In case you missed it, I posted a late-night “second Tuesday update” post with a ton of news (it actually went up a few minutes after midnight, so it has today’s time stamp). Be sure to scroll down and read it after you read this one.
Got a couple of pieces of grocery store news for you today. The one that’s being widely reported, that you’ve probably already seen, is that Trader Joe’s is scouting store sites in Germantown. I wish they were scouting Downtown or Midtown, but I totally understand their desire to go where the money is. Having lived not far from a Trader Joe’s for six months in San Diego, I can tell you, it would be worth the car ride to the ‘burbs.
For those familiar with both: If Memphis could have one, which would you choose: Trader Joe’s or In-N-Out Burger?
Now for a piece of lesser-known grocery news: City Market is coming to Cooper-Young. The neighborhood grocery, which has operated a Downtown location at Union and Main for about the past three years, is going into a building at 836 S. Cooper. If memory serves correctly, I believe that would be the former convenience store at Cooper and Elzey. City Market is a great little grocery that is known especially for its deli, its selection of international and specialty foods, smoothies, produce, and cheeses among other things. Its owners are Indian so if you like Indian food you are in for a treat. The market will be a real asset for the Cooper-Young neighborhood. “Like” the market on Facebook to keep up with when it will open and what it will carry.
The NBA announced this morning that the December 16 Memphis vs. Golden State game will now be nationally televised by ESPN. Tip-off is 7 PM.
From the New York Times: Bass Pro Shops to add a Memphis Pyramid to its empire
I have qualified for the Blind Bear’s 16-week poker league final table tentatively to be held Sunday, December 14. Since I can’t be knocked out of the top 10 I am going to sit out the remaining two poker games between now and then and let the others fight it out for the points. I won a gong at the April final table this year and I won an iPad at the first-ever final table in April 2012.
That’s it for now. Barring any work-related complications I should be out tonight, leading off at the Silly Goose around 5:30.