Memphasis > Raise A Glass
September 25th, 2014
RAISE A GLASS. INSTITUTIONS ARE PASSING. What’s your pleasure? Maybe a chocolate malt or a single malt. Maybe a vanilla soda or a scotch and soda. Maybe a root beer or a draft beer. But these guys wouldn’t ask that question because they already knew your drink. What’s your name? Across generations. The very old and the very new. Maiden and ...
Memphasis > 100% Sure
September 18th, 2014
IF A PROGRAM IS 100% SUCCESSFUL, GET WITH THE PROGRAM. I wrote something three years ago when President Obama’s visited Booker T. Washington High School. In light of recent events, I’d like to visit those words again. “We’ve seen the letters to the editor, heard the guy two stools down, the geniuses spitting into talk show microphones, ...
Memphasis > At The Counter
September 11th, 2014
THE COLLEGE INN, FULL CIRCLE. The future was in my hands. My parents had set me free and I sat there all by myself for the very first time, my own stool at the counter, my own menu in front of me and a cool new show on the TV above. It was 1957. I was eight. The show was Perry Mason. And I was in control. That seminal moment was at the College Inn, a little ...
Memphasis > A Tasteful List 2014
September 4th, 2014
MEMPHIS ON A PLATE. Presenting the fourth edition of the Tasteful List, updated for 2014 – second, third and fourth helpings, this year’s specials, delicious memories – an alphabetical survey of local flavor in one decidedly local man’s opinion. If home-owned cooking is the menu – fresh from our kitchens – this is what I’m ...
Memphasis > It Begins
August 28th, 2014
KICKING IT OFF. Here we go again. Some years ago, I found myself at a tailgate party in downtown Tuscaloosa. Even though the game wasn’t until that afternoon and it was only mid-morning, there were plenty of people well into their cups. One particular middle-aged fan, holding one of those cups and already completely basted in its contents, leaned forward in his ...
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