newly revealed DNA evidence that could link one of the victim’s fathers to the crime or reports that the slain boys’ horrific injuries — once thought to be part of a satanic ritual — were inflicted by wildlife after the boys were killed? The West Memphis Three have a hotshot legal team, high-profile public opinion, and, allegedly, DNA evidence to support them.

Even Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines has now joined the chorus of those clamoring for a new trial.

Signs Point To Yes.

Will Gus’s Fried Chicken ever be able to get rid of the smell of David Gest?

Sure, he’s been gone for a while, achieving stardom of a sort in Great Britain, but unwanted Gests have been known to linger where they’re not wanted. Don’t Count On It.

Will the new Music Commission make any difference to the music biz hereabouts?

Our civic leaders never seem to realize that the circumstances responsible for Memphis’ glorious musical past were completely organic. They evolved without a business plan and therefore cannot be re-created with a business plan, especially not one that involves bringing in more business-minded businessmen from more business-minded cities. My Sources Say No.

Will the Tigers win the NCAA basketball championship?

The NCAA tournament may be known for its exciting upsets, but talent usually wins out in the end and that typically means NBA-level talent. The teams with the most (and best) future pros have proven to have a significant advantage over their competition in the drive for the college hoops title.

Tiger fans have taken to lauding the talent on this year’s team, but how does it really match up with other recent title winners, as well as other teams competing for this year’s title?

The University of Memphis currently has three players solidly on the NBA radar: Freshman point guard Derrick Rose is a consensus Top 5 pick. Junior swingman Chris Douglas-Roberts is projected to be anywhere from a mid-first-rounder to a second-rounder. Senior center Joey Dorsey is projected to be a second-rounder, if drafted at all.

Even if you’re optimistic about the pro prospects of Rose, Douglas-Roberts, and Dorsey, the Tigers would be only the second title winner this decade — and third in the past 13 seasons — without at least four players drafted to the NBA.

If the Tigers win the NCAA title, it will mean one of two things: that Dorsey and Douglas-Roberts have enhanced their status as pro prospects or the team itself has bucked a very strong trend.

Don’t Count On It.

Will The Pyramid ever become a Bass Pro Shop — or anything other than an empty, pointy building?

Is it possible for The Pyramid to ever succeed as a giant tackle shop, an aquarium, a museum, or an amusement park? Doubtful. Assuming it legal to sell beer and spirits inside a sexually oriented business, could The Pyramid succeed as the world’s biggest strip club? You May Rely On It.

Will Craig Brewer leave Memphis?

It’s hard to imagine the existence of Memphis’ growing film community without the success of Craig Brewer, the blues-obsessed writer and director whose films have revolved around strippers, pimps, and drunken nymphomaniacs. If local government continues to crack down on beer sales in sexually oriented businesses, will Brewer be forced to move his base of operations to nearby Holiday, Tennessee, where, in spite of the area’s rural Bible Beltness, the booze still flows and the strippers take it off? Better Not Tell You Now.

Will the Huey Burger be named
“best burger”?

After a jillion years of being voted the best burger in town by some local media outlet, possibly the Flyer, the odds of this happening again are pretty good.

As I See It Yes.

Will Democrats retake control of the state Senate?

Encouraged by the special election victory of Democrat Andy Berke to capture the vacated seat of disgraced Tennessee-Waltzer Ward Crutchfield in Chattanooga, Tennessee Democrats are suddenly optimistic about their chances to regain control of the state Senate in the 2008 elections.

But, given the fact that a fresh Republican (state representative Dolores Gresham) is challenging octogenarian John Wilder, the deposed former Democratic speaker, in Fayette, the Magic 8-Ball says: Don’t Count On It.

Will Fred Thompson win the Republican presidential nomination?

Way back in the spring and summer, actor/pol/lobbyist Fred Thompson was all the rage in Republican circles as a potential savior in the presidential race. But since then he has shown up on the debate stage and the campaign trail, and even on TV, a medium which should have favored him, as looking wan, uncertain about his message, and less than resolute.

Worse for Thompson has been the rapid rise of another Southerner, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who seems actually to know what he believes, right or wrong, and whom many are now touting as a more than possible GOP nominee. Very Doubtful.

Does Nikki Tinker have a chance to unseat Steve Cohen?

Tinker, the former Democratic primary congressional candidate against eventual winner Steve Cohen in 2006, is running against him again, and evidently with the same philosophy — that actually taking positions on issues (or even speaking of them) is either bad manners or bad politics.

Meanwhile, Tinker has swapped Amen choruses. Instead of Emily’s List, which went after Cohen in 2006 despite his long-term support of women’s issues, she now has LaSimba Gray and other prominent members of the Baptist Ministerial Association, who hate hate-crimes legislation (except as a club to beat white devil Cohen with).

Does corporate lawyer Tinker have a chance against the incumbent? Ask Again Later.

Is there such a thing as a “good” political action committee?

New Path is a PAC, but it isn’t bound by party affiliation nor is it divided along racial lines. New Path’s aim is to see to it that the best candidates the city has to offer become the officeholders Memphians can be proud of — a real fresh idea. The bywords for those candidates: ability and accountability — something new on the local political scene and something maybe to think about nationally this presidential election year. Signs Point To Yes.

Can I get published?

The 20th annual “Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word” is to be celebrated in Memphis in October. If you’re a writer and would like to be considered as a participating author, send two copies of your manuscript or galley by June 1st to Humanities Tennessee, Attn: Program Committee, 306 Gay St., Nashville TN 37201. Include in that submission a press kit and author bio, then wait to hear. What’s the worst you could hear? My Reply Is No.

Will we ever get to drink beer and watch strippers at the same time again?

The outgoing Memphis City Council voted to table the strip club issue until March, when the new council and its nine freshmen will apparently be forced to decide whether or not gentlemen’s clubs can serve alcoholic beverages and permit consenting adult females to dance au naturel from the waist up. Will the new City Council vote to bring beer and boobs back to our sacred beer and boobs bars? Outlook Not So Good.

Will the rift over control of the National Civil Rights Museum be resolved?

April 4, 2008, marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. The site of that assassination, now the National Civil Rights Museum, stands for King’s legacy to the thousands of visitors who come from around the world each year. Locally, though, the museum is the crux of a continuing struggle between factions wrestling about who should be allowed to influence the way the civil rights story is told and who should be represented on the museum’s board of directors.

In this year of special remembrance of King’s impact on our country and reflection on how far we’ve come in the 40 years since his death, will the parties involved with the museum flap bury their differences to commemorate King? Cannot Predict Now.

Will there be peace between Mayor Willie Herenton and the new City Council?

Herenton broke bread with members of his newly elected City Council at the Rendezvous restaurant in November, and, while there were smiles all around, His Honor warned about a “gray line” beyond which lay “certain areas where either branch [could decide] to get into the other branch’s domain.”

Given the mayor’s alpha-male propensities and the heavy Young Turk concentration on the new council, 8-Ball says: Better Not Tell You Now.

Do It Yourself Quiz

by John Branston

Elsewhere in this issue, Flyer writers and editors have made some predictions with the help of their trusty Magic 8-Balls. Here’s where you, the reader, get to make yours.

1) The current buzz phrase most likely to be forgotten a year from now will be (a) aerotropolis (b) political consultant (c) Blue Crush (d) monetize.

2) The next big deal for Memphis that will show tangible progress in 2008 will be (a) biotech zone on the site of the old Baptist Hospital (b) makeover of Sears Crosstown building (c) Fairgrounds (d) Shelby Farms.

3) The Memphis sports surprise of 2008 will be (a) highly rated Tiger basketball team falls short of Final Four once again (b) a new hunting and fishing alliance (c) University of Memphis football team wins eight games (d) the Grizzlies playoff run.

4) The Memphis attraction that will suffer the biggest attendance drop in 2008 will be (a) Graceland (b) Tiger football (c) Memphis Redbirds (d) Memphis Grizzlies.

5) The 2007 news headliner most likely to be forgotten one year from today will be (a) indicted former commissioner Bruce Thompson (b) “sex-plot” diva Gwendolyn Smith (c) strip club owner Ralph Lunati (d) indicted former MLGW CEO Joseph Lee.

6) Which of the following people is most likely to have another 15 minutes of fame in 2008? (a) Mary Winkler (b) Rickey Peete (c) Roscoe Dixon (d) John Ford.

7) The share price of FedEx, which hit a 52-week low of $94 in December, will be how much a year from now? (a) $85 or less (b) $95 (c) $105 (d) $115 or more.

8) Local governments will make ends meet by (a) raising property taxes (b) implementing a payroll tax on commuters (c) cutting services (d) layoffs.

9) The downtown “big deal” that will go away in 2008 will be (a) Beale Street Landing boat dock (b) Gene Carlisle’s high-rise hotel and condos (c) Bass Pro in The Pyramid (d) the COGIC convention.

10) The thing people will be talking about after Mayor Herenton’s New Year’s Day speech will be (a) a surprise proposal (b) the angry tone (c) the conciliatory tone (d) another local news story that will overshadow it.

11) The government-by-referendum idea that will pass in 2008 will be (a) term limits for city politicians (b) no property-tax increase without a referendum (c) both (d) neither one.

12) The next superintendent for Memphis City Schools will have a background in (a) education and Teach for America (b) the military (c) big business (d) Memphis or Tennessee politics and government.

13) Facing public loss of confidence and financial pressure, Memphis City Schools will close or schedule the closing of how many schools in 2008? (a) none (b) five or less (c) five to 10 (d) more than 10.

14) A final decision will be made in 2008 to put the football stadium for the University of Memphis (a) on the main campus (b) on the South Campus (c) build a new stadium at the Fairgrounds (d) renovate the existing stadium at the Fairgrounds.

15) The big news out of the federal building in 2008 will be (a) major new indictments of public figures related to political corruption (b) no major new indictments of public figures related to political corruption (c) a courtroom defeat for prosecutors (d) reversal of Judge Bernice Donald’s desegregation order for county schools.

16) The news with the biggest negative impact on Memphians in 2008 will be (a) sky-high MLGW bills (b) rising violent-crime rate (c) $4-a-gallon gasoline (d) massive foreclosures and falling housing values.

17) Who is most likely to leave their job in 2008 for whatever reason? (a) Tommy West (b) My Harrison (c) John Calipari (d) Willie Herenton.

Answers: 1) b; 2) a; 3) a; 4) d; 5) b; 6) a; 7) d; 8) d; 9) d; 10) c; 11) d; 12) a; 13) b; 14) d; 15) a and d; 16) c; 17) b

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Memphis-area Hospitals

East

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville

1500 West Poplar, Collierville, 861-9000

Total staff: 400

Total licensed beds: 71

collierville.baptistonline.org

Baptist Memorial opened its Collierville hospital in 1999. This hospital has premier facilities including large patient rooms with the amenities of home. The hospital’s 75-acre campus has large trees, a walking trail, and a pond. Medical services include a full-service emergency room, a Women’s Center, outpatient rehabilitation, open MRI facilities, inpatient and outpatient surgery, inpatient and outpatient diagnostics, the Baptist Sleep Disorders Center, 58 acute-care beds, seven critical-care beds, a Wellness Center, and a six-bed step-down unit.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

6019 Walnut Grove, 226-5000  

Total staff: 3,600

Total licensed beds: 771, including 30 skilled nursing beds and 30 restorative care beds

memphis.baptistonline.org

Baptist Memphis is the flagship of the Baptist Memorial Health Care system and serves as a major referral system for patients across the Mid-South. The hospital offers diagnostic, surgical, and rehabilitation services and has added many beds in the past few years with the opening of a new patient tower and the Baptist Heart Institute. Consumers have named it their most preferred hospital for overall health care services in a National Research Corporation poll for the past 12 years.

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women

6225 Humphreys Blvd., 227-9000

Total staff: 600+

Total licensed beds: 140

womens.baptistonline.org

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women opened in 2001. It is the only freestanding women’s hospital in Memphis and one of only a handful of such hospitals across the country. Special facilities include the Dr. Sam P. Patterson Library, a newborn intensive-care unit, a high-risk pregnancy center, a urodynamics center, and a comprehensive breast center that includes mammography, stereotactic biopsy, ultra-sound, digital mammograph, and Second Look, a computerized detection system that assists radiologists in the early detection of breast cancer.

Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown

2100 Exeter, 757-1350

Total staff: 319

Total licensed beds: 68

germantown.baptistonline.org

This rehab hospital offers a full array of inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation services. The facility specializes in the treatment of neurological and orthopedic disorders, spinal cord and brain injuries, and other disorders. The hospital operates an outpatient physical rehabilitation center (operated independently by Mid-South Surgery Center) and an on-site general ambulatory surgery program. Outpatient therapy services are offered on-site and at three satellite locations.

Lakeside Behavioral Health System

2911 Brunswick, 377-4700, 1-800-232-LAKE

Total staff: 540

Total licensed beds: 295

lakesidebhs.com

Lakeside provides comprehensive treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. As a full-service private behavioral health hospital, Lakeside specializes in both inpatient and outpatient treatment for emotional/behavioral problems, emotional trauma, and addiction problems for all ages. Lakeside’s 37-acre main campus is located near I-40 and Highway 64 and has been in operation since 1976. Two outpatient centers, Cresthaven, located in East Memphis, and a second location in Jackson, Tennessee, provide day and evening outpatient programming. Lakeside also operates an around-the-clock assessment center to help people find the treatment that best meets their needs.

Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital

7691 Poplar, 516-6418

Total staff: 1,462

Total licensed beds: 209

methodisthealth.org

Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital, located in East Shelby County, is a community hospital serving East Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, and surrounding communities. The hospital offers services for pediatric patients, OB-GYN service, cardiac care, general medicine, an emergency room, and a cardiac chest-pain emergency department.

Saint Francis Hospital

5959 Park, 765-1000

Total staff: 2,000

Total licensed beds: 519

saintfrancishosp.com

Saint Francis Hospital is a full-service health-care facility that offers a wide range of services including a chest-pain emergency center designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, and a Cardiac Care Center that has been named a United Healthcare Premium Cardiac Specialty Center. The Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the American Society of Bariatric Surgery and as a CIGNA Certified Hospital for Bariatric Surgery. Other services include a stroke emergency center, diabetes care center, cancer care center, family birthing center, women’s center, behavioral health program, nursing home, five sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, a sleep center, a new ambulatory surgery center, a heartburn center, and a TotalCare outpatient diagnostic center.

MEDICAL CENTER/DOWNTOWN

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

1030 Jefferson, 523-8990

Total licensed beds: 254

myhealth.va.gov

A part of the Memphis community since 1922, the VA Medical Center is a tertiary-care facility and one of the most complex in the nation’s VA health-care system. Located in the heart of the Memphis medical community, the Medical Center makes services available to more than 196,000 veterans residing in 53 counties in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. It serves as a regional referral center for spinal cord injury and prosthetics treatment and offers acute medical, surgical, and psychiatric care, as well as comprehensive primary, intermediate, and specialized outpatient care to entitled and eligible veterans.

Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center

50 N. Dunlap, 287-KIDS

Total Staff: 1,900

Total licensed beds: 225

lebonheur.org

Founded in 1952, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center is the Mid-South’s first and only comprehensive pediatric medical facility. More than 130,000 children throughout the region are treated annually on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Children are referred to Le Bonheur from all over the United States and throughout the world.

Memphis Mental Health Institute (MMHI)

951 Court, 524-1200

Total staff: 350

Total licensed beds: 135 (98 operating beds)

state.tn.us/mental/mhs/mhs2.html

MMHI is one of five psychiatric hospitals in Tennessee. State-owned and operated, this public community hospital specializes in short-term, inpatient, intensive psychiatric care for adults. The facility provides individualized treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation where patients receive care based on their specific needs. MMHI is an affiliate of the UT Memphis Health Sciences Center.

Methodist Extended Care Hospital (MECH)

225 Claybrook, 516-7425

Total Staff: 140

Total licensed beds: 36

methodisthealth.org

Methodist Extended Care Hospital is housed on the same campus as Methodist University Hospital. This long-term, acute-care facility provides highly individualized care for medically fragile patients who still need specialized nursing care and intensive therapies through an extended hospital stay.

Methodist University Hospital

1265 Union, 516-7000

Total Staff: 2,653

Total licensed beds: 669

methodisthealth.org

Methodist University Hospital, located in the heart of the medical center, is a full-service tertiary care facility, receiving referrals from across the Mid-South as well as from around the United States and the world. Services include an emergency room, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, neurology, cardiology, oncology, stem cell transplants, transplant services, urology, orthopedic, ear/nose/throat, diabetic dialysis, and rehabilitation. Methodist University Hospital is the flagship for Methodist Healthcare, the third-largest hospital in the country and Memphis’ second-largest private employer. Methodist University is the principal adult private teaching hospital for the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.

Regional Medical Center at Memphis

877 Jefferson, 545-7100

Total staff: 2,750

Total licensed beds: 620

the-med.org

Known as “The Med,” the Regional Medical Center at Memphis is a “safety-net” teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Tennessee and serves a 150-mile radius, which includes five states. The Med’s five centers of excellence include the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center (the only Level 1 trauma center in this area), Firefighters Regional Burn Center (the only full-service burn treatment center within a 150-mile radius), High-risk Obstetrics Center, Wound Center, and Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center (newborn intensive care). Other specialty services include the Diggs-Kraus Sickle Cell Center, Adult Special Care Center for HIV/AIDS, Sunrise Program for pregnant teens, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Memphis.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

332 N. Lauderdale, 495-3300

Total staff: 3,200

Total licensed beds: 60

stjude.org

St. Jude is the premier center in the United States for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other childhood catastrophic diseases. It specializes in the research of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, numerous solid tumor forms of cancer, severe infectious diseases, and genetic disorders. Each year, the hospital treats more than 4,400 patients from all over the world, most of whom are seen on an outpatient basis, and no family ever pays St. Jude for medical treatment. The internationally known center is in the midst of a $1.2 billion expansion program that has seen four new buildings in the past five years; next will be a $114 million tower to house diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology, as well as a brain cancer research and treatment center.

NORTH

Methodist North Hospital

3960 New Covington Pike, 516-5200

Total staff: 1,258

Total licensed beds: 234

methodisthealth.org

Methodist North Hospital, located in northeast Shelby County, is a community hospital serving the Raleigh-Bartlett area and surrounding communities, as well as residents of north Shelby and south Tipton counties. Methodist North offers a full range of services including an emergency department, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, comprehensive cardiac care, acute inpatient care and treatment, expanded laser surgery capabilities, extensive surgical services, outpatient radiology and mammography, a same-day surgery unit, and maternity services and neonatal intensive care. Methodist North also offers outpatient therapeutic services, including rehabilitation services for speech, occupational, and physical therapy, as well as cardiac rehabilitation.

Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett

2986 Kate Bond, 820-7000

Total staff: 454

Total licensed beds: 100

saintfrancisbartlett.com

Bartlett’s first full-service health-care facility opened in June 2004, offering emergency and surgical care. The facility is located on 23.6 acres and features 64 medical/surgical beds, a maternity ward with 10 mother-baby suites, 10 Level II nursery beds, and 16 critical care/intensive-care beds. It also provides a 24-hour emergency-care center.

SOUTH

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto

7601 Southcrest Parkway, Southaven, MS, 662-772-4000

Total staff: 1,700

Total licensed beds: 399

desoto.baptistonline.org

Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto opened in 1988. Since then, the population of the five-county area served by the hospital has boomed, and the hospital is steadily expanding to meet the needs of its patients. In November 2006, Baptist DeSoto opened an 11-story hospital tower that added 140 beds to the facility, allowing it to offer all private rooms. In addition, the new hospital tower added a new and expanded emergency department, more operating suites, and space for future additions. The hospital also provides a 24-hour emergency room; the Baptist DeSoto Outpatient Diagnostic Center and Women’s Center, which offers a number of diagnostic services; and much more.

Delta Medical Center

3000 Getwell, 369-8100

Total staff: 600+

Total licensed beds: 243

deltamedcenter.com

Delta Medical Center is a medical/surgical hospital offering around-the-clock emergency services, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, inpatient and ambulatory surgery, and an intensive care unit. Additional services include a sleep lab and hyperbaric and wound care services. Inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services offer adult mental health, addictive disorder treatment, geriatric programs, and Christian-based services.

Methodist South Hospital

1300 Wesley Drive, 516-3700

Total staff: 701

Total licensed beds: 200

methodisthealth.org

Methodist South Hospital is an acute-care satellite hospital located in Whitehaven and serves South Memphis and northern Mississippi. Services include a dialysis unit, a maternity center, a critical care unit, a cancer-care center, a self-contained same-day surgery unit, an emergency room, a cardiac chest-pain emergency department, and cardiac care.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND PHYSICIAN REFERRAL SERVICES

Baptist Memorial Hospital Location and Referral Service:

226-3627

Memphis and Shelby County HIV/AIDS Hotline:

544-7575

Memphis/Shelby County Health Department:

544-7775

Saint Francis Physician Referral Service:

765-1811, 820-7022 (Bartlett)

TennCare Family Assistance Service Center:

1-866-311-4287

Tennessee Bureau of Health Services:
615-741-7305

Tennessee Department of Human Services:

344-5040

Tennessee Poison Center:
528-6048

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The Avenue Carriage Crossing

854-8240

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Bill Morris Pkwy. at Houston Levee

ANCHORS: Dillard’s, Macy’s

Opened in October 2005 in Collierville, The Avenue Carriage Crossing is a convenient hop off Bill Morris Parkway. The open-air mall has been billed as a “lifestyle center,” which means you can make a day of it strolling the pristine avenues of shops or just drive right up to stores that interest you the most without having to work your way through a crowd of shoppers. Anchored by Dillard’s and Macy’s, The Avenue Carriage Crossing also includes Ann Taylor, Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, Apothetique, Linens & Things, Barnes & Noble, Eddie Bauer, Pac Sun, Select Comfort, Build-A-Bear, Shoe Depot, and many other stores. Among the restaurants at the Avenue Carriage Crossing are Bonefish Grill, Firebird’s Rocky Mountain Grill, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Blue Coast Burrito, Cheeburger Cheeburger, and Crescent City.

Carrefour at Kirby Woods

759-0448

6685 Poplar

Poplar at Kirby Pkwy.

ANCHORS: Borders Books, Jos. A. Bank, Romano’s Macaroni Grill

At Carrefour at Kirby Woods, men have got the clothes thing covered from head to toe at Jos. A. Bank, book lovers can be occupied for hours at Borders, and gourmands will absolutely insist on stopping by the spice extravaganza, Penzey’s. For soccer-crazy kids, there are jerseys and more at Soccer Stix, and for those looking for comfy seating, there’s Sensational Sofas. If all this shopping has worked up an appetite, there’s the crowd-pleasing Romano’s Macaroni Grill and Swanky’s Taco Shop, where you can build your own burrito.

Chickasaw Oaks Village

794-6022

3092 Poplar

chickasawoaksvillage.com

Poplar west of East High School

ANCHORS: Pier 1 Imports, Hallmark, La Baguette

Step into a Victorian village and browse the quaint storefronts when you step into the mall at Chickasaw Oaks, conveniently located on Poplar across from Chickasaw Gardens. The ever-popular La Baguette serves great lunches, pastries, and breads, and inside the mall, Elfo’s serves a broad menu for both lunch and dinner. Upscale shops include Lisa Mallory for stylish home decorating and Kittie Kyle and Ella for top-notch women’s clothing. Perry Nicole Fine Art is one of the city’s prime galleries, and Pier 1, facing Walnut Grove Road, is, well, Pier 1 — one-stop shopping for home furnishings. And if you’re looking for pottery, have it your way at Seize the Clay. Next door is Memphis’ Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. Check out a book or buy a book: the library’s store, located just inside the entrance, offers an ever-changing selection of titles for sale in every area of interest.

Hickory Ridge Mall

367-8045

hickoryridge.com

6075 Winchester

Winchester at Hickory Hill

ANCHORS: Sears, Macy’s

Anchored by Sears and Macy’s, Hickory Ridge Mall features more than 60 stores. Is there a special occasion looming? Take care of tux needs at After Hours Formalwear. Have a sentiment you just can’t find the words for? Hallmark Gold Crown Store will have just the right card. Looking to get fit and healthy? Pick up some sneakers at Finish Line and some vitamins at GNC Live Well. The Hickory Ridge Mall has a number of clothing and jewelry stores, such as Gordon’s Jewelers, Ashley Stewart, Joy Collection, and much more. The Hickory Ridge Mall is also home to a double-decker Venetian carousel, with rides costing $1.

Lakeland Factory Outlet Mall

386-3180

3536 Canada

Hwy. 64 at Canada

ANCHORS: Old Time Pottery, Bass Company Store, VF Factory Outlet

Searching for a really great lamp? Check out the outstanding selection of lamps with even better prices at Old Time Pottery. Be warned, though: You’ll probably be taking home a bunch other housewares — linens, rugs, plates, etc. — you didn’t even know you needed until you got there. While you’re at the mall, you might as well load up on shirts, shoes, and pants at Bass Company Store, and since you’ve been planning to get your underwear drawer in order, that means you’ll be restocking from the Hanes Outlet.

The Laurelwood Collection

794-6022

4615 Poplar

ANCHORS: Chili’s, Edwin Watts Golf, S&K Menswear

Located catty-corner to Laurelwood Shopping Center, the Laurelwood Collection is a grouping of distinctive shops, with the focus being fine fashion, accessories, makeup, and hair care for women: Blu Champagne, Isabella, the Pink Door, Therapy, Papagallo II, Eve, and Capelli salon. But don’t forget him: There’s S&K Menswear. Or the kids: There’s Village Toymaker. And don’t forget to bring your clubs: There’s Edwin Watts Golf. The Stovall Collection offers top-of-the-line stationery. Chili’s is popular any day or night (but check out happy hour). And sleep tight: The Mattress Firm guarantees it; the Futon Store makes moving from couch to bed a snap.

Laurelwood Shopping Center

794-6022

Poplar at Perkins Ext.

ANCHORS: Sears, Davis-Kidd Booksellers, James Davis

Sears, Walgreens, and Talbots are the national names to look for, but Laurelwood Shopping Center, at Poplar and Perkins Extended, in the heart of East Memphis, is equally known for its upscale businesses of the home-grown variety. And what a range of businesses! Memphis’ favorite when it comes to sweets, Dinstuhl’s. James Davis for the best in men’s clothing and Joseph for the best in women’s. Zoe for cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts you won’t find anywhere else in town. Legacy Linens for linens to die for. King Furs and Fine Jewelry for the finer things in life. R. Sole for trendy footwear. David Lusk is the go-to gallery in Memphis for fine art, and go to Regency Travel if you’re going places. But have a bite first at the handsome Grove Grill. For browsing, check out the specialty shops — Sachi, A Little English, Le Fleur, Kirkland’s House, Crocker Antiques and Garden, and Cotton Tails. And for book browsing, make it Memphis’ meeting ground for readers everywhere: Davis-Kidd Booksellers!

Oak Court Mall

682-8928

4465 Poplar

Poplar west of Perkins Ext.

ANCHORS: Dillard’s, Macy’s

This year, the Oak Court Mall took first place in the “Best Shopping Mall” category in the Flyer’s Best of Memphis Readers Poll. And what’s not to like? It’s not too big, not too small. It’s well-kept and centrally located. It’s got all the mall-store staples — the Gap, Banana Republic, Brentano’s, American Eagle, Brookstone, etc. — and it’s got that brilliant spinning marble ball.

Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center

261-PLAY

150 Peabody Place

Peabody Place at S. Third

ANCHORS: Muvico Peabody Place, Jillian’s,

Stores include Victoria’s Secret, the Foot Locker, and the Gap. There’s also a Starbucks, gift stores, and a number of kiosks selling T-shirts, jewelry, and other items. Plus, is there another retail space in town with so much good eating? Jose Gutierrez’ French/Southern restaurant, Encore, is located at Peabody Place, as is Texas De Brazil.

Poplar Plaza Shopping Center

458-8922

62 S. Prescott

Prescott at Poplar

ANCHORS: Kroger, Blockbuster Video, Spin Street, Bookstar, Old Navy

The granddaddy of Memphis suburban shopping centers, Poplar Plaza has it all. Music lovers shop at Spin Street for music at the busy Poplar and Highland intersection. Book lovers shop at Bookstar for best-sellers and a cup of gourmet coffee. There’s Blockbuster for videos, Buffalo Wild Wings for some good eats, and Old Navy for fashionable, affordable clothing. Party City is party central, and Petco is the place to shop for your furry or feathered loved one. (Doggies welcome!) Off Poplar, Poplar Plaza still has you covered: from Kroger to Dollar Tree to McAlister’s deli to Tommy Bronson Sporting Goods to Tuesday Morning. El Porton is the destination for lovers of Mexican cooking (families welcome!), and Cici’s Pizza is always buzzing. Not so busy and it’s a good thing: the Shelby County Clerk’s office. You can get your car tags taken care of at this location, and it won’t mean (normally) a long wait.

Raleigh Springs Mall

388-4300

3384 Austin Peay

ANCHORS: Sears, Raleigh Springs Mall Cinema 12

While much of Raleigh Springs Mall is unoccupied, there’s still plenty of shopping. There’s Sears and Champs Sports, Foot Locker, City Gear, LensCrafters, as well as T-shirt shops, wireless stores, jewelry stores, and more. Raleigh Springs Mall also has a movie theater.

The Regalia

767-0100

6150 Poplar

Poplar at Shady Grove

ANCHORS: Oak Hall, Reverie Fine Linens and Down, A Pea in the Pod, Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Upscale goods are available at the Regalia. Oak Hall carries a number of luxury labels for both men and women, Shoppe has the prettiest party dresses, and Reverie Fine Linens and Down has sheets with thread-counts that are truly dreamy. The Regalia is also home to the Fitting Place, which carries prosthetics, lingerie, and other items for women who’ve had mastectomies.

The Shops of Saddle Creek

761-2571

shopsofsaddlecreek.com

Poplar at Farmington and Poplar at West

ANCHORS: Talbots, Gap, J. Crew

If you can’t spend a bunch of money at the Shops of Saddle Creek, then you aren’t really trying. The gleaming Apple Store contains all sorts of Apple goods and gizmos just begging to be taken home. Charlotte carries some of the coolest modern jewelry in town, and J. Jill has clothing for women who want to be stylish and comfortable at the same time. Jeans fanatics will certainly find a pair or two or three at Lucky Brand Jeans, and for those looking for the sweet-smelling things in life, there’s always Crabtree & Evelyn. But wait, there’s more: J. Crew, the Gap, Banana Republic, Talbots, Indigo, Coldwater Creek, the Children’s Place, Sharper Image, Origins, Eddie Bauer, Coach, Soma, Williams-Sonoma, Lola, and the list goes on and on.

Southaven Towne Center

southaventtownecenter.net

Airways and Marathon Way in

Southaven, Mississippi

ANCHORS: Dillard’s, Circuit City, JCPenney

Like the Avenue Carriage Crossing, which opened around the same time, Southaven Towne Center is an open-air mall. Its 500,000 square feet is occupied by more than 60 stores, including Aeropostale, Bath Junkie, David’s Bridal, Motherhood Maternity, Pier 1, Rue 21, and more.

Southland Mall

346-1210

southlandmallmemphis.com

1215 Southland Mall

Elvis Presley Blvd. at Shelby Dr.

ANCHORS: Sears, Macy’s

Southland Mall has been in operation for 40 years, and its 60 stores include Cato, Hibbitt Sports, Dress Code, Foot Locker, Gold Factory, Her/She, Delicate Treasures, and more.

Wolfchase Galleria

372-9409

2760 N. Germantown Pkwy.

You can shop for the home at Bombay Company and Pottery Barn, try out a new hairdo at Gould’s or Regis, and get your eyewear in order at LensCrafters or EyeMasters. You can satisfy all fashion tastes in stores such as bebe, Guess, dELiAs, Wet Seal, Torrid, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hot Topic, Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers, and Express and find the perfect topper for the ball-cap-finicky at Lids. And once you get that ball cap, you can cap off your shopping spree with a pretzel from Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and movie at the Malco theater.

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Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

119 S. Main, 523-2787

Housing one of the largest collections of artwork from the Q’ing dynasty, the Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art also contains such rare items as an imperial cinnabar throne, intricate jade sculptures, and ivory masks. Accompanying activities often include Chinese musical performances, martial arts demonstrations, and calligraphy demonstrations. The museum was founded in 1998 by Memphians Jack and Marilyn Belz, who have been collecting Chinese art since 1968.

The Dixon Gallery and Gardens

4339 Park, 761-5250

dixon.org

Boasting a permanent collection that includes works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cezanne, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens is continuing the lifelong devotion to the arts sparked by Margaret and Hugo Dixon, who left their home and 17-acre estate for Memphians and tourists to enjoy. The Georgian-style residence is surrounded by formal English gardens, open vistas, and woodland areas. Major exhibitions of paintings and sculpture are held throughout the year. Open-air concerts also are held periodically.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Overton Park, 544-6200

brooksmuseum.org

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art maintains a permanent collection that includes a print study room with more than 3,000 works of art on paper, as well as galleries filled with French Impressionism, Flemish and Italian Renaissance and Baroque, and 20th-century art, making Brooks the oldest and largest fine-arts museum in Tennessee. In addition to a series of exhibitions held throughout the year, Brooks also hosts First Wednesdays, social events including entertainment that take place on the first Wednesday evening of every month.

Memphis/Germantown Art League

382-2622

mgal.org

The Memphis/Germantown Art League was formed in 1976 by ten artists meeting in Germantown. Since then, the membership has grown to almost 250 and spans Tennessee and three neighboring states. The purpose of this non-profit organization is to aid its member artists in their professional growth and artistic skills by providing exhibitions, workshops, and demonstrations.

Memphis Jewish Community Center

6560 Poplar, 761-0810

jccmemphis.org

Formed in 1949, the Memphis Jewish Community Center is a multipurpose complex serving more than 6,000 members in the Memphis area. The Shainberg Gallery at the MJCC features several exhibits consisting of mostly paintings and drawings throughout the year.

National Ornamental Metal Museum

374 Metal Museum Drive, 774-6380

metalmuseum.org

Since its humble beginnings in a former military hospital, the National Ornamental Metal Museum’s exhibits have continued to grow in stature over the years. A non-profit organization, the museum relies on funding from donors as well as tuition received from classes and workshops. Exhibits change every two to three months.

College and University Galleries

Galleries throughout the Memphis area offer a wide-ranging schedule of changing exhibitions, usually dedicated to art created by their students and faculty, but often bringing in important traveling exhibitions as well. Major galleries include:

The Art Museum at the University of Memphis

678-2224

amum.org

The university’s art gallery houses two permanent collections, “Egyptian Antiquities” and “The Spirit of Africa,” as well as a wide range of temporary exhibits of contemporary art. Admission is free and guided tours are available for groups of up to 60.

Christian Brothers University Gallery and Museum

650 East Parkway South, 321-3432

cbu.edu/library/gallery

A venue for temporary exhibits which display the work of both students and a variety of guest artists throughout the year.

Jones Hall Gallery

Jones Hall, Room 109, The University of Memphis

678-2216

Lab gallery at the University of Memphis, featuring BFA exhibits, graphic-design shows, and more.

Memphis College of Art

Overton Park, 272-5100

mca.edu

An art and design institution that is committed to recognizing and cultivating the diverse abilities of each student — and to preparing them for a future that will utilize and appreciate their talents to the greatest extent. The gallery presents changing exhibitions — often showcasing the work of faculty and students — throughout the year.

Rhodes College Clough-Hanson Gallery

2000 North Parkway, 843-3442

rhodes.edu

Clough-Hanson shows contemporary works by students and guest artists.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Ballet Memphis

7950 Trinity, 737-7322

balletmemphis.org

Founded in 1985 by Dorothy Gunther Pugh as Memphis Concert Ballet, Ballet Memphis began with just two professional dancers and a $75,000 budget. Today, the company is the most successful ballet organization in the city’s history. Ballet Memphis puts on four shows a year at The Orpheum, while holding classes in classical ballet for all ages and levels.

Classical Ballet

3405 Summer, 323-1947

classicalballetmemphis.org

Classical Ballet was founded in 1989 and is now part of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre. Members of this pre-professional company have won the Craft and Choreography Scholarship from the Southeastern Regional Ballet Festival.

Concerts International

527-3067

home.midsouth.rr.com/webs/ConcertsInternational/

Concerts International has been bringing chamber music to Memphis for 35 years.

Memphis Symphony Orchestra

3100 Walnut Grove, 324-3627

memphissymphony.org

Founded in 1952 as the Memphis Sinfonietta, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra has grown over the years into one of this city’s most important cultural organizations. Today, more than 850 musicians, staff, and volunteers in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony Chorus, the four separate orchestras within the Memphis Youth Symphony, and the Memphis Symphony League operate with a $3.8 million budget to present music to radio, television, and live audiences of more than half a million people annually.

Opera Memphis

6745 Wolf River Blvd., 257-3100

operamemphis.org

One of the oldest continuously running opera companies in the nation, Opera Memphis often enjoys full houses at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Performances are often in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.

TRAVELING PERFORMANCES / LOCAL VENUES

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center

3663 Appling, 385-6440

bpacc.org

The Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center (BPACC) is more than a venue for business meetings and commercial functions. It boasts a performance schedule that spans a diverse selection of disciplines in music and theatre. The BPACC will also be hosting an ongoing Family Series, a Sunday Jazz series, and a Dinnerstage series.

Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center

60 Perkins Ext., St. Mary’s Episcopal School, 537-1486

stmarysschool.org/thebuckman

Named after the philanthropist Mertie W. Buckman, this center on the campus of St. Mary’s Episcopal School presents concert and dance series that continue throughout the year.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

255 N. Main, 726-0915

thecannoncenter.com

Located in downtown Memphis, the Cannon Center offers regular concerts by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and is a stop for touring children’s shows and popular comedians and musicians.

Germantown Performing Arts Centre

1801 Exeter, 757-7256

gpacweb.com

The Germantown Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) has been hosting excellent performances viewed by Mid-Southerners for 13 years, and this season will continue that tradition. In addition, the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, directed by Michael Stern, will continue a tradition of noteworthy performances.

The Orpheum Theater

Main and Beale, 525-3000

orpheum-memphis.com

The Orpheum proudly stands as one of the original downtown theaters of Memphis and one of the premier performing-arts centers in the Mid-South. In addition to bringing Broadway productions and a wide array of other entertainers to the area, The Orpheum also hosts local companies such as Ballet Memphis and Opera Memphis.

THEATER

Hattiloo Theatre

656 Marshall, 502-3486

hattilootheatre.org

Repertory theater in downtown Memphis presenting classical and original works with largely African-American themes.

Playhouse on the Square and Circuit Playhouse

51 S. Cooper (Playhouse), 1711 Poplar (Circuit), 726-4656

playhouseonthesquare.org

A company of professional actors who live in the Memphis area prepares and produces a variety of shows throughout the year at two primary venues, Playhouse on the Square and Circuit Playhouse.

Poplar Pike Playhouse

7653 Poplar Pike, 755-7775

ppp.org

The Poplar Pike Playhouse at Germantown High School has received wide acclaim for the level of dramatic performance and training it has achieved. Actors coming out of the program have appeared on Broadway and on television.

Rhodes College McCoy Theatre

2000 North Parkway, 843-3839

rhodes.edu

A student-composed cast and crew put on about four productions per year, inviting established actors from the Memphis community to act alongside them and share their acquired knowledge of both the business and craft of drama.

Theatre Memphis

630 Perkins Ext., 682-8323

theatrememphis.org

Theatre Memphis is the longest-running community theater company in the area, with a main stage and the intimate setting of Next Stage, formerly known as the Little Theatre.

TheatreWorks

2085 Monroe, 274-7139

theatreworks.org

TheatreWorks is made up of five organizations: Playwright’s Forum, Emerald Theatre Company, Our Own Voice Theatre Troupe, Memphis Black Repertory Theatre, and Voices of the South.

University of Memphis Theatre and Dance

678-2576 / 678-3184

memphis.edu

Annually puts on a full season of performances that includes plays and dance concerts, featuring both students and faculty.

Other Theatres

Bartlett Community Theatre — bartlettcommunitytheatre.org, 484-2646

Germantown Community Theatre — germantowncommunitytheatre.org, 3037 Forest Hill-Irene, 754-2680

ART GALLERIES

Artists on Central — 2256 Central, 726-0330.

David Lusk Gallery — davidluskgallery.com, 767-3800

DCI Gallery — dcigallery.net, 767-8617

Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts Studio — deltaaxis.org, 522-9483

Fountain Art Gallery — fountaingallery.com, 458-7100

Jack Kenner Photography — jackkenner.com, 722-8877

Java Cabana (coffeehouse with gallery) — javacabanacoffeehouse.com, 272-7210

L Ross Gallery — lrossgallery.com, 292-5559

Lisa Kurts Gallery — lisakurts.com, 683-6200

Lulalyn — lulalyn.com, 278-0111

Material — 2553 Broad,

MO’s Memphis Originals — mosedge.com, 413-1315

Montyshane Gallery — montyshane.com, 413-8865

Painted Planet — 2158 Young, 728-6278

Perry Nicole Fine Art — perrynicole.com, 405-6000

DANCE

Dance Works — danceworksinc.org, 333-5174

Now in its 21st year, Dance Works offers classes in classical ballet and modern dance and will add hip-hop in 2008. Performances, often featuring renown guest teachers, are presented four times a year.

New Ballet Ensemble — newballet.org, 726-9225

The New Ballet Ensemble goes one step beyond classical ballet training, embracing all forms of dance from hip-hop to modern. The troupe presents several shows a year, including its annual crowd-pleasing “Nut Re-Mix,” a twist on the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.

Project: Motion — projectmotiondance.org

Dance collective specializing in modern dance.

FILM

Indie Memphis — Focuses on Southern filmmaking and Southern films. Yearly festival. indiememphis.com, 246-7086.

MeDiA Co-op — Group devoted to digital filmmaking. MeDia Co-op hosts screenings, workshops, and a yearly festival. mediaco-op.org, 278-9077.

Memphis Film Forum — Hosts annual Memphis International Film Festival, bringing in actors and filmmakers. memphisfilmforum.org, 273-0014.

MUSIC

Beethoven Club Series — beethovenclub.org, 274-2504

Calvary and the Arts — calvaryjc.org, 525-6602

Germantown Symphony Orchestra, germantownsymphony.org, 755-8708

Lindenwood Concerts — lindenwoodcc.com, 458-1652

Memphis Chamber Music Society — 758-0150

Memphis Vocal Arts Ensemble — memphisvocalarts.org, 458-9766

READINGS AND BOOK SIGNINGS

Barnes & Noble — 794-9394 (Winchester), 386-2468 (Wolfchase)

Bookstar — 323-9332

Borders Books and Music — 754-0770

Brentano’s — 763-1945

Burke’s Book Store — 278-7484

David-Kidd Booksellers — 683-9801

Java Cabana — 272-7210

River City Writers Series — 678-4591

Waldenbooks — 373-5301 (Wolfchase), 360-8023 (Hickory Ridge)

Xanadu Book Store — 274-9885

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Blues Foundation — Sponsors events that promote the blues. blues.org, 527-2583.

Center for Southern Folklore — Downtown venue offers live music, coffee and beer bar, retail shop, and a museum. southernfolklore.com, 525-3655.

Harrell Performing Arts Theatre — The town of Collierville’s concert hall and cultural center offers musical, theatrical, and dance performances as well as community classes. harrelltheatre.org, 853-3228.

Lantana Projects — Lantana Projects is an international artist residency program. Exhibits and arts-related events occur throughout the year. lantanaprojects.org, 491-3821

Memphis Black Arts Alliance, Inc. — The Alliance offers a wide selection of classes, as well as a venue for performers. memphisblackartsalliance.org, 948-9522.

Memphis Pink Palace Family of Museums — Includes Pink Palace and Museum, the IMAX Theatre, Sharpe Planetarium, and the Lichterman Nature Center, the Pink Palace Family hosts various arts programming all year long. One popular event is the annual Crafts Fair in October. www.memphismuseums.org, 320-6365.

ArtsMemphis

578-2787

artsmemphis.org

ArtsMemphis provides operating funding for more than 20 local arts groups, including Ballet Memphis, Opera Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Memphis, and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

UrbanArt Commission

525-0880

urbanartcommission.org

This commission champions public art and urban design in Memphis and Shelby County. Projects include the Cooper-Young trestle, the walkway outside the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, and the aluminum sculptures of dancers at Ballet Memphis.

South Main Arts District

southmainmemphis.org

In recent years, old warehouses and stores in a once-neglected area of downtown Memphis have been refurbished into shops, restaurants, and galleries. On the last Friday of every month, visitors can hop aboard the Main Street trolleys for tours of the area’s many art galleries, which include:

Art Village Studio and Gallery — 410 South Main, 521-0782

D’Edge Art & Unique Treasures — 550 South Main, 521-0054

Delta Axis Power House —45 G.E. Patterson, 578-5545

Disciple Gallery — 390 South Main, 386-4299

Jack Robinson Gallery & Archive — 44 Huling, 576-0708

Jay Etkin Gallery — 409 South Main, 543-0035

Joysmith Studio — 46 Huling, 543-0505

Memphis College of Art On the Street Gallery — 338 S. Main, 272-5100

Rivertown Gallery — 125 South Main, 527-7573

Sue Layman Designs — 125 G.E. Patterson, 527-2872

Then and Again — 521 South Main, 521-9846

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ATTRACTIONS

Family Fun

Children’s Museum of Memphis

Set up like a miniature city, with a bank, fire station, grocery store, and skyscraper. Newer exhibits include Going Places, which showcases an airplane cockpit and flight simulator, and Art Smart Gallery with its visual and performing arts. 2525 Central, 320-3170

The Fire Museum of Memphis

Features simulated fires, a teaching room of interactive exhibits, and a play area with full-sized trucks and a sliding pole. 118 Adams, 320-5650

Memphis Motorsports Park

Hosts 215 events a year, including the national NASCAR Busch Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series; boasts a dirt track and road course. 5500 Taylor Forge Dr., 358-7223

Memphis Zoo

Celebrating its 100th birthday and the opening of Northwest Passage — home to polar bears, bald eagles, and more — the Zoo also includes Cat Country, Primate Canyon, Dragon’s Lair, Animals of the Night, and CHINA, home to two giant pandas. 2000 Prentiss Place (Overton Park), 276-9453

Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center

Anchored by the historic Peabody Hotel, this is a one-stop destination for movies, music, shopping, and dining, including Encore, Texas de Brazil, Jillian’s, and Dan McGuinness Irish Pub. 150 Peabody Place. 261-PLAY (7529)

Memphis Music

Beale Street

World-renowned thoroughfare, home to Pat O’Brien’s, Hard Rock Cafe, B.B. King’s Blues Club, and other bars offering live music nightly. Also features A. Schwab’s, a century-old dry-goods store; W.C. Handy’s home; and gift and novelty shops.

Graceland Mansion

Elvis Presley’s home from 1957 until his death. Tours cover the house, racquetball building, Elvis’ vintage car collection, huge assortment of trophies and gold records, the “Lisa Marie” jet, and much more. 3734 Elvis Presley, 332-3322

Memphis Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum

Presents a history of Memphis music using rare film footage, old photos, vintage jukeboxes, stage costumes, and a customized tour of various musical eras. 191 Beale, Plaza at FedExForum, 205-2533

Soulsville USA and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music

A 17,000-square-foot soul-music museum on the site of the former Stax Records, where stars such as Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, and Wilson Pickett got their start. Showcases some 2,000 artifacts, including Hayes’ 1972 Cadillac El Dorado. 926 E. McLemore, 942-SOUL.

Sun Studio

Elvis rocked the world in 1954 at the studio founded by Sam Phillips. Displayed at Sun are memorabilia of Presley and other music legends, such as Carl Perkins, B.B. King, and Jerry Lee Lewis. 706 Union, 521-0664

Museums of Culture and History

Memphis Pink Palace Museum

Built as home to Piggly Wiggly founder Clarence Saunders, the pink stone mansion is now a regional museum of local history, culture, medicine, music, and natural science; also houses a state-of-the-art planetarium and an IMAX theater. 3050 Central, 320-6320

National Civil Rights Museum

Illustrates key moments in civil rights history, such as the March on Washington and the Montgomery bus boycott. Also includes the boarding house from which James Earl Ray allegedly shot King in 1968 and features an exhibit of previously classified documents and evidence. 450 Mulberry. 521-9699

The Great Outdoors

Lichterman Nature Center

Visitors can take a boardwalk tour around the lake and explore nature trails lined with native plants and trees. Among the center’s highlights are the backyard wildlife center, a native-plant greenhouse, and an amphitheater. 5992 Quince, 767-7322

Memphis Botanic Garden

Water lilies bloom in the Sensory Garden, one of many attractions at this suburban oasis. At the center is the Japanese Garden of Tranquility with its lake and arching red bridge. The Botanic Garden hosts summer concerts featuring such entertainers as Sugarland, Toni Braxton, and Bonnie Raitt. 750 Cherry, 685-1566

The Mississippi River

Major events are held on the river each year, including the Memphis in May Sunset Symphony. Winding above the Father of Waters is the Bluffwalk, a pedestrian walkway with panoramic views. Regular riverboat cruises are offered by the Memphis Queen Line.

Shelby Farms

Visitors can rent pavilions and paddleboats; fish in lakes stocked with catfish, crappie, bream, and bass; or simply enjoy walking, jogging, or biking. Also within the 4,500-acre park is Ducks Unlimited’s international headquarters, which boasts a scenic waterfowl propagation lake. 7161 Mullins Station, 382-2249

Tunica RiverPark

The Tunica RiverPark features a museum with exhibits on the Delta and four aquariums with river life. There’s also a nature trail and an observation deck that has a stunning view of the Mississippi River. In addition, guests can board the Delta Queen, which offers four cruises daily. One RiverPark Dr., Tunica, Mississippi, 866-51-RIVER

GAMING

Southland Park Gaming and Racing

The world’s largest greyhound racing facility, with “instant racing” machines and slot machines. 1550 Ingram, West Memphis, 735-3670

Tunica Casinos

The gambling center of the Mid-South, located just 30 miles from Memphis down Highway 61, Tunica County is home to several glitzy casinos, which boast hotels, restaurants, gift shops, dance pavilions, and big-name entertainment.

Bally’s Casino Tunica, 800-382-2559

Fitz Casino & Hotel, 800-766-5825

Gold Strike Casino Resort, 888-245-7829

Grand Casino Tunica, 800-946-4946

Hollywood Casino, 800-871-0711

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel, 800-303-7463

Resorts Tunica, 662-363-7777

Sam’s Town Casino, 800-456-0711

Sheraton Casino & Hotel, 800-391-3777

Only in Memphis

The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

Relates the story of the cotton industry and its influence on a city that remains the epicenter of worldwide cotton trading. Tour begins on the “members only” trading floor and shows cotton’s impact on everything from music to high society. 65 Union. 531-7826

The Elvis Suite at Lauderdale Courts

Home to Elvis Presley and his parents from 1949 to early 1953, now part of a new housing development known as Uptown Square. Decorated with period furniture and family photos. Available for overnight rental. Uptown Square, 521-8219, lauderdalecourts.com

Mud Island River Park

Special features are the River Walk, a five-block-long scale model of the Mississippi from Cairo, Illinois, to the Gulf of Mexico, and the 18-gallery River Museum, which showcases artifacts of life on the Mississippi. 125 N. Front, 576-7241

Woodruff-Fontaine House

Built in the 1870s with stunning architectural details, this French Victorian mansion displays period textiles, furnishings, and Victorian clothing. 680 Adams, 526-1469

SPORTS

Professional Sports

Memphis Grizzlies Basketball

888-HOOP, nba.com/grizzlies

The Memphis Grizzlies are an NBA team that plays at FedExForum.

Memphis Redbirds

721-6000, memphisredbirds.com

The Redbirds are a triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals and play home games at AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis.

Mississippi RiverKings

662-342-1755, riverkings.com

The RiverKings are members of the Central Hockey League and the affiliate team of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The season runs from October to April. The RiverKings play their home games at the DeSoto Civic Center.

College Sports

Christian Brothers University

321-3378

They’re the Buccaneers, with women’s and men’s teams in baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, and track.

LeMoyne-Owen College

942-7327

The LeMoyne-Owen Magicians compete in both women’s and men’s basketball.

Rhodes College

843-3940

The Lynx compete in soccer, field hockey, football, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, softball, and more.

Southwest Tennessee Community College

333-5143

The Southwest Saliquis include women’s and men’s basketball, baseball, and softball.

University of Memphis

678-2461, gotigersgo.com

The Tigers compete in football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, track and field, and more.

A starter’s list of amateur sports.

compiled by Carson Irwin

Parks and Recreation Offices:

Memphis Division of Park Services (MDPS): 576-4200

North Zone: 2893 N. Watkins, 353-9532

North East Zone: 4575 Raleigh-LaGrange, 388-5911

East Zone: 4585 Willow, 767-4580

West Zone: 4376 Horn Lake, 789-5665

Germantown Parks and Recreation: 757-7375

Germantown Youth Athletic Association (GYAA): 754-4922

Germantown Centre: 757-7370

Collierville Parks and Recreation: 853-3225

Collierville Youth Athletic Association (CYAA): 853-2922

Shelby Youth Sports: 386-9700

Baseball: Youth (recreational) — MDPS offers recreational baseball for children ages 7-14. Coed T-ball has been added for 6 and under. GYAA recreational baseball is divided into age groups: T-ball (5-6), coach pitch (7-8) and youth pitch (9-10, 11-12 and 13-14). The season generally consists of 12-16 games and twice-weekly practices beginning in late February and running through mid-June. CYAA provides recreational baseball leagues for kids ages 7-18. Collierville Parks and Recreation’s T-ball program is for kids in Collierville ages 5 and 6. For more information contact Jay Porter at 853-3225.

Youth (competitive) — GYAA’s competitive baseball program is for boys ages 7-14. The Germantown Giants organization runs competitive baseball teams for ages 7 to 14 (7-year-olds play coach-pitch baseball while ages 8 and up are kid-pitch). In addition to the Germantown Giants, Sox and White Sox teams are formed when there are enough participants (generally ages 9 and up). CYAA also organizes competitive baseball for boys ages 7-14.

Germantown Parks and Recreation manages the Germantown Adult Baseball League (GABL), open to men ages 18 and older. The league runs from May through August at Cameron Brown Park.

Basketball: Youth (recreational) — MDPS youth recreational basketball programs are open to boys and girls 18 and under. Registration in September, play begins in November. Call MDPS zone office (see above). Germantown Parks and Recreation organizes leagues for boys (7-17) and girls (7-15).

Youth (competitive) — CYAA’s competitive basketball program provides competition for girls ages 12 and under and 14 and under. Four age groups are available for boys: 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, 17 and under.

Adult — The Germantown Centre offers both A and B adult leagues for men ages 18 and older. Play begins in September and lasts through January. Cost: $475/team.

Cheerleading: The GYAA cheer season corresponds to the GYAA football season in the fall. Cheer divisions are by grade, not age, and are Flag (K-1st grade), Pee Wee (2nd-3rd grade) and Junior (4th, 5th, and 6th grades). Collierville Parks and Recreation has cheerleading teams open to boys and girls ages 4-15.

Football: MDPS offers flag football for both boys and girls, in six age groups (14 and under). Registration in August, play begins in late September. Contact your local zone office. GYAA recreational football is for ages 5 and up.  Divisions consist of Flag (5-7), Pee Wee (8-9) and Junior (10-11 plus 12-year-olds who are not 13 by Dec. 1st and are not in the 7th grade). Contact GYAA. CYAA offers football leagues in flag, peewee, and junior divisions. Visit cyaafootball.com for more info.

Golf: MDPS operates seven public courses: Audubon (4160 Park, 683-6941); Davy Crockett (4270 Range Line Rd., 358-3375); Fox Meadows (3064 Clarke Rd., 362-0232); Galloway (3815 Walnut Grove, 685-7805); Overton, 9 holes (2080 Poplar Ave., 725-9905); Pine Hill (1005 Alice Ave., 775-9434); M.L. King, Jr., 9 holes (465 South Parkway West, 774-4340). Contact the golf department of MDPS for more information (576-4260).

Hockey: Youth — The Memphis Youth Hockey League (MYHL) is composed of three divisions for kids ages 6 to 18. Competition from October through March. For information, call MYHL chairman Russ Beatse (861-3600) or go to memphisyouthhockey.com.

Lacrosse: Memphis Lacrosse runs a youth program in spring, summer, and winter for kids in K-8th grade. Registration for the spring is in January, and the season runs from February to May. The summer season runs from June through July. The winter indoor league holds registration in September, and plays in October and November. Contact Pat Demento (820-0145).

For kids in grades 8-12, clubs compete under the Tennessee Scholastic Lacrosse Association (there are currently 8 teams). Fees vary; call Ed Reynolds (277-2991).

Soccer: The MDPS runs a Youth Soccer League with three divisions (12 and under, 10 and under, 8 and under) during the spring. In the fall, MDPS offers a league for youths, ages 6 and under. Participants can pick up registration materials at any zone office in mid-July. Team roster deadline is early August. Play will begin in August and continue into the fall. For more information contact your local zone office.
The Germantown Soccer Club runs recreational and competitive soccer programs for boys and girls. Registration for the fall recreational league is from May to August, with the season running from September through November. Registration for the spring recreational league is from late December to February, with the season running from March through May. Teams are open for children ages 4 to 18, and there is a sign-up fee. Tryouts for the competitive league, which is split into two divisions (Arsenal and Fury), are held in May and June for ages 8 to 18. Please call the soccer office (755-6688) or go to gscfury.com for sign-up fees and more information. You can register online for recreational league.
Both competitive and recreational youth soccer are organized by the Collierville Soccer Association. Spring and fall leagues are offered. Call 854-8724 or visit colsoc.com for more info.

Adult — The Greater Memphis Soccer Association plays regulation seasons in the fall and spring and has a seven-on-seven summer league. Games are played at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex, and 50 to 55 teams are divided into four men’s and three coed divisions. Players ages 16 and up are welcome; individual registration will take place in July. The average cost is $90 per person per season. Access the GMSA at memphissoccer.com or call Curt Rogers (489-0553).

The Hispanic League, founded in 1997, is made up of around 50 teams of mostly Hispanic membership. They play every Sunday year-round in Memphis city parks; in the winter, games are held indoors. For more information about playing, contact Ivan Lopez (603-2982).

Softball: Youth (recreational) — MDPS offers four divisions that compete from May to July, with registration in early spring. Girls ages 18 and under create their own teams and play in the fall and spring leagues. For fees and more information, contact your local zone office.
GYAA recreational softball is for ages 5 to 18. Divisions are Fawns (5-7, coach pitch), Lassies (8-10), Juniors (11-13), and Seniors (14-18). Play from April to July. CYAA also provides recreational softball teams for girls ages 7 through 18.

Youth (competitive) — The Red Devils organization fields teams in all age divisions from 10U to 18U. CYYA organizes a softball league for girls under 18. Season runs from April to July.

Adult — MDPS organizes approximately 300 teams that compete from April through July, followed by a citywide tournament. Games are played every night except Saturday. The fall softball league starts registration in August. The cost is $250. The season begins in September and ends with a tournament. To register or get information about organizing a team, call the MDPS.

Special Olympics: The sports program for mentally handicapped youth is run by the Greater Memphis Special Olympics organization. It offers training and participation in regional, state, and national competition. Contact GMSO for more info (683-1271).

Swimming: Youth (ages 5-18) — Club teams swim competitively year-round and offer practices for novices through Olympic hopefuls. Fees vary. Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club, 1880 Wolf River Blvd., St. George’s High School, Collierville (memphisthunder.com). Germantown Swim Team, 1801 Exeter Rd., Germantown Centre (757-7390) (gstswimming.com). Memphis Tiger Swimming, 620 Echles, University of Memphis (678-2809) (memphistigerswimming.com). Bartlett Xtreme Swim Team (BXST), 7700 Flaherty Place, Bartlett Recreation Center (385-6470).

Adult — Memphis Thunder, Germantown Centre, Memphis Tigers, and Bartlett Xtreme offer master practices for adults ages 18 and over year-round. Fees vary. Contact coaches for information.

The MDPS (576-4200) operates several city pools, which are all free to the public. Each pool also offers swim lessons and teams for both children and adults. Sessions are 45 minutes for 2 weeks and cost $25 per session for children and $48 per session for adults. Contact the MDPS Aquatics Administration (547-8018).

MDPS pool locations: Bickford (indoor;
235 Henry); L.E. Brown (617 S. Orleans); Douglass (1616 Ash); Fox Meadows (3064 Clarke Rd.); Ed Rice (2907 N. Watkins); Gaisman (4223 Macon); Gooch (1974 Hunter); Hickory Hill (indoor; 3910 Ridgeway); Lester (Tillman at Mimosa); Tom Lee (328 Peach); Charlie Morris (1235 Brown); Orange Mound (2430 Carnes); Pine Hill (973 Alice); Raleigh (3678 Powers); Riverview (182 Joubert); Westwood (810 Western Park); Willow (4777 Willow).

Tennis: MDPS operates seven local tennis centers: Leftwich, 8 outdoor courts, 4 indoor (4145 Southern Ave.); Wolbrecht, 6 outdoor, 2 indoor (1645 Ridgeway); Roark/Whitehaven, 8 outdoor, 4 indoor (1500 Finley); Bellevue, 4 outdoor, 2 indoor (1310 S. Bellevue Blvd.); Frayser, 8 outdoor (2907 N. Watkins); Wooddale, 8 outdoor (3391 Castleman); Raleigh, 8 outdoor (3680 Powers).

Many parks contain tennis facilities as well: Bert Ferguson (8505 Trinity), Gaisman (4221 Macon), Glenview (1813 Southern), Hickory Hill (3910 Ridgeway), Martin Luther King, Jr. (South Parkway at Riverside), University (University at Edward).

The MDPS coordinates a variety of tennis-related activities including the Memphis Area League Tennis (MALT), a citywide adult program; adult and youth (ages 6-18) clinics; private lessons; and a Junior Development Program. For more information call the Tennis Center (374-0603).

Germantown also coordinates leagues, lessons, and camps. Contact Bryan Rogers, head tennis professional (212-5583), for more information.

Volleyball: In the spring, MDPS serves up volleyball to 18-and-under girls and boys. Registration starts in January, with play in April. Zone offices have more information. The Germantown Parks and Recreation Department also coordinates leagues for girls (ages 5-18) as well as adults. All matches are played at the Germantown Centre (757-7379). Contact Germantown Parks and Recreation for info.

Helpful Web Sites:

cityofmemphis.org

germantown-tn.gov

gyaa.org

colliervilleparks.org

cyaatn.com

cityofbartlett.org

shelbyyouthsports.com

Major Sporting Events

AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic

274-4600, libertybowl.org

Post-season Conference USA game held on New Year’s Eve at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Regions Morgan Keegan Tennis Championships

765-4400, regionsmorgankeeganchampionships.com

This annual tournament played at the Racquet Club of Memphis has drawn big names such as Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras. Defending champ Venus Williams will return to the tournament, being held February 22-March 2, 2008.

Southern Heritage Football Classic

398-6655, summittmanagement.com

Held every September, the Southern Heritage Classic pits Jackson State University against Tennessee State University. But the game is only one part of a week of events including a golf tournament, a fashion show, concerts, and more.

Sam’s Town 250

358-7223, memphismotorsports.com

A 250-mile Busch series NASCAR event held in October, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stanford St. Jude Classic

748-0534, stanfordstjude.com

The Stanford St. Jude Classic celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007 by drawing some big names, including Vijay Singh and Geoff Ogilvy. This year, the tournament is being held June 2nd through June 8th.

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DINING SYMBOLS

B – breakfast

L – lunch

D – dinner

Br – beer served

Wi – wine served

FB – full bar offered

X – wheelchair accessible

$ – under $15 per person

without drinks or desserts

$$ – under $25

$$$ – $26-$50

$$$$ – over $50

MRA – member, Memphis
Restaurant Association

ABUELO’S MEXICAN FOOD EMBASSY—Serves quesadillas, carne asada, and chili rellenos, along with beef tenderloin, jumbo shrimp, and several seafood entrées. 8274 U.S. 64. 672-0769. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

ABYSSINIA RESTAURANT—Ethiopian cuisine is featured, with beef, chicken, lamb, fish entrées, and vegetarian dishes; also, a daily buffet. Closed Sunday. 2600 Poplar. 321-0082. L, D, Br, X, $, MRA

AMERIGO—Specializes in pasta and wood-fired pizzas; also serves steaks and cedarwood-roasted fish. 1239 Ridgeway, Park Place Mall. 761-4000. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

ANNE’S BAKERY & CAFE—Serves sandwiches, soups, salads, pastries, and desserts. Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central. 320-6407. B, L, X, $, MRA

ASHIYANA EXOTIC INDO PAK CUISINE—Specializes in Indian and Pakistani fare, including chicken masala and goat biryani; lunch buffet daily. Closed Monday. 835 W. Poplar (Collierville). 854-5411. L, D, Br, X, $

ASIAN GRILL—Specializes in Pan-Asian cuisine (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Malaysian) as well as fusion entrées. 2072 West (Germantown). 737-3988. L, D, Br, X, $

ASIAN PALACE—Chinese fare is the specialty, including shrimp with walnuts and oysters, Peking-style pork and duck; also crab, lobster, and vegetarian items. 2920 Covington Pike. 388-3883; 4978 Park (mainly takeout). 761-7888. L, D, Br, Wi, $

ASSAGGIO—Pan-seared citrus tuna and gorgonzola-stuffed filet are specialties at this Italian eatery. Closed Sunday. 8100 Macon Station (at Germantown Parkway). 752-0056. L (Tuesday-Friday), D (Monday-Saturday), FB, $-$$

A-TAN—Mandarin entrées include a chicken-pork-beef-shrimp combo and a seafood-vegetable stir-fry; also features a sushi bar. 3445 Poplar, Suite 17, University Center. 452-4477. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

AUTOMATIC SLIM’S TONGA CLUB—Specializes in American Southwestern/Asian/Jamaican cuisine, including coconut mango shrimp and whole red snapper. Closed for lunch Saturday and Sunday. 83 S. Second. 525-7948. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

BAHAMA BREEZE—West Indies ribs, Jamaican-grilled chicken, and coconut shrimp are among the entrées at this Caribbean-themed restaurant. 2830 N. Germantown Parkway, Wolfchase Galleria. 385-8744. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

BANGKOK ALLEY—Thai cuisine includes noodle and curry dishes, as well as duck, catfish, and seafood entrées. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday, Cordova location. 830 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 753-7250. 2150 W. Poplar at Houston Levee (Collierville). 854-8748. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

THE BAR-B-Q SHOP—Dishes up barbecued ribs, bologna, chicken, pork shoulder sandwiches, and spaghetti, along with beef brisket, sandwiches, and salads. Closed Sunday. 1782 Madison. 272-1277. L, D, Br, X, $, MRA

BARI—Authentic Southeastern Italian cuisine emphasizes lighter entrées and fresh seafood, such as roasted striped bass, spaghetti carbonara, and fresh grilled sardines. 22 S. Cooper. 722-2244. D, FB, X, $$, MRA

BAYOU BAR & GRILL—Cajun fare includes jambalaya, gumbo, catfish Acadian, Cajun shrimp, red beans and rice, and muffulettas. 2105 Overton Square Lane. 278-8626. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

BEAUTY SHOP—American/Southwestern/Asian cuisine served in a former beauty shop. Closed for dinner Sunday. 966 S. Cooper. 272-7111. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

BENIHANA OF TOKYO—Japanese steakhouse with sushi bar offers beef, chicken, and seafood items grilled at your table. 912 Ridge Lake Boulevard. 683-7390. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$

BHAN THAI—Serves curries, pad Thai noodles, and vegetarian dishes, as well as seafood, pork, and duck entrées. Closed for lunch Saturday and Sunday and all day Monday. 1324 Peabody. 272-1538. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

BIG FOOT LODGE—Hefty portions of prime rib, lobster, deep-fried Cornish game hens, catfish, and burgers (including the 4-lb. Sasquatch) are specialties. 97 S. Second. 578-9800. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

BITTERSWEET RESTAURANT—Lobster pie and filet Oscar are specialties at this steak/seafood place with a New England flair. Closed Monday and for lunch Tuesday. 7685 Farmington Blvd. (Germantown). 624-9499. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$

BLUE COAST BURRITO—Build-your-own burritos with an array of steak, fish, chicken, and fresh veggies. Menu also includes fish tacos and made-to-order salads. 3546 Walker. 323-3730; The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 850-TACO. L, D, $

THE BLUE FISH—Seafood specialties include pecan-crusted grouper with crawfish-crab relish. Also organic meats, free-range chicken, and oyster bar. Closed Sunday. 2149 Young. 725-0230. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

BLUEFIN RESTAURANT & SUSHI LOUNGE—Serves fusion or “edge” cuisine featuring seafood and steaks; also, a sushi bar. 135 S. Main. 528-1010. L (Tuesday-Thursday), D, FB, X, $$, MRA

BLUES CITY PASTRY SHOP & COFFEE BAR—Downtown eatery offering a wide array of pastries, including éclairs, strudel, and muffins, as well as coffee drinks and breakfast items. 153 Main. 576-0010. $

BLUFF CITY BAYOU—Cajun specialties are gumbo, crawfish étouffée, and jambalaya, as well as po-boy sandwiches and muffulettas. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 694 Madison. 527-0860. L, X, $

BOILING POINT SEAFOOD & OYSTER BAR—Louisiana-style seafood includes crawfish, shrimp and grits, catfish, pasta dishes, seafood platters, and more. 4975 Pepperchase Dr. (Southaven). 662-280-7555. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

BOL A PASTA—Serves shrimp scampi, baked pastas, steaks, and fresh seafood. 2200 N. Germantown Parkway. 384-7988; 3160 Village Shops Dr. 757-5609. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

BOMBAY HOUSE—Indian fare includes lamb korma and chicken tikka; also, a daily luncheon buffet. 1727 N. Germantown Parkway. 755-4114. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

BONEFISH GRILL—Two specialties are pistachio-parmesan-crusted rainbow trout and tenderloin portobello piccata; steak and pork also served. 1250 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 753-2220; The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 854-5822. L (Saturday-Sunday, Collierville), D, FB, X, $-$$

BONNE TERRE CAFE—Offers American/French/Continental cuisine, including roast rack of lamb, chicken Florentine. Closed Sunday and Monday. 4715 Church Rd. W., Nesbit, MS. 662-781-5100. D, FB, X, $$$, MRA

BOSCOS SQUARED—Serves pasta, seafood, steaks, sandwiches, and pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven; also a variety of freshly brewed beers; also Sunday brunch. 2120 Madison. 432-2222. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

BRONTE—Full-service restaurant in a bookstore setting serves seafood, steaks, pastas, quiches, sandwiches, and salads. Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins Extd. 374-0881. B, L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

BROOKLYN BRIDGE ITALIAN RESTAURANT—Specializing in such homemade entrées as pasta in a vodka-tomato-cream sauce. Closed Sunday. 1779 Kirby Pkwy. 755-7413. D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

BROTHER JUNIPER’S—The focus is on breakfast with fresh pastries; lunch menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches. Closed Monday. 3519 Walker. 324-0144, B, L, X, $, MRA

BRUNO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT—Chicken marsala, eggplant parmesan, cannelloni, and seafood pesto are among Bruno’s specialties. Closed Sunday. 1354 Madison. 726-0770. L, D, X, $

THE BRUSHMARK—Serves sandwiches, salads, and crepes; a signature dish is African peanut soup. Closed Monday. Brooks Museum of Art, Overton Park, 1934 Poplar. 544-6225. L, D (every Thursday), FB, X, $, MRA

BUCKLEY’S FINE FILET GRILL—Specializes in steaks such as 8-oz. center-cut filets but also offers grilled chicken, seafood, and pasta. 5355 Poplar. 683-4538; 714 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 756-1639. Buckley’s Lunch Box, 919 S. Yates (lunch M-F and takeout only). 682-0570. L (Yates only), D (not Yates), FB (beer and wine only at Yates), X, $-$$, MRA

THE BUTCHER SHOP—Serves steaks ranging from 8-oz. filets to a 30-oz. porterhouse; also chicken, pork chops, fresh seafood. 101 S. Front. 521-0856; 107 S. Germantown Rd. 757-4244. L (Friday only, S. Germantown Rd.), D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

CAFE 61—American eclectic/Asian/Cajun entrées include blackened grouper, King Creole pork chops, and crispy duck waffles; also Sunday brunch. 85 S. Second. 523-9351. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

CAFE 1912—French/American/Creole cuisine, with Italian influences; seafood entrées include steamed mussels; also crepes and salads; offers Sunday brunch. 243 S. Cooper. 722-2700. D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

CAFE GRILL—Asian/American entrées are chicken chow mein soup along with meatloaf, beef brisket, and certified Angus steaks; also a luncheon buffet. Closed Sunday. 120 W. Mulberry (Collierville). 853-7511. L, D, X, $

CAFE OLE—Chimichangas, shrimp diablo, fish tacos, vegetarian dishes, and daily specials are featured. 959 S. Cooper. 274-1504. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

CAFE PIAZZA BY PAT LUCCHESI—Cafe Piazza specializes in gourmet pizzas, panini sandwiches, and pasta. Closed Sunday. 139 S. Rowlett (Collierville). 861-1999. L, D, Br, Wi, X (except bathrooms), $-$$

CAFE SOCIETY—With Belgian and classic French influences, serves Angus beef, veal, chicken, and seafood dishes, along with weekly specials. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday. 212 N. Evergreen. 722-2177. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

CAFE TOSCANA—Serves contemporary Italian specialties, including parmesan talapia, along with other pasta and seafood. Closed Sunday. 5007 Black, Suite 150. 761-9522. D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

CAFFE ITALIA—Lasagna, cannelloni, and carpaccio are among dinner entréees; for lunch, panini sandwiches, salads. Closed Sunday-Monday. 102 Mulberry (Collierville). 850-8363. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

CAL’S STEAKHOUSE—University of Memphis basketball coach John Calipari lends his name and sports memorabilia to this restaurant serving steaks, pasta, and seafood. Double Tree Hotel, 5069 Sanderlin. 322-6666. B, L, D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

CAPRICCIO GRILL ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE—Prime steaks, seafood, pasta, and several Northern Italian specialties are entrées. 149 Union, The Peabody. 529-4199. B, L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

CARRABBA’S ITALIAN GRILL—Serves chicken marsala, calamari, various pastas, and other Old World Italian entrées. 5110 Poplar. 685-9900; 4600 Merchants Park Cr. (Collierville), The Avenue Carriage Crossing. 854-0200. L (Saturday-Sunday, Collierville; Sunday, Poplar), D, FB, X, $-$$

CASABLANCA CAFE—Rack of lamb, grilled salmon with mango sauce, moussaka, and vegetarian entrées are served at this Moroccan/Greek/Middle Eastern restaurant. 2156 Young. 725-8557. L, D, X, $-$$

CASPIAN PERSIAN CUISINE—Fesenjon — i.e., pomegranate sauce with walnuts poured over chicken breasts — is a specialty; also grilled filets, chicken, and Cornish hens. 715 W. Brookhaven Cr. 767-3134. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$

CAYENNE MOON—Serves New Orleans-Southern cuisine, specializing in lump crabcakes and seafood gumbo; also steaks. Closed Sunday-Monday. 94 S. Front. 522-1475. D, X, $-$$, MRA

CELTIC CROSSING—Irish fare — including shepherd’s pie, fish and chips, and lamb stew — is featured here. 903 S. Cooper. 274-5151. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

CENTRAL BBQ—Dishing up ribs, sandwiches, hot wings, and more; also family packages. 2249 Central. 272-9377; 4375 Summer. 767-4672. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

CHAO PRAYA—Thai dishes are panang seafood, gang koa duck, and green papaya salad. Closed for dinner Monday. 3588 Ridgeway. 366-7827. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER—A true-blue burger joint, including the Serious (10 oz.), the Delirious (14 oz.), and the Famous One-Pounder (20 oz., to be more exact). All burgers and chicken sandwiches are made-to-order. Menu also includes a wide selection of shakes and malts. The Avenue Carriage Crossing. 861-6776. L, D, $

CHEZ PHILIPPE—Three-to-five-course meals offered with emphasis on French food with Asian flair. Afternoon tea also served 2 to 3 p.m. (reservations required). Closed Sunday and Monday. The Peabody, 149 Union. 529-4188. D, FB, X, $$$$, MRA

CHINA INN—Serves Chinese, American, and down-home-style cuisine; daily buffet featured. 4430 Elvis Presley Blvd. 396-0287; 2829 Covington Pike. 383-8211. L, D, Br, X, $

CIAO BELLA DA GUGLIELMO—Ciao Bella serves pasta, steaks, seafood, and gourmet pizza. 565 Erin Dr., Erinway Shopping Center. 205-2500. D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

CIRCA—Regional French cuisine with such specialties as sorghum-cured rack of lamb; menu includes steaks, chops, seafood. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday. 119 S. Main, Pembroke Square. 522-1488. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

CITY GROCERY—Southern eclectic menu of steaks and seafood changes seasonally; shrimp and grits is a specialty. Closed Sunday. 152 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi. 662-232-8080. L, D, FB, X (downstairs), $$-$$$

COLETTA’S—Longtime eatery serves lasagna, ravioli, and pizza with barbecue or traditional topping. Closed for lunch Sunday, South Parkway location. 2850 Appling Rd. 383-1122; 1063 S. Parkway E. 948-7652. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

CONTE’S—Lasagna, baked ziti, chicken parmesan, and mussels in white wine sauce are menu items. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday-Monday. 149 Madison. 526-6837. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

CORKY’S—Popular barbecue emporium offers both wet and dry ribs, plus a full menu of other barbecue entrées. 5259 Poplar. 685-9744; 1740 Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 737-1911; 743 W. Poplar (Collierville). 405-4999. L, D, Br, X, $-$$, MRA

COZYMEL’S—Serves coastal Mexican entrées from the Yucatan Especial to chicken flameado to sizzling fajitas; seafood entrées as well. 6450 Poplar. 763-1202. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

CREPE MAKER—Specializes in hand-held crepes, including Philly steak, pesto, chicken, and vegetarian; also desserts. Closed for dinner Sunday, Collierville. 175 Peabody Place. 522-1290; The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 861-1981. B, L, D, Br, Wi (coolers), X, $

CRESCENT CITY—Entrées include red beans and rice, muffulettas, po boys, crawfish, catfish, and beignets. The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 850-8580; 1315 Ridgeway. 763-7008; 6585 Towne Center Crossing (Southaven). 662-536-4013; 2362 N. Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 213-9077. B (some locations), L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

CRUMPETS—British pub fare includes vegetable tarts, Cornish pasties, chicken salad, burgers, and chef’s sampler. Tea served 2-3:30 p.m. Closed Sunday-Monday. 262 S. Highland. 324-2221. L, Wi, X, $

CURRENTS—Offers a fusion of various cuisines: Italian, Mediterranean, Asian, and Continental. Among the entrées are Dover sole, rack of lamb, and Tasmanian salmon. River Inn, 50 Harbor Town Square. 260-3333. B, D, FB, X, $$-$$$

DAILY GRILL—Serves classic American cuisine; dinner entrées include filet medallions, short ribs, steaks, burgers, and seafood, along with meatloaf and chicken pot pie. Westin Hotel, 170 Lt. George W. Lee. 334-5950. B, L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

DISH—Specialties here range from deviled crab cakes to tempura prawns with spicy red pepper aioli; also tapas, i.e., “small plates”; choose from 45 items. 948 S. Cooper. 276-0002. D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

DO—This small Tokyo-style sushi bar features teriyaki, sushi rolls, grilled items, bento-box meals, salads, and more. Closed Sunday and Monday. 964 S. Cooper. 272-0830. D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

DRAGON CHINA—Specializes in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Szechuan cuisine, all-day buffet, and a 140-item menu. 1680 Madison. 278-8838. L, D, X, $

EDO—Known for its seafood dishes and sushi. Entrées include shrimp tempura and chicken teriyaki. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday and all day Monday. 4792 Summer. 767-7096. L, D, Br, X, $-$$

EL CHICO—This mainstay in University Center dishes out fajitas, chimichangas, fried ice cream, and other Tex-Mex fare. Enchilada specials on Wednesdays. 3491 Poplar. 323-9609. L, D, FB, X, $

EL MEZCAL—Serves burritos, chimichangas, fajitas, and other Mexican cuisine, as well as shrimp dinners and steak. 4688 Knight Arnold. 360-1838; 402 Perkins Extd. 761-7710; 694 N. Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 755-1447; 1492 Union. 274-4264. L, D, FB, X, $

EL PORTON—Fajitas and steak ranchero are just a few of the menu items. 2095 Merchants Row (Germantown). 754-4268; 65 S. Highland, Poplar Plaza. 452-7330; 1805 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 624-9358; 1016 W. Poplar (Collierville). 854-5770; 8361 U.S. Highway 64. 380-7877. L, D, FB, X, $

EL SIETE MARES—Specializes in carnitas, tamales, tacos, jumbo burritos, and seafood entrées. Closed Wednesday. 3681 Jackson. 386-1199. L, D, Br, X (except bathrooms), $

ELFO’S—Changing luncheon menu features such specialties as pink-peppercorn salmon with orange sauce and eggplant Napoleon, along with soups, sandwiches, salads, and homemade desserts. Closed Sunday. 3092 Poplar. 888-0402. L, FB, X, $, MRA

ENCORE—Chef Jose Gutierrez offers French and Mediterranean entrées at this European-style bistro. Closed Monday. 150 Peabody Place, #111. 528-1415. D, FB, X, $$, MRA

EP DELTA KITCHEN & BAR—Serving a fusion of Cajun, Creole, and Southern cuisine in the former Elvis Presley’s Memphis eatery. Specialties include lobster étouffée and smoked duck gumbo; also a late-night menu. 126 Beale at Second. 527-1444. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

EQUESTRIA—Serves American-global fusion cuisine with Southwestern accents; seasonal menu, weekly specials. Closed Sunday and Monday. 3165 Forest Hill-Irene. 869-2663. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

ERLING JENSEN, THE RESTAURANT—Presents “globally inspired” cuisine; specialties are rack of lamb, fresh fish, and wild game. 1044 S. Yates. 763-3700. D, FB, X, $$$, MRA

FELICIA SUZANNE’S—Crispy oysters in New Orleans barbecue sauce and filet of beef tenderloin with applewood-smoked-bacon potato cakes are American-Southern specialties. Closed Sunday and Monday. Brinkley Plaza, 80 Monroe, Suite L1. 523-0877. L (Friday only), D, FB, X, $$$, MRA

FINO VILLA—Entrées include prime filet mignon, sea bass, lobster ravioli, and pollo Fino Villa. 875 W. Poplar (Collierville). 861-2626. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

FIREBIRDS—Specialties are hand-cut steaks, prime rib, rotisserie chicken, and fresh seafood, 8470 Highway 64 (Bartlett). 379-1300; The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 850-1603. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE—Serves steaks, prime beef, and chops, as well as chicken and fresh fish. 6245 Poplar. 761-6200. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

THE FLYING FISH—Serves up fried and grilled versions of shrimp, crab legs, oysters, catfish, and more. 105 S. Second. 522-8228. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

FOLK’S FOLLY ORIGINAL PRIME STEAK HOUSE—Specializes in prime steaks, as well as lobster, grilled Scottish salmon, Alaskan king crab legs, rack of lamb, and weekly specials. 551 S. Mendenhall. 762-8200. D, FB, X, $$$-$$$$, MRA

FORMOSA—Offers Mandarin, Szechuan, and Hunan cuisine, including sesame chicken, Mongolian and broccoli beef, and hot-and-sour soup. Closed Monday. 6685 Quince. 753-9898. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

FRATELLI’S—Serves hot and cold sandwiches, salads, and soups. Closed Sunday and Monday. Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry. 576-4118. L, X, $

FUJI CAFE—Offers traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi bar; specialties are teriyaki and tempura dishes. 875 W. Poplar (Collierville). 854-7758. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $$

GERMANTOWN COMMISSARY—Serves barbecue sandwiches, ribs, nachos, and shrimp in a rustic atmosphere. 2290 S. Germantown. 754-5540. L, D, Br, X (except bathrooms), $, MRA

GOLDEN INDIA—Northern Indian specialties include tandoori chicken as well as lamb, beef, shrimp, and vegetarian dishes; also, a luncheon buffet. 2097 Madison. 728-5111. L, D, Br, Wi, $

GRIDLEY’S—Offers barbecued ribs, pork plate, chicken, and smoked turkey; also lunch specials. Closed Tuesday. 6842 Stage. 377-8055. L, D, X, $-$$, MRA

GRILL 83—European-style steakhouse serves prime steaks and fresh seafood, including a bone-in 16-oz. Kansas City filet, Atlantic salmon, and signature New Orleans-style seafood gumbo. 83 Madison, Madison Hotel. 333-1224. B, L, D, FB, X (except bathrooms), $$-$$$, MRA

FRANK GRISANTI’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT—Northern Italian favorites include pasta with jumbo shrimp and mushrooms; also seafood, filet mignon, and daily lunch specials. Closed for lunch Sunday. Embassy Suites Hotel, 1022 Shady Grove. 761-9462. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

RONNIE GRISANTI AND SONS—Specializes in handmade Tuscan cuisine. Menu items include ravioli and baked manicotti, along with seafood and steaks. Closed Sunday. 2855 Poplar.
323-0007. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

THE GROVE GRILL—Offers steaks, chops, seafood, and other American cuisine with a Southern flair; entrées include shrimp and grits, and sweet potato and turnip green hash; also Sunday brunch. 4550 Poplar. 818-9951. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

GUS’S WORLD FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN—Serves chicken with signature spicy batter, along with homemade beans, slaw, and pies. 310 S. Front. 527-4877; 215 South St. (Collierville). 853-6005. (Original location: 505 Highway 70 W., Mason, TN. 294-2028.) L, D, Br, X, $-$$, MRA

HALF SHELL—Specializes in seafood, such as King crab legs; also serves steaks, chicken, pastas, salads, and sandwiches; oyster bar at Winchester location. 688 S. Mendenhall. 682-3966; 7825 Winchester. 737-6755. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

HAPPY MEXICAN—Fajitas, steak ranchero, and a shrimp cocktail are specialties. 385 S. Second. 529-9991. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

HARD ROCK CAFE—Tons to eat and tons of rock memorabilia at this popular franchise. Menu includes “Tupelo” chicken tenders, New York strip steak, grilled salmon, and more. 315 Beale. 529-0007. L, D, FB, $-$$

HARRY’S DETOUR—Eclectic American menu includes pecan-smoked meats and daily seafood specials. Closed Sunday and Monday, Cooper location; closed Sunday and Monday and dinner Tuesday, G.E. Patterson location. 532 S. Cooper. 276-7623; 106 G.E. Patterson. 523-9070. L, D, Br, X, $-$$

HELLO RESTAURANT—Lemon-grass chicken, vegetarian dishes, noodle soup, and stir-fry combos are among the Chinese/Vietnamese/American entrées. Closed Sunday. 5910 Mt. Moriah (just west of Ridgeway), Suite 103. 362-8875. L, D, Br, X, $-$$

HIBACHI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE AND SUSHI BAR—In addition to Japanese-style grilled steaks and seafood, Hibachi serves salads, soups, and hand rolls. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday. 2809 Kirby Parkway, Suite 109. 737-2124. L, D, FB, X, $$

HIGH POINT PIZZA—Serves salads, sandwiches, and pizzas, including barbecue pork, veggie, four-meat, and more. Pizza-by-the slice is available during lunch. 477 High Point Terrace. 452-3339. Closed Monday. L, D, $

HONG KONG—Cantonese and Mandarin standards are sweet-and-sour chicken and pepper beef. 3966 Elvis Presley. 396-0801. L, D, Br, X, $

HUNAN GOURMET—Serves authentic Asian cuisine and features a sushi bar, Hong Kong-style noodle bar, and Mongolian barbecue. 2965 N. Germantown Rd., Suite 102. 371-9329. L, D, Br, X, $

HUNAN PALACE—Menu items include Peking duck, orange beef, and “flower basket” of fish, chicken, and vegetables in a Mandarin sauce. 1140 N. Germantown Parkway, Suite 101 (Cordova). 751-8863; 7140 Highway 64. 388-7848. L, D, Br, X, $

INDIA PALACE—Tandoori chicken, lamb boti kabobs, and chicken tikka masala are among the entrées; also, vegetarian options and a daily lunch buffet. 1720 Poplar. 278-1199. L, D, Br, X, $

INN AT HUNT-PHELAN—Cuisine served in the mansion dining rooms is American with a Southern emphasis; also French entrées; smaller dishes served at the Veranda Grill; Sunday brunch. 533 Beale. 525-8225. Closed for dinner Sunday and all day Monday-Tuesday. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

INTERIM—Offers American-seasonal cuisine. A specialty is Memphis barbecued pork chop with goat-cheese grits, bacon-wilted greens, and smoked tomato sauce; also a Gulf seafood of the day. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 5040 Sanderlin, Suite 105. 818-0821. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

INTERSTATE BAR-B-Q—Specialties include chopped pork-shoulder sandwiches, ribs, hot wings, spaghetti, chicken, and turkey. Closed Sunday, Southaven location. 2265 S. Third. 775-2304; 150 W. Stateline Rd. (Southaven). 662-393-5699. L, D, Br (S. Third), X, $, MRA

ITTA BENA—Cajun-American cuisine served here, along with steaks, chops, and seafood. Closed Sunday. 143 Beale (upstairs). 578-3031. D, FB, $$, MRA

JA JA’S THAI RESTAURANT—The menu offers some 40 traditional Thai entrées, including sweet and spicy pork; popular for its egg rolls. Closed Sunday and Monday. 192 Washington (Collierville). 850-5222. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $

JARRETT’S—Changing menu of American bistro cuisine includes horseradish-encrusted grouper and smoked trout ravioli with Arkansas caviar. Closed Sunday. 5689 Quince. 763-2264. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

JASMINE THAI RESTAURANT—Entrées include panang green curry, masaman, and pad thai (noodles, shrimp, and peanuts); also seafood, vegetarian dishes. Closed Monday. 916 S. Cooper. 725-0223. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

JIM’S PLACE—Features American, Greek, and Continental cuisine with such entrées as souflima (pork tenderloin) and Grecian lamb; also steaks and seafood. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 5560 Shelby Oaks. 388-7200; 3660 Houston Levee (Collierville). 861-5000. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

JIM’S PLACE GRILLE—An offspring of Jim’s Place, featuring contemporary American cuisine with a Greek accent. The menu features sandwiches (among them a Grecian lamb burger), seafood, steaks, and more, and also includes a selection of “Jim’s Place Favorites” from the original restaurant. Open for lunch Monday through Friday and dinner Monday through Saturday. Closed Sunday. 3660 Houston Levee (Collierville). 861-5000. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

JOE’S CRAB SHACK—Serves a variety of seafood, along with chicken, steak, and pasta. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday. 7990 Horizon Blvd. 384-7478. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

LA BAGUETTE—Offering soups, quiche, sandwiches (including paninis), and pastries in a French-style setting. 3088 Poplar. 458-0900. B (bakery), L, X, $, MRA

LA HACIENDA—Among the specialties are carnitas, shrimp adobe, and Mexican lasagna. 746 W. Poplar (Collierville). 850-7698; 1760 N. Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 624-2920; 175-B Goodman Rd. W. 662-349-4484; 7034 Highway 64 (Oakland) 465-1505. L, D, FB, X, $

LA PLAYITA MEXICANA—Specializes in seafood, including red snapper and oysters; also offers steaks and a variety of Hispanic entrées. 6194 Macon. 377-0181. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

LE CHARDONNAY—Seafood, steak, and chicken entrées include Stilton-stuffed tenderloin and citrus-glazed grouper; also wood-fired pizzas. Closed for lunch Saturday and Sunday. 2100-5 Overton Square Lane. 725-1375. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

LEE KAN’S ASIAN GRILL—Offers Pan-Asian cuisine; pepper-orange steak and Hong Kong-style noodles are entrées; also sushi. 255 New Byhalia, Ste. 111 (Collierville). 853-6686. L, D, FB, X, $$

LEELAVADEE THAI CUISINE—Green curry with shrimp (or beef, pork, chicken, tofu, or vegetables) is a specialty here; also tom-yum soup. Closed Monday. 775 Goodman, Suite 11 (Southaven). 662-536-4699. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

LEONARD’S—Serves barbecue ribs, sandwiches, spaghetti, and catfish; also a lunch and dinner buffet. 5465 Fox Plaza. 360-1963. L, D, Br, X, $, MRA

LOBSTER KING—Specializes in Cantonese cuisine with an emphasis on fresh seafood, including crab, clams, and lobster. 32 N. Cleveland. 725-5990. L, D, X, $-$$, MRA

LOLO’S TABLE—Features regional classics. Specialties are pan-seared scallops and sautéed lump crab cakes. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 128 Monroe. 522-9449. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

LOS COMPADRES—Entrées are enchiladas, burritos, tamales, tacos, and vegetarian dishes. 2617 Poplar. 458-5731. L, D, FB, X, $

LOTUS—Serves Vietnamese-Asian fare, including whole boneless duck, lemon-grass chicken and shrimp, egg rolls, and spicy Vietnamese vermicelli. 4970 Summer. 682-1151. D, Br, X, $

MCEWEN’S ON MONROE—Southern-American entrées include pepper-seared beef tenderloin with a Dijon cognac cream sauce and sweet-potato-crusted catfish with mac-and-cheese. Closed for lunch Saturday, all day Sunday. 122 Monroe. 527-7085. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

DAN MCGUINNESS PUB—Serves fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, and other Irish fare; also such entrées as herb-crusted salmon. 150 Peabody Place. 527-8500; 4698 Spottswood. 761-3711. B (Saturday-Sunday), L, D, FB, X, $-$$

MADIDI—Owned in part by actor Morgan Freeman, Madidi serves French cuisine with a Southern flair. Closed Sunday and Monday. 164 Delta, Clarksdale, MS. 662-627-7770/7724. D, FB, X (downstairs), $$-$$$

THE MAJESTIC—Offers American food, including pizza, shrimp, and pork tenderloin. 145 S. Main. 522-8555. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

MANTIA’S—A Mediterranean cafe, deli, and market serving soups, sandwiches, salads, steaks, pasta, and seafood. Closed Sunday. 4856 Poplar. 762-8560. L, D, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

MARCIANO MEDITERRANEAN AND ITALIAN CUISINE—Greek beef with eggplant and seafood risotto are among the entrées at this ethnic eatery. Closed Monday. 780 Brookhaven Cl. 682-1660. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

MARMALADE—Southern homestyle entrées include catfish, fried chicken, pork chops, barbecued ribs, seafood gumbo, and chili. Closed Sunday and Monday. 153 G.E. Patterson. 522-8800. D, FB, X, $

MAYURI INDIAN CUISINE—Serves tandoori chicken, tikka masala, as well as lamb and shrimp entrées; also a lunch buffet, weekend dinner buffet. 6524 Quince. 753-8755. L, D, Br, X, $

MEDALLION—Offers steaks, seafood, chicken, and pasta entrées; buffets at both lunch and dinner. 3700 Central, Holiday Inn (Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality). 678-8200. B, L, D (except Sunday), FB, X, $-$$, MRA

THE MELTING POT—Steak, seafood, and poultry entrées prepared fondue-style at your table; also package meals. 2828 Wolfcreek Parkway. 380-9500. D, FB, X, $$-$$$$, MRA

MEMPHIS PIZZA CAFE—Homemade pizzas are specialties; also serves sandwiches, calzones, and salads. 2089 Madison. 726-5343; 5061 Park. 684-1306; 7604 W. Farmington (Germantown). 753-2218; 5627 Getwell (Southaven). 662-536-1364; 797 W. Poplar (Collierville). 861-7800. L, D, Br, Wi (Madison only), X, $, MRA

MESQUITE CHOP HOUSE—The focus here is on steaks, including a prime filet, a 24-oz. porterhouse, and a bone-in tenderloin; also, some seafood options. 5960 Getwell (Southaven). 662-890-2467; 88 Union. 527-5337. D, FB, X, $$-$$$

MIKASA JAPAN—Seafood and traditional Japanese dishes include sukiyaki, shrimp tempura, and chicken teriyaki; sushi buffet also featured. Closed for lunch Saturday and Sunday. 6150 Poplar. 683-0000. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

MISS POLLY’S SOUL CITY CAFÉ—Fried chicken and waffles are a specialty at this downtown restaurant; also serves chicken and dressing, pot roast, and other home-cooking favorites. 154 Beale. 527-9060. B, L, D, $

MISTER B—Features New Orleans-style seafood and steaks. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 6655 Poplar, Suite 107. 751-5262. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

MOLLIE FONTAINE LOUNGE—Formerly Cielo’s, this new eatery specializes in tapas (small plates) featuring global cuisine. Closed Sunday-Tuesday. 679 Adams. 524-1886. D, FB, X, $

MOLLY’S LA CASITA—Fajitas, chiles rellenos, a vegetarian combo, and bacon-wrapped shrimp are a few of the specialties. 2006 Madison. 726-1873. L, D, FB, X, $-$$ MRA

MORTIMER’S—Trout almondine, hand-cut steaks, and seafood pasta are among the offerings; also sandwiches, salads, and nightly specials. Closed for lunch Saturday. 590 N. Perkins. 761-9321. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

MOSA ASIAN BISTRO—Specialties include sesame chicken, pad Thai, and other Pan Asian entrées. Closed Sunday. 1825 Kirby Parkway. 755-6755. L, D, Br, X, $

MOVIE & PIZZA COMPANY—Offers a wide selection of pizzas as well as a wide selection of movies for rent. The menu includes meat and veggie pizzas as well as sandwiches. 110 Harbor Town Sq. 527-2233. L, D, Br, $

MULAN—Hunan chicken, spicy tofu, and orange beef served here; sushi too. 2059 Houston Levee. 850-5288. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

MY GREEK Cafe—Various seafood and lamb dishes — including lamb brisket and smoked lamb ribs — are among the authentic Greek specialties. Closed Sunday. 345 Madison. 507-2720. L, D, FB, X, $

NAGASAKI INN—Grilled chicken, steak, and lobster are among the main courses; meal is cooked at your table. 3951 Summer. 454-0320. D, FB, X (except bathrooms), $-$$

NAM KING—Offers luncheon and dinner buffets and such specialties as fried dumplings, pepper steak, and orange chicken. 4594 Yale. 373-4411. L, D, Br, X, $

NAPA CAFE—American eclectic specialties are prime dry-aged beef with red wine shallot demi-glace, rack of lamb, and potato-encrusted halibut. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 5101 Sanderlin, Suite 122. 683-0441. L, D, FB, X, $$, MRA

NEELY’S BAR-B-QUE—Serves pork ribs, sandwiches, spaghetti, hot wings, nachos, and smoked turkey. 670 Jefferson. 521-9798; 5700 Mt. Moriah. 795-4177. L, D, Br, X, $, MRA

NEW ASIA—Specializing in authentic Chinese food. 2075 Exeter (Germantown). 758-8388. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

NEW HUNAN—Chinese eatery with more than 80 entrées; also lunch/dinner buffets and a sushi bar. 5052 Park. 766-1622. L, D, X, $

OLD VENICE—Lasagna, pizzas, paninis, and various pastas are among the specialties here, including the “Pasta Maria” and the “John Wayne Pizza.” 368 S. Perkins Ext. 767-6872. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

ON THE BORDER—Dishes out such Tex-Mex specialties as fajitas and steak-and-shrimp combination. 8101 Giacosa Pl. (Cordova). 372-8883; 4552 Poplar. 763-0569; 7935 Winchester. 755-6404; 6572 Airways Blvd. 662-536-0901. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

OWEN BRENNAN’S—New Orleans-style menu of beef, chicken, pasta, and seafood; jambalaya and crawfish etouffée are specialties; also Sunday brunch. Closed for dinner Sunday. The Regalia, 6150 Poplar. 761-0990. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

PANCHO’S—Serves up a variety of Mexican standards, including tacos, enchiladas, and mix-and-match platters. 3600 Broadway (West Memphis). 870-735-6466; 717 N. White Station. 685-5404. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

PANDA GARDEN—Sesame chicken and broccoli beef are among the Mandarin, Szechuan, and Hunan entrées at this popular eatery. 3735 Summer. 323-4819. L, D, BR, $-$$

PA PA PIA—Entrées at this new Italian eatery are homemade manicotti and grilled pizzas; also ricotta cheesecake. 83 Union Ave. 521-4331. L, D, FB, # $-$$

PASTA ITALIA—Northern Italian cuisine featuring handmade pastas; specialties include ravioli, cannelloni, and seafood dishes. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday-Monday. 101 N. Center (Collierville). 861-0255. L, D, Wi, X, $$-$$$

PAULETTE’S—Presents fine dining with a Continental flavor, including such entrées as crepes Florentine; also grilled steaks, chicken, salads, and rich desserts; offers weekend brunch. 2110 Madison. 726-5128. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

PEARL’S OYSTER HOUSE—Downtown eatery serving seafood, including oysters, crawfish, and stuffed butterfly shrimp, as well as beef, chicken, and pasta dishes. Closed Sunday. 299 S. Main. 522-9070. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

PEI WEI ASIAN DINER—Serves Pan Asian cuisine (Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, and Japanese) including General Tsao’s chicken. 1680 Union, #109. 722-3780; 2257 N. Germantown Pkwy. 382-1822. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $

PEKING—Chinese specialties include orange beef, ginger ribs, and house duck. Closed Sunday. 3241 Elvis Presley Blvd. 346-8930. L, D, Br, $

PETE & SAM’S—Serving Memphis for more than 50 years; offers steaks, seafood, and traditional Italian dishes. 3886 Park. 458-0694. D, Br, X (except bathrooms), $-$$

PETRA DELI & CAFE—Serves Greek, Italian, and Middle Eastern sandwiches and entrées. Closed Sunday. 2140 W. Poplar Ave. (Collierville). 853-3521; 6641 Poplar. 754-4440. L, D, Br, X, $

PETRA RESTAURANT—Offers primarily Greek cuisine, with some Middle Eastern and Korean dishes. Closed Sunday and Monday 1761 Madison. 726-6700. L, D, Br, X, $$

P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO—Specialties are Mongolian beef and chicken in lettuce wraps; also vegetarian dishes, including spicy eggplant. Park at Ridgeway, Park Place Centre. 818-3889. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

PHO VIETNAM—Offers traditional Vietnamese cuisine, including stir-fry, spring rolls, and egg rolls. 1411 Poplar. 728-4711. L, D, Br, X, $

THE PIER—Specializes in steaks, prime rib, and seafood, including King crab and lobster tails; has excellent river views. 100 Wagner Place. 526-7381. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

PIG-N-WHISTLE—Offers pork shoulder sandwiches, wet and dry ribs, catfish, spaghetti, and stuffed barbecue potatoes; also homemade pies. 2740 Bartlett. 386-3300; 6084 Kerr-Rosemark. 872-2455. L, D, Br, FB (Kerr-Rosemark), X, $-$$

RED LOBSTER—Specializes in crab legs, lobster, and shrimp dishes; also pastas, salads, steaks, and chicken. 6222 Winchester. 794-5567; 8161 Highway 64. 387-0056; 6555 Airways (Southaven). 662-536-1960. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$

RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS—Menu includes a large selection of gourmet burgers from the 5 Alarm with jalepeno peppers and salsa to the Monster Burger with two beef patties, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles. 1231 N. Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 754-5501; The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 854-7645. L, D, FB, $

RENDEZVOUS—Menu items include barbecued ribs, chicken, beef brisket, nachos; also cheese plates, skillet shrimp, Greek salads. Closed Sunday-Monday. 52 S. Second. 523-2746. L (Friday-Saturday only), D, Br, Wi, X, $, MRA

RIO LOCO—Authentic Mexican entrées include fajitas, burritos, and seafood selections, including shrimp and tilapia. 117 Union. 523-2142. L, D, FB, X, $

RIVER OAKS—Crab cakes are among the specialties at this East Memphis restaurant serving “French-American classics”; also free-range/organic meats. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday. 5871 Poplar. 683-9305. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL—Offers Northern Italian cuisine, including pasta Milano and penne rustica; also steaks, seafood, and salads. 6705 Poplar. 753-6588; 2859 N. Germantown Parkway. 266-4565. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

ROOKS CORNER—American bistro serving steaks, seafood, pasta, sandwiches, and salads. Memphis Hilton, 939 Ridgelake Blvd., 762-7477. B, L, D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

ROUSTICA—Pastas and breads made from scratch are specialties at this new eatery in the former site of Marena’s Gerani; also fresh seafood and prime meats. Closed Sunday-Monday. 1545 Overton Park. 726-6228. D, FB, X, $$

ROYAL PANDA—Hunan fish, Peking duck, Szechuan chicken, and a seafood combo are among the specialties. 3120 Village Shops Dr. (Germantown). 756-9697. L, D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE—Offers prime steaks cut and aged in-house, as well as lamb, chicken, and fresh seafood, including lobster. 6120 Poplar. 761-0055. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

SAIGON LE—Vietnamese/Chinese specialties include pork chops with mushrooms and shrimp in black-bean sauce; vegetarian options too. Closed Sunday. 51 N. Cleveland. 276-5326. L, D, Br, X (except bathrooms), $

SAITO STEAKHOUSE—Japanese cuisine cooked at your table; sushi bar has 100 offerings. Closed for lunch Saturday. 6600 Stage, Suite 101. 373-1957. L, D, FB, X, $$

SAKURA—Sushi, tempura, and teriyaki are Japanese specialties. Closed Sunday. 2060 West. 758-8181. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

SALSA—Specialties include carnitas, chiles rellenos, and fajitas; also Southwestern seafood dishes such as tilapia with fresh pico de gallo. Closed Sunday. Regalia Shopping Center, 6150 Poplar. 683-6325. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

SAUCES—Specializes primarily in seafood — including grouper, mahi, and halibut — accompanied by diners’ choice of complementary sauces, such as rosemary tomato basil and lobster cream. Closed Monday. 95 S. Main, Suite 106. 473-9573. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

SAWADDII—Among the Thai entrées are grilled sea bass with curry sauce and mahi-mahi with spicy chili sauce. 121 Union. 529-1818. L, D, FB, X, $-$$, MRA

SEKISUI OF JAPAN/SEKISUI PACIFIC RIM & SUSHI BISTRO—Authentic Japanese cuisine, fresh sushi bar, grilled meats and seafood, California rolls, and vegetarian entrées. Pacific Rim cuisine at Poplar location. Closed for lunch Saturday-Sunday at Belvedere, Union, Poplar, Collierville, and Goodman locations. Closed for lunch Saturday and for dinner Sunday at Horn Lake location. Humphreys Center, 50 Humphreys Blvd. Suite 14. 747-0001; 25 Belvedere. 725-0005; Union at Second, Holiday Inn Select. 523-0001; 4724 Poplar (between Perkins and Colonial). 767-7770; 1884 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 309-8800; 2130 W. Poplar (Collierville). Suite 107. 854-0622; 1255 Goodman Rd. W. (Horn Lake, MS). 662-536-4404. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

SHANG HAI—Offers Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai cuisine; one specialty is shrimp wrapped in bacon and noodles. Closed Sunday. 1400 Poplar. 722-8692. L, D, Br, X (except bathrooms), $

SHANTI STEAK HOUSE—Serves steak, chicken, pork chops, and seafood, including shrimp. Closed Sunday. 336 New Byhalia. 861-7177. D, Br, X, $-$$

SHOGUN JAPANESE RESTAURANT—Entrées include tempura, teriyaki, and sushi, as well as grilled fish and chicken entrées. Closed for lunch Saturday. 2324 N. Germantown Parkway (Cordova). 384-4122. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

SIDE PORCH STEAK HOUSE—In addition to steak, the menu includes chicken, pork chops, and fish entrées; homemade rolls are a specialty. Closed Sunday and Monday. 5689 Stage. 377-2484. D, FB, X, $-$$

SPINDINI—Judd Grisanti offers regional Mediterranean fare, featuring steaks, seafood, and chicken dishes, cooked in a wood-burning oven. 383 S. Main. 578-2767. D, FB, X, $-$$$, MRA

STELLA—”Southern/global” fine-dining cuisine features steaks, fresh seafood, lamb, and more. Closed Sunday. 39 S. Main (at Monroe). 526-4950. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

STIX—Hibachi steakhouse with Asian cuisine features steak, chicken, and a filet-and-lobster combination; also sushi. Closed for lunch Sunday. The Avenue Carriage Crossing (Collierville). 854-3399. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

SWANKY’S TACO SHOP—Burritos and tacos are made-to-order at this fast-casual restaurant, which also features a tequila bar. 6641 Poplar (Germantown). 737-2088. L, D, FB, $

SWEET, THE EXQUISITE DESSERTERIE—Offering desserts ranging from chocolate fondue and brioche pudding to baklava and homemade marshmallows. Also serving savory appetizers as well as coffee drinks. 938 S. Cooper. 726-4300. $

THE TENNESSEAN—Set in an old train car on Collierville’s town square. Changing seasonal menu of contemporary Southern cuisine includes steaks, fish, poultry, and pasta. Closed Sunday-Monday. 123 N. Rowlett. 853-9447. L, D, FB, X, $-$$$

TEXAS DE BRAZIL—Serves beef, pork, lamb, and chicken dishes and Brazilian sausage; 60-item gourmet salad area; weekend brunch. 150 Peabody Place, Suite 103. 526-7600. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

THREE OAKS GRILL—Rack of lamb, filet Paulette, prime New York strip T-bones, and crab-stuffed halibut are among the entrées. Closed for lunch Saturday. 2285 S. Germantown Rd. 757-8225. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

TIMBEAUX’S—Creole/French specialties include fish stew in a tomato saffron broth, steak bordelaise, crawfish pizza, and jumbo shrimp and grits. Closed for lunch Saturday and all day Sunday. 333 Losher. Hernando, MS. 662-429-0500. L, D, FB, X, $$-$$$

THE TOWER ROOM AMERICAN GRILL—Offers steaks, seafood, pasta, lamb, and chicken dishes; also, vegetarian upon request. Clark Tower, 5100 Poplar, Suite 3300. 767-8776. L (Monday-Friday), D (Wednesday-Saturday), FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

TSUNAMI—Features Pacific Rim cuisine (Asia, Australia, South Pacific, etc.); also a changing “small plate” menu. Closed Sunday. 928 S. Cooper. 274-2556. D, FB, X, $$-$$$, MRA

TYCOON—Among the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai entrées are spicy garlic shrimp and coconut-curry chicken. 3307 Kirby Pkwy. 362-8788. L, D, Br, X, $

UMAI—Japanese-French fusion specialties include spinach gyozas stuffed with wild mushroom duxelles and marinated duck breast; also, Sunday brunch. Closed Monday-Tuesday. 2015 Madison. 405-4241. D, Br, Wi, X, $-$$, MRA

WANG’S CHINA BISTRO—Among the specialties here are crisp duck, shrimp, and scallops in garlic sauce and grilled chicken with cucumber. 4002 Park. 327-4089. L, D, FB, $, MRA

WANG’S MANDARIN HOUSE—Offers Mandarin, Cantonese, Szechuan, and spicy Hunan entrées, as well as vegetarian and weight-watcher specials. Closed for lunch Saturday and Sunday. 6065 Park, Park Place Mall. 763-0676; 113 S. Main. 523-2065. L, D, FB, X, $, MRA

WASABI SUSHI & SAKE BAR—In addition to sushi, Wasabi serves various lunch and dinner combos. Closed for lunch Saturday. 1134 N. Germantown Pkwy. 754-0567. L, D, Br, Wi, $-$$

WHOLE HOG CAFE—Offering a large menu of barbecue beef, pork, and chicken dishes, including the “Whole Hawg Platter,” which features pulled pork, beef brisket, baby back ribs, beans, potato salad, coleslaw, and dinner roll. 5727 Quince. 682-8882; 1250 Germantown Pkwy. (Cordova). 757-5255. L, D, $-$$

WOMAN’S EXCHANGE TEA ROOM—Chicken-salad plate, beef tenderloin, soups-and-sandwiches, and vegetable plates are specialties; adjacent shop features handmade items. Closed Saturday and Sunday. 88 Racine. 327-5681. L, X, $

YIA YIA’S EUROCAFE—Wood-roasted salmon and pork chops with smoked mushroom sauce are among the entrées; also steaks, pastas, pizzas, sandwiches, and salads; also, Sunday brunch. 7615 West Farmington at Poplar, Shops of Saddle Creek. 756-4004. L, D, FB, X, $$

ZANZIBAR—Specializes in New World cuisine; entrées include Thai-glazed chicken wings, peanut soup, and various sandwiches and salads. Closed Sunday (except for brunch), Monday-Tuesday. 412 S. Main. 543-9646. L, D, FB, X, $-$$

NIGHTLIFE

From downtown Memphis to out East to Oxford, Mississippi, if the nightlife is your thing, these places represent the best of what the Mid-South has to offer.

BARTLETT

Bel Air Club

6195 Macon

388-1474

Bob’s Sports Bar & Grill

2244 Whitten

386-9051

Hog Head Saloon at the Billiards Club

2686 Kirby-Whitten
362-8685

Jordan’s Karaoke Cafe

5806 Stage

379-1311

BEALE STREET
Alfred’s
197 Beale

525-3711

B.B. King’s Blues Club

147 Beale

524-KING

Beale St. Tap Room

163 Beale

527-4392

Blues City Cafe

138 Beale

526-3637

Blues Hall

182 Beale

528-0150

Club 152

152 Beale

544-7011

Double Deuce Beale St.

340 Beale

524-0934

EP Delta Kitchen and Bar

126 Beale

527-1444

King’s Palace Cafe

162 Beale

521-1851

King’s Palace Patio

162 Beale

521-1851

New Daisy Theatre

330 Beale

525-8979

O’Sullivan’s on Beale

183 Beale

522-9596

The Pig on Beale

167 Beale

529-1544

Rum Boogie Cafe

182 Beale

528-0150

Superior Bar

159 Beale

523-1962

Westin Memphis Beale Street Hotel

170 Lt. George W. Lee

334-5900

Wet Willie’s

209 Beale

578-5650

COLLIERVILLE

Bangkok Alley

2150 W. Poplar at Houston Levee

854-8748

Central Park in the
Avenue Carriage Crossing

4674 Merchant’s Park Circle, Suite 432
854-8240, ext. 6

Fino Villa

875 W. Poplar, Collierville

861-2626

Huey’s Collierville

2130 Poplar

854-4455

CORDOVA

Bahama Breeze

2830 N. Germantown Pkwy.

385-8744

Esplanade

901 Cordova Station
315-7211

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

847 Exocet

624-9060

Huey’s Cordova

1771 N. Germantown Pkwy. 754-3885

Joe’s Crab Shack

7990 Horizon

384-7478

Southern Crow

1204 N. Houston Levee

757-7736

T.J. Mulligan’s 64

2121 N. Houston Levee

377-9997

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

8071 Trinity

756-4480

DOWNTOWN

Best Western
Benchmark Hotel

164 Union

527-4100

Brinson

341 Madison

690-1058

Cafe Soul

492 S. Main

859-0557

Dan McGuinness Pub

150 Peabody Place

527-8500

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

130 Peabody Place

523-8536

The Gibson Beale Street Showcase

145 Lt. George W. Lee

544-7998 ext. 4080

High Point Café

111 Jackson

525-4444

Huey’s Downtown

77 S. Second

527-2700

J&J Bar and Grill

1065 N. Thomas

523-9823

Kudzu’s

603 Monroe

525-4924

Marmalade Restaurant & Lounge

153 G.E. Patterson

522-8800

Mollie Fontaine Lounge

679 Adams

524-1886

The Peabody

149 Union

529-4000

Sawaddii

121 Union

529-1818

T.J. Mulligan’s Pinch

362 N. Main

523-1453

Zanzibar

412 S. Main

543-9646

EAST MEMPHIS

Barbie’s Place

3660 Summer

327-8350

Brookhaven Pub & Grill

695 Brookhaven Circle

680-8118

The Cockeyed Camel

6080 Primacy Pkwy.
683-4056

Dan McGuinness Pub

4698 Spottswood
761-3711

Doc Watson’s

1817 Kirby

755-2481

Folk’s Folly

551 S. Mendenhall
762-8200

Huey’s Poplar

4872 Poplar

682-7729

Old Venice

368 Perkins Ext.
767-6872

Owen Brennan’s

6150 Poplar

761-0990

The Paragon Lounge

2865 Walnut Grove
320-0026

The Premier

5020 American Way
365-0077

Salsa

6150 Poplar

683-6325

Silver Spoon

6063 Mt. Moriah

365-6881

Sports Pub

5012 Park

767-8632

T.G.’s Lounge

3870 Macon

324-7999

T.J. Mulligan’s Quince

6635 Quince

753-8056

Willie Moffatt’s

2779 Whitten

386-2710

The Windjammer Restaurant

786 E. Brookhaven Circle 683-9044

FRAYSER/MILLINGTON

RJ’s Sports Restaurant

120 Quinton Dr.

840-2004

The Roadhouse

2961 Overton Crossing

353-0640

Time-Out Lounge

206 Tracy

837-2226

VFW Post 7175

4681 Cuba-Millington

872-7175

GERMANTOWN

Swanky’s Taco Shop

6641 Poplar

737-2088

MIDTOWN

Backstreet

2018 Court

276-5522

Beauty Shop

966 S. Cooper

272-7111

Blue Monkey

2012 Madison

272-BLUE

The Blue Worm

1405 Airways

327-7947

Boscos Squared

2120 Madison

432-2222

The Buccaneer

1368 Monroe

278-0909

Cafe Ole

959 S. Cooper

274-1504

Callie’s Place

1243 Walker

942-7410

Celtic Crossing

903 S. Cooper

274-5151

Crossroads Bar & Grill

1278 Jefferson

272-8801

Daddy Q’s Night Club

831 Jackson

578-4556

The Dregs

1688 Lamar

581-2381

Fresh Slices

1585 Overton Park

725-1001

Full Moon Club

Above Zinnie’s East at 1718 Madison

274-7101

Hi-Tone Café

1913 Poplar

278-TONE

Huey’s Midtown

1927 Madison

726-4372

Hughes Uptown

1217 N. Thomas

859-7509

Java Cabana

2170 Young

272-7210

Madison Flame

1588 Madison

278-0569

The Metro

1349 Autumn

274-8010

Murphy’s

1589 Madison

726-4193

Neil’s

1835 Madison

278-6345

Otherlands Coffee Bar

641 S. Cooper

278-4994

P&H Café

1532 Madison

726-0906

Paulette’s

2110 Madison

726-5128

Live music Fridays-Sundays.

The Poplar Lounge

2586 Poplar

324-1233

Printer’s Alley

322 S. Cleveland

725-9809

Roustica

1545 Overton Park
726-6228

Senses The Night Club

2866 Poplar

454-4081

Wild Bill’s

1580 Vollintine

726-5473

Young Avenue Deli

2119 Young

278-0034

NORTH MISSISSIPPI

Alvee’s

On Jamison Rd. in Marshall County, MS

Ben’s Place

3964 Goodman, Southaven, MS

662-893-5029

Huey’s Southaven

7090 Malco, Southaven, MS

662-349-7097

Mel’s Bar

8690 Highway 51 N., Southaven, MS

662-280-2860

Mesquite Chop House

5960 Getwell, Southaven, MS

662-890-2467

Mi Tierra

201 State Line
662-280-1127

Two Stick

1007 Harrison, Oxford, MS

662-236-6639

RALEIGH

Cat’s Music & DVDs

3249 Austin Peay
385-2287

Flashbacks

5709 Raleigh-LaGrange

383-7330

Muggs

4396 Raleigh-LaGrange

372-3556

Stage Stop

2951 Cela

382-1577

SOUTH MEMPHIS

The Red Wagon

5275 S. Third

785-9476

SUMMER/BERCLAIR

The Cottage Restaurant

3297 Summer

324-4447

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

Liquid Lounge

557 S. Highland

452-6553

MO’s Edge Coffeehouse

3521 Walker

413-1315

Newby’s

539 S. Highland

452-8408

South Park Bar

887 S. Highland

324-7676

WEST MEMPHIS

Southland Park Gaming and Racing

1550 N. Ingram
870-467-6182

WHITEHAVEN/AIRPORT

Java, Juice, & Jazz

1423 Elvis Presley
774-3004

Marlowe’s Restaurant

4381 Elvis Presley Blvd.

332-4159

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

3715-5 Elvis Presley, at Elvis’s After Dark
398-5692

The Rose

1441 East Brooks Road (inside the Airport Inn)

348-4722

VFW Post 4935

1942 Lynnbrook Place

398-0157

The View Sports Bar & Grill

3222 Airways

332-3800

WINCHESTER/HICKORY HILL

Cactus Jack’s

4069 Lamar

566-1109

Cheyenne Country

1976 E. Shelby Dr.
332-9428

Divine Wings & Bar

3279 Kirby

367-9111

Half Shell

7825 Winchester
737-6755

Huey’s Southwind

7825 Winchester
624-8911

Sports Bar & Grill

3569 S. Mendenhall
794-7626

COFFEEHOUSES/

BOOKSTORE CAFES

In addition to gourmet coffees and drinks, these eateries generally serve sandwiches, soups, and salads, and some have a wider range of menu items.

BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS—2774 N. Germantown Parkway, Wolfchase Galleria. 386-2468; 6385 Winchester. 794-9394.

BLUES CITY PASTRY SHOP & COFFEE BAR—153 S. Main. 576-0010. MRA.

BOOKSTAR—3402 Poplar. 323-9332.

BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC—6685 Poplar (Germantown). 754-0770.

CREMA—5101 Sanderlin Centre, Suite 114. 685-6833. MRA.

DAVIS-KIDD BOOKSELLERS—387 Perkins Ext. 683-9801.

GLORIA JEAN’S—2760 N. Germantown Pkwy. (Wolfchase).

383-1312.

HIGH POINT COFFEE—4610 Poplar. 761-6800; 1680 Union. 726-6322.

JAVA CABANA—2170 Young. 272-7210.

LATTE DA GOURMET COFFEE & TEA—1138 N. Germantown Pkwy., Suite 105. 756-9048.

OTHERLANDS—641 S. Cooper. 278-4994. MRA.

PRECIOUS CARGO EXCHANGE—381 N. Main. 578-8446.

QUETZAL—668 Union. 521-8388.

STARBUCKS—1850 Union.

729-4288; 4465 Poplar, Oak Court Mall. 761-0052; 3388 Poplar. 320-1021; 1645 N. Germantown Pkwy. 759-9411; 5201 Poplar. 818-9954; 2955 Kirby Whitten. 266-2497; 150 Peabody Place. 525-2451; 180 Goodman Rd. E. 662-349-0342; 9155 Poplar. 757-4202. Check phonebook or online for more listings.

MOVIE

THEATERS

Bartlett Cinema 10

2809 Bartlett Blvd., Bartlett

www.malco.com

385-7294

Cineplanet 16

79 Atoka Munford, Atoka

mycinematimes.com

876-3456

Towne Cinema (Collierville)

380 Market Blvd., Collierville

www.malco.com

850-0522

Cordova Cinema

1080 Germantown Pkwy., Memphis

www.malco.com

309-8550

DeSoto Cinema 16

7130 Malco Blvd., Southaven

www.malco.com

662-349-6601

Forest Hill Cinema 8

3180 Village Shops Dr., Memphis

www.malco.com

756-8299

Hollywood 20

6711 Stage, Bartlett

www.moviepage.com

380-1121

Majestic 20

7051 Malco Crossing, Memphis

www.malco.com

758-2484

Muvico Peabody Place

150 Peabody Pl. #300, Memphis

www.muvico.com

248-0100

Palace Cinema

5117 Old Summer, Memphis

www.moviepage.com

763-3411

Paradiso

584 S. Mendenhall, Memphis

www.malco.com

682-1754

Raleigh Springs Mall

3384 Austin Peay, Memphis

www.malco.com

385-8182

Ridgeway Four

5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy., Memphis

www.malco.com

681-2047

Southaven Cinema 8

2010 Stateline, Southaven

www.mrmovietimes.com

662-393-0373


Stage Cinema 13

7930 Highway 64, Memphis

www.malco.com

377-3108

Studio on the Square

2105 Court, Memphis

www.malco.com

725-7151

Summer Drive-In

5310 Summer, Memphis

www.malco.com

767-4320

Winchester Court

6740 Winchester, Memphis

(Reduced Admission)

www.malco.com

366-9994

Wolfchase Cinema

2766 N. Germantown Pkwy., Memphis

www.malco.com

384-4677

Casinos

1

Bally’s Casino Tunica

800-382-2559

2

Fitz Casino & Hotel

800-766-5825

3

Gold Strike Casino Resort

888-245-7829

4

Grand Casino Tunica

800-946-4946

5

Resorts Tunica

662-363-7777

6

Hollywood Casino

800-871-0711

7

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

800-303-7463

8

Sam’s Town Casino

800-456-0711

9

Sheraton Casino & Hotel

800-391-3777

Hotels/Inns

10

The Cottage Inn

800-363-2985

11

Quality Inn

800-999-2922

12

Best Western Tunica North

662-363-6711

13

Holiday Inn Express

800-465-4329

14

Hotel & Cafe Marie

800-363-6307

15

Key West Inn

800-833-0555

16

King’s Inn

800-928-5464

 

17

Treasure Town Inn

800-201-3040

18

Bed & Breakfast at the Lake’s

662-363-2000

19

Levee Plantation Guest House

662-363-1309

20

Grandvista Resorts

800-404-0339

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