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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 ...
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.
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.
In 2016, Lawler and business partner Barry Aycock opened a wrestling-themed establishment King Jerry Lawler's Hall of Fame Bar & Grille on Beale Street, Downtown Memphis, Tennessee. [89] The next year Lawler opened King Jerry Lawler's Memphis BBQ Co. in Cordova, Tennessee.
One Beale is a proposed four-phase development in Memphis, Tennessee.Located at the corner of Beale Street and Riverside, the $400 million riverfront development located in downtown Memphis will include high-end apartments, a full-service Hyatt hotel, and space for restaurants and events stretching 5.5 acres from Beale Street to Pontotoc Avenue and along Front Street and west to the ...
The Beale Street Music Festival is a three-day music festival that has both a mix of big-name stars and local musical acts. Held during the first weekend of May in the city's Tom Lee Park at the foot of Beale Street, it is considered to be the kick-off event of the entire Memphis in May International Festival celebration. It typically hosts ...
The South Main district has been featured in many films, sometimes as just background scenery in Memphis, sometimes masquerading as an older version of Beale Street. [3] Some of the films featuring scenes from the South Main district are: The Firm — Tom Cruise and the FBI meet at The Arcade Restaurant. 21 Grams; Hustle & Flow
The Peabody Memphis is a historic luxury hotel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, opened in 1925. The hotel is known for the "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop and make daily treks to the lobby. The Peabody is a member of Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.