Grants and Loans – Money Available for Businesses
Government Loans SBA Loan page here. There are several grant and loan programs offered there. PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Loan application here. We're putting all the info we know about it here but we're not [...]
Apply for the Payroll Protection Program, Which Is Included in the Cares Act
Thank you to Farris Bobango Law Firm for providing us with these pdfs (PPP Overview Chart and Loan Forgiveness Chart). Please click (PPP Overview Chart and Loan Forgiveness Chart) which walks you through the details of [...]
TN 15% LBD Tax On Hold
Quote from TN Department of Revenue website (emphasis added): Liquor-by-the-Drink Tax and Alcoholic Beverages for Consumption Off Premises Governor Lee’s Executive Order no. 17 authorizes the temporary sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off of [...]
Negotiating With Your Landlord
No one who works for the Memphis Restaurant Association is a commercial real estate agent or attorney. Please use this information at your own risk and/or consult a professional. Our recommendations are below. We highly [...]
Marketing and Compliance Tips for Delivery, To-Go, Curbside
Update 3/31/2020: ‼️‼️FREE WEBINAR ALERT‼️‼️ Sysco Memphis, LLC. is offering a 🎥 webinar at two different times (11am & 2pm) on Wednesday, April 1st. Learn about your opportunity to turn your restaurant into a Pop [...]
3rd Party Delivery Services
These are the 3rd party companies that we know of to help with delivery. The MRA is currently looking for contacts at each of these companies. Please reach out if you know of one. Uber [...]
Vote for the Best Films In Indie Memphis History
This year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the Indie Memphis Film Festival. To commemorate this milestone, we need your help in preparing a list of the greatest films ever screened at Indie Memphis. Go [...]
Kitchen Will Train Minority Business Owners in Binghampton
Kaleidoscope Kitchen will soon train minority food entrepreneurs in Binghampton thanks to a new, $200,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation. The kitchen will give them access to commercial kitchen facilities and small business training. The program [...]
Corker Ends the Suspense, Won't Seek Reelection
The junior of Tennessee’s two high-profile U.S. Senators, Bob Corker, resolved the long-running suspense about his 2018 intentions on Tuesday with a formal announcement that he will not be seeking reelection. The Senator’s announcement made [...]
Listen Up: Geist
If records - or VHS tapes - hadn’t been invented the members of Geist might not be making beautiful music together. Something about the spirit of the performers they heard or viewed back in the [...]
Maciel's Hoping to Reopen Next Week
Good news, taco and torta fans, Maciel's is shooting to reopen by end of next week, Friday or Saturday. The restaurant has been closed since a fire in July. A fire in the building at [...]
On the Scene at BreakFest
Biscuits, pancakes, MF sausage links, eggs all ways — all the good stuff was at this year's BreakFest. Frank Chin captured it for us. And the winners are ... Breakfast Sweets: Squeal Street Too Breakfast [...]
Corker Opens Up on Trump's Shortcomings, Sees Need for "Radical Changes"
On Thursday, a day after he had declined to make any statements critical of President Trump during a Knoxville stop, U.S. Senator Bob Corker reversed course, facing the issue of presidential problems squarely while speaking [...]
When Geeks Icons Collide: RiffTrax Takes On Doctor Who
Tonight and next Thursday, August 24, at the Malco Paradiso, Doctor Who gets skewered. The longest running sci fi TV series in the world—indeed, one of the longest running TV series anywhere—is Doctor Who. It [...]
Orion Negotiating Wonder Bread Site for New HQ
Orion Federal Credit Union issued a press release today announcing plans to move the company's headquarters into the former Wonder Bread building on Monroe in the Edge District. The Flyer recently reported on proposed redevelopment [...]
Cohen to Introduce Articles of Impeachment against Trump
In the wake of Charlottesville and President Trump's apparent defense of the white nationalists who were the focus of disturbances there, Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen, ranking member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution [...]
Pick a Side
1960s: Threat of nuclear war, civil rights protest marches, bloody clashes in the streets, riots. 2017: Hold my beer. Early last week, we were all concerned when the president of the United States offered the [...]
On Andrew Sean Greer’s funny new novel.
How amiable and witty this is, its wit as dry as the clicking of a clock. Insert joke here: Blank is easy; comedy is hard. One may be able to quickly compile a list of [...]