Good morning, Memphis! ☀️
Pack up the car! We're taking a field trip around the metro this morning, and the tank is full of good news. Halloween is Saturday, so don't worry, we packed plenty of snacks for the ride.
Here's where we're headed today:
🔧 Germantown: An old auto parts store trades oil for orange juice.
🍬 Downtown: Bring a candy bag. Leave with a voting plan.
🎸 Whitehaven: A 90-year-old blues legend takes a victory lap.
🏓 Arlington: A dozen new places to dink.
🧠 Rest stop: Blues trivia
🏗️ Back downtown: A to-do list with a lot of zeros.
Buckle up and let's get into it.
Food & Drink
🌅 Sunrise Memphis Is Bringing Breakfast to Germantown
Photo: Sunrise Memphis (East Memphis)
Good news for Germantown breakfast fans! Sunrise Memphis is planning its third restaurant in Germantown, inside a former AutoZone. A permit to turn the building into a restaurant is under review now, so breakfast is officially on the way.
🥞 Rise and dine. This will be Sunrise's first spot in the suburbs. If you can't wait, you can already find them Downtown on Jefferson Avenue and at Sunrise East on Poplar Avenue. The new one will be roomy, too, at about 4,900 square feet.
🔧 Parts unknown, for now. Sunrise comes from the same team that started Central BBQ, so they know a thing or two about feeding Memphis. Plan on pulling up a chair in late spring 2027.
Get the full scoop here.
Events
🎃 Trick-or-Treat and Get a Voting Plan at the Civil Rights Museum Saturday
Photo: National Civil Rights Museum
Here's a Halloween party with a purpose. The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting Trick or Vote on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. It's free for the whole family, and the museum asks you to sign up ahead of time.
🍬 Treats for the kids. Little ones can trick-or-treat, try fun activities and fill up their candy bags. There will be a DJ and a food truck, too. Costumes are optional, but the museum would love to see you dressed as a civil rights hero.
🗳️ A plan for the grown-ups. While the kids snack, volunteers can help you check your registration, find your polling place and know what to bring to vote. Early voting wraps up Thursday, Oct. 29, and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Save your family's spot for free here.
Music
🎸 Buddy Guy Closes His 90th Birthday Tour at Graceland Thursday
Photo: Graceland LiVE
Mark your calendar, blues fans. The legendary Buddy Guy plays Graceland Soundstage on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. It's the very last stop on his BG90 Tour, and Memphis gets to send him off.
🎂 Still shredding at 90. Guy turned 90 in July, and he's still going strong. Just this February, he won his ninth Grammy for Ain't Done with the Blues. We'd say the title fits.
🎟️ Seats still open. There's still time to grab a ticket. Seats start at $58.50 with fees, and front-row seats go for $169.50.
Grab your tickets here.
News
🏗️ Downtown Memphis Has $6.4 Billion in Projects in the Works
Photo: Memphis Travel
Downtown is growing up, Memphis. The Downtown Memphis Commission shared its State of Downtown on Monday, and the headline number was a big one: $6.4 billion in active projects.
🏙️ Keep it rolling. DMC CEO Chandell Ryan reminded the crowd that downtown's momentum is "no longer automatic," so the work keeps going. Mayor Paul Young pointed to the new art museum, the Grizzlies' long-term deal and plans for Beale Street. County Mayor Mickell Lowery added that downtown still needs more hotel rooms.
📋 Your two cents. Love downtown? Have ideas to make it even better? The DMC wants to hear from you. Take its short survey here.
Read the full story here.
Daily Picks
🗞️ Other News Around the 901
🎓 Intern-al affairs. Good news for college students who want to give back. The City of Memphis gave the University of Memphis up to $100,000 to place students in internships with neighborhood nonprofits through August 2027. Rhodes, LeMoyne-Owen and CBU each got $40,000 to do the same.
🏓 Dinking big. Pickleball fans out east, this one's for you. The Town of Arlington filed a permit for 12 pickleball courts, tennis courts and a storage building on Memphis-Arlington Road. If all goes to plan, you could be playing there by summer 2027.
📸 Frame of mind. Looking for a gift, or something new for your own walls? Memphis photographer Connor Ryan sells big Memphis prints, with beautiful shots of everything from Sun Studio to the Lorraine Motel to the Pyramid. Use code FALL30 for 30% off prints, this week only.
🕣 Clock in later. Need to renew your car tags or pick up a license soon? Plan ahead. Starting Monday, Nov. 2, every Shelby County Clerk office will be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
🚔 New chief in town. Millington has a new top cop! The city named Joe Oakley its next police chief. He brings plenty of experience, too. He spent more than 36 years with the Memphis Police Department and retired as a deputy chief.
⛳ Fore more years. Congrats to MUS senior Brantley Moore! He's The Commercial Appeal's All-Metro boys Golfer of the Year once again.
🍂 Last call for fall. Halloween is Saturday, and there's still time to squeeze in some fall fun before November. Our Fall Festivals, Pumpkin Patch, Trunk-or-Treat and Haunted Houses guides have you covered.
🛒 Bundle up. Shop at both Walmart and Sam's Club? This one's for you. Walmart+ and Sam's Club Plus now come together for $120 a year, the same price as Sam's Club Plus on its own. You get free delivery from both stores, plus Peacock or Paramount+.
🎭 Born to boo. Every year has its big Halloween costume, and the one from the year you were born might surprise you. In 1970, the most popular costume was Elvis, which feels about right for Memphis. By 1986, kids were dressing up as dancing California Raisins. Look up the top costume from your birth year, anywhere from 1950 to 2005, here.
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Trivia Time
Tuesday Trivia 🎸
Buddy Guy is a Chicago blues king, but he didn't grow up there. In which state was he born?
Out and About
🌙 Tonight in the 901
Trivia, karaoke, live music and more happening tonight around the Memphis metro.
Downtown
💃 Free salsa lesson at Rumba Room, 6pm
🧠 Trivia at Max's Sports Bar, 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Flying Saucer, 7pm & 9:30pm
🎶 Music bingo at Huey's Downtown, 7pm
🎸 Live blues: Brimstone Jones at Blues City Cafe, 7pm
🎭 Opening night: Spamalot at the Orpheum, 7:30pm
Midtown
🏃 Free Zumba at Overton Park Shell, 5:30pm
🎶 Bingo at Mary's BOTE, 6pm (21+)
🍺 Italian wine dinner at Bosco's, 6pm ($85, call to reserve)
🎭 Horror movie: Halloween at Crosstown Theater, 6:30pm
🧠 Trivia at Jack Brown's, 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Huey's Midtown, 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Newby's, 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Wiseacre OG Taproom, 7pm
🎸 Concert: Iron & Wine at Satellite Music Hall, 7pm
😂 Open mic comedy at Hi-Tone, 8pm
East Memphis
🥎 Tigers fall softball vs. Freed-Hardeman at Tigers Softball Complex, 5pm
🧠 Trivia at Rotolo's (White Station), 7pm
🧠 Trivia at East End Grill (Winchester), 7pm
🎶 Music bingo at Huey's Southwind, 7pm
🎸 Big-band jazz: Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra & 901 Jazz Band at the Scheidt Center (U of M), 7pm ($20)
🧠 Trivia at Brookhaven Pub, 7:30pm
Cordova, Germantown & Collierville
🎶 Spooky Disney music bingo, kids eat free at The Half Shell (Germantown), 6:30pm
👻 Free scary stories of Collierville at the Morton Museum, 6:30pm (ages 13+)
🎶 Music bingo at Huey's Cordova, 7pm
🎶 Singo (music bingo) at Rotolo's (Collierville), 7pm
Millington & DeSoto
🎶 Singo (music bingo) at Huey's Millington, 7pm
🎶 Music bingo at 10th Inning (Southaven), 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Huey's Southaven, 7pm
🧠 Trivia at Huey's Olive Branch, 7pm
That's it for today!
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