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Tommy Garcia/Bravo All good things must come to an end? Lisa Vanderpump’s Pump Restaurant Lounge is closing after 10 years of business, Us Weekly can confirm. Teresa Giudice, Lisa Vanderpump and ...
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In 1999, the East Memphis restaurant moved to 585 Erin Drive. That same year, a second location was opened at 7652 Poplar Ave. in Germantown. Those two locations closed on Nov. 3.
Red Hot and Blue was founded in 1989 by Atwater, Sundquist, Bob Friedman, Joel Wood, and Wendell Moore, with its first location in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Friedman described the concept of the restaurant as "pigs, pork, and blues" as reflected in the company's logo.
In 1922, Lewis purchased the Memphis Red Sox, a baseball team in the Negro leagues. He also financed the construction of Martin Stadium (sometimes called "Lewis Park") in Memphis. At the time, the city's hotels were racially segregated, and opposing team members were lodged at the funeral home. [1] [2]
Newby's was established in 1975 by David "Newby" Harsh. [1] The restaurant changed over the years as it expanded with a full bar, pool room, large outside patio and then transforming an adjoining historic 1950s movie theater into a music venue.
The following day, Jan. 13, a Memphis Police Department officer was in the area of 6385 Winchester Road around 4:15 p.m. when he heard gunshots.
The driver, Solomon Jones, an employee of the Lewis Funeral Home, was one of the last people to speak to King before he was shot, and also attempted to chase the shooter, to no avail. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency ward at St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.