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A notable Downtown Memphis restaurant has quietly exited the scene.. Penny’s Nitty Gritty in the Westin Memphis Beale Street Hotel is changing concepts. The hotel is already transitioning into ...
NEW MEMPHIS RESTAURANTS: The 20 best new Memphis restaurants that have opened since 2020, from fine dining to BBQ Lily’s Bakery & Catering Lily's Bakery & Catering at 4000 Summer Ave. in Memphis ...
Elvis Presley and Bernard Lansky in 1956. Lansky Bros. was started in 1946 at 126 Beale Street in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It started as a store that sold leftover Army supplies from World War II, Bernard took advantage of the elevating Beale Street music scene and looked to provide clothing for the typical characters of Beale who wanted to dress dapper.
The Memphis area welcomed 5 new restaurants and a liquor store, but it also said goodbye to 3 eateries. ... 2024 at 322 South Cleveland Street in Memphis, Tenn. Louis Connelly’s Bar is the ...
On the balcony mezzanine is the Beale Street Museum, a collection of Beale Street memorabilia, along with several items and records of the Schwab family. The second floor has is an event venue and houses the hoodoo items and musical goods. The first floor sells quirky merchandise and tourist memorabilia while what used to be the next door shop ...
Beale Street in 1974 Beale Street in 2014 Rex Billiard Hall for Colored, Beale Street, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a military hero from the Mexican–American War.
MEMPHIS DINING: The 30 best restaurants in Memphis in 2023: Soul food, seafood and so much more The Peabody Hotel Christmas Brunch 149 Union Ave.; 901-529-4000; peabodymemphis.com
John Elkington's involvement with the redevelopment of historic Beale Street in downtown Memphis began in 1982. After decades of decline and an ill-conceived urban renewal program that left the formerly vibrant area desolate and the street lined with empty, crumbling buildings, John Elkington agreed to lead the development and management of the massive project.