Memphis Most is all about the best of our city, and as these pages prove, there are more amazing things about our town than there are secret barbecue sauce recipes. Yet a group of advisers to Mayor A C Wharton recently wondered who sells Memphis to Memphians. The notion of ...
(continue)Who knew that Mayor Wharton was a crooner? When he strode into B.B. King’s Blues Club, he was handed a “Lucille” guitar and immediately broke into a Bobby Bare hit, singing “Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city...,” then he jumped on the folk classic “She’ll Be Coming ...
(continue)Mayor Wharton was quick to make note of a recent study that rated cities on their variety of food. “Memphis ranked high,” he noted, “from seafood to barbecue to Chinese to traditional cuisine. To prove the point, the mayor visited Corky’s, winner of Best Barbecue BBQ Sandwich, where he insisted ...
(continue)Who has time for misery in Memphis when you have sea lions, fierce roller derby women, grand hotels and great places to stay? Mayor Wharton accentuated the positive at the Memphis Zoo – winner of the Best Memphis Attraction category for its 3,500 animals plus its educational and conservation programs ...
(continue)Memphis Most voters know what they like. And that means good services keep them coming back. Gould’s Day Spa is a previous Memphis Most winner that once again has been chosen as Best Day Spa. But what does a chief executive choose when faced with so many relaxing choices? “Let’s ...
(continue)There’s a whole lotta shopping going on in Memphis and the favorites have been crowned. Mayor Wharton took a trip to the Easy Way (Best Produce Store) on Mount Moriah to celebrate its award, but also for a couple of bags of goodness. “I need some apples,” he said, which ...
(continue)When it comes to getting fit and staying healthy, Mayor Wharton leads the charge. Long a champion of physical activity, he has pushed the battle against childhood obesity, touted bike-to-work days and is adding 55 miles of bicycle lanes to city streets. Don’t be surprised to see him jogging or ...
(continue)You may not be able to control your destiny, but you can call the shots on your environment — inside and out. Mayor Wharton dropped in on the Best Garden Store in Memphis, Midtown Nursery, and inspected the flora. “I’ve got four bags of fertilizer in the trunk of my ...
(continue)There are some strong personalities in Memphis, and our readers made some strong choices. Victory was in the air when Mayor Wharton visited coach Josh Pastner as part of the 2010 Memphis Most tour, celebrating University of Memphis Tiger Basketball (Best Memphis Sports Team) plus Elliot Williams (Best College Athlete), ...
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Best Family Event
Winner: Fireworks Extravaganza (July 3rd)
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Finalist: Bartlett Christmas Parade
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Finalist: Countrywood Garage Sale
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Best Bank
Winner: First Tennessee
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Finalist: Regions
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Finalist: Bank of Bartlett
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Best Locally Owned Restaurant
... (continue)Mark the date: Aug. 22.
That's when we reveal the winners of the Memphis Most contest, the decision of you, the readers, on what the best stuff is in Memphis.
There are a fair number of repeat winners -- the bastions of consistent excellence.
But look out for a few ...
(continue)As Elvis said, he'd rather be in Memphis than anywhere else. He had his own list of the best stuff in town, but now it's up to you to do it for Memphis Most 2010. Today is the last day to vote for your favorite people and places. So get ...
(continue)Voting comes to a close Sunday, so you still have a chance to cast your ballots for your Memphis favorites.
One round of voting per email per day will be registered in the ongoing polling for the coveted Memphis Most awards. You'll notice we've put away the ongoing results so ...
(continue)Are you checking out the results? A number of previous winners are in the lead, but there are some strong contenders. Check out the Best Memphis Sports Team category. U of M Tiger Basketball is leading at 45 percent, no huge suprise there. But No. 2 is the Memphis Hustlin' ...
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There's just a week left to vote. Some nominees in certain categories are running away with it, others are too close to call. You can crank up your own political vote machine and give your favorites the edge.
We recently asked the poser: What's the first thing you do ...
Last year, O.J. Mayo won the Memphis Most prize as Best Pro Athlete. He's back again this year, along with Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, DeAngelo Williams and Zach Randolph. But oh, Zach, what have you done?
Meanwhile, it looks like the race for Best Southern Fried Chicken is, pardon ...
What's the best attraction in Memphis? According to you, our readers, the top five are the Memphis Zoo, Graceland, the Orpheum, the National Civil Rights Museum and Sun Studio. That's quite a mix, but you need to choose which one of those five is tops in the Memphis Most competition. ...
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Every year, Memphis Most asks our readers the eternal question: Who has the best barbecue? Just to make things interesting, we have two categories, ribs and sandwich. There is some overlap and there is always an argument. Here's who are on the list of finalists as chosen by you, the ...
(continue)Get ready — we've started the balloting for Memphis Most, where you decide the best that our town has to offer.
For a few weeks, you've been making your nominations in categories that range from Best Weathercaster to Best Truck Dealership to Best Local Band to Best BBQ Ribs.
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The best of Memphis has been nominated. But now it's almost time to choose which is the Memphis Most of all the best. Final voting begins on Sunday in some 100 categories of people, places and things that represent the most Memphis of all. Stay tuned -- we'll be giving ...
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Nobody ever sits still during a Bar-Kay's gig. For bassist James Alexander, the only remaining original member of the group that started at Stax backing Otis Redding, Memphis will always be home. "it's an easy city to live in," he says. "I've traveled the world, but I always end up ...
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What's great about Memphis?
We asked the least objective person we could find — Kevin Kane, President and CEO of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Kevin may not be objective, but he completely understands the question...
"Memphis is a one-of-a-kind experience not duplicated anywhere. With Sun Studios, the National ...
(continue)What is the one thing in Memphis you can't live without?
"Controversy."
"Myself."
"Oxygen."
So many wiseguys. We can't live without them, either.
For expatriates, it's almost always the tunes. Sonny says, "I really, really miss the music -- its quality and variety. And my music-loving buds." And Rachel ...
The question posed to random friends and acquaintances was this: What is the one thing in Memphis you can't live without?
Here's a sampling of responses in the Food (etc.) department:
"Senor Huey burger, welldone, fries." (From Bonnie)
"Fresh Slices, three locations. Our zoo rocks, too. Redbirds ...
The balloting is now open for Memphis Most, the annual survey of our readers who tell us -- and the world -- what the best things are in and around town.
There are about a hundred categories, ranging from best barbecue to best athlete to best shoe store to ...
Here are more observations from my Facebook query about the most remarkable thing people have seen in Memphis. David T. mentions "Remarkable Memphians," of course. Wiseguy John C. offered this: "Turning the Pyramid into a Bass Pro Shop...oh wait, that's the most remote thing. Sorry." Jen W-B. recalled this: "The ...
(continue)This question was posed on Facebook: "What's the most remarkable thing you've seen in Memphis?"
Ya gotta love the responses.
For Lisa Vroman, it was The Peabody ducks. Vroman's uncommonly beautiful soprano voice lit up the Memphis Symphony Orchestra's pops concert "Home for the Holidays" last December. Her visitor's eye ...
(continue)There's nothing as unscientific as a survey on Facebook, but you get a lot of truth out of it.
The question was simple: What is the most excellent place in Memphis? And this is what I got among a flurry of answers (and thanks to all who responded): Dino's on ...
(continue)Yes, it's April and spring has sprung. And you know you're in Memphis because you can stick your head out of the window and hear the birds tweeting, the lawn mowers cranking up and the sound of your neighbors sneezing.
But what's a few allergic reactions when you're talking about ...
(continue)Behold The Donahue. Michael Donahue, The CA's frizz-maned Party Line columnist, has proven to be the perfect host.
For this year's Memphis Most Awards, The Donahue gadded about town presenting cool metal "M"s to winners who were voted the best in their categories.
The debonair scribe, ...
Lowe's really is the place as far as Memphians are concerned. The chain won as Best Hardware Store and Best Garden Store in the Memphis Most Home and Garden category. Then another chain, Ashley Furniture Homestore, came along and won Best Furniture Store.
But small businesses made good ...
There is nothing more important to The Donahue than good health. So it was with pride that he set out to present Memphis Most Awards to those fit stores and institutions that are tops among our readers.
The Peddler snagged the award for Best Bike Shop, which The ...
The Donahue is all about people, getting to know them, understanding what makes them tick, spelling their names correctly.
Our readers gave the thumbs-up to some of these well-known folks who give this city something to cheer about.
One that our host visited was O.J. Mayo, ...
Breakfast is a religious experience for The Donahue, so he was eager to start his day in the Memphis Dining category at Brother Juniper's, winner of the Best Breakfast award.
"It's so good, I'm going to help," said the Memphis Most Host, and he got behind the counter ...
If there was ever a master of style, it would be The Donahue.
So he was delighted to be able to present Memphis Most Awards to some of the classier retail joints in town.
First was Joseph, voted the Best Women's Shoe Store, a place where ...
Now it can be told: The Donahue got a hair cut.True, it was only a single hair, but it's still historic. The event happened at Gould's, winner of Memphis Most's Best Beauty Salon (and also Best Day Spa). Although the Toast of Memphis himself asked about getting a makeover, he ...
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The Donahue covered the spectrum in the category of Memphis Places, from casino action to hotel elegance to the house of the Lord.
Winner of the Best Casino in three categories was Horseshoe Casino. It won for paying, staying and entertainment, much to the delight of George Klein, ...
If there is one environment that The Donahue can call a natural habitat, it is the clubs and bars of the Mid-South.
With that instantly recognizable mane, he was welcomed into Memphis' favorite haunts, such as Silky O'Sullivan's, which won for Best Beale Street Bar. Silky, as shy ...
Jon Hornyak, Senior Executive Director of the Memphis Chapter of NARAS, has plenty of reasons to be enthusiastic about Memphis.
There's music, of course, but he told Memphis Most that there's also the arts in general and basketball.
"I came here to go to college and stayed, so ...
Will Michael Donahue be covering the celebration at your favorite places? Only if you vote for 'em.
You only have until Saturday to vote. Right on this page, go ahead and click on the ballot to decide what is best about Memphis.
When the tally is made, Donahue will go ...
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We inquired of Shirley Raines, the president of the University of Memphis, just what it was she liked best about Memphis.
We should not have been surprised that her answer was, essentially, everything about the University of Memphis.
"The most exciting day on the University of Memphis campus," she says, ...
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George Klein, famous radio guy ("This is the Geeker in your speaker!") and buddy of Elvis, has been a fixture on the local sound scene since forever. He's a walking encyclopedia about the musical people, places and events around here and he just loves Memphis.
Why?
"What ...
Debbi Fields Rose is a California transplant. The entrepreneur, motivational speaker and cookie empire builder sold her company -- Mrs. Fields Cookies -- in the mid-1990s, married Michael Rose and moved here.
This town has made a real impression. This is what Debbi has to say about Memphis:
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A host of folks turned out for yesterday's AutoZone Sunset Symphony to see an air show and hear local drummers, four part harmonists and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra as backup band for Three Dog Night. OK, OK, the MSO was also a star attraction, entertaining the picknicking crowd with some ...
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We asked Al Kapone to say what it is he loves about Memphis. The rapper and one of the stars of Craig Brewer's "$5 Cover" shared his passion with us on a video that you can see by clicking below where it says "Upload photos and videos of your Memphis ...
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We're just now getting over the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, that three-day city by the river that smokes the air with the must sublime odors and takes swine cooking and partying to delicious new levels each year.
That's not only the best barbecue contest in ...
"Everything I heard about Southern hospitality is very much true."
That's what U of M coach Josh Pastner said when asked what he liked about Memphis. He's loving the roller coaster ride of being with the Tigers in this town.
I suspect he might be a contender for a Memphis ...
(continue)Last year, Memphis Most was a whirlwind stirred up by Hernando DeSoto himself. He came back to the city after more than 400 years -- looking pretty good, considering -- and was rendered speechless by all the great stuff going on in this city.
This year, we have the prince ...
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