The 901: Why patrons have to abide by strict dress codes at some Memphis restaurants
Good morning, Memphis, where today marks the start of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
But, first, a restaurant in Germantown began cracking down on customers’ attire, joining a growing list of upscale Memphis restaurants to implement or start enforcing dress codes, our Dima Amro and Jennifer Chandler report in their story for subscribers.
At Moondance Grill, men are asked to wear collared shirts and women to refrain from wearing “provocative clothing,” according to the dress code posted on the restaurant’s website.
Most Memphis restaurants with new — or newly enforced dress codes — aren’t looking to bring back the days of required jackets and ties. Instead, they’re mostly targeting athletic wear like yoga pants, ballcaps and overly revealing clothing.
Read Dima and Jennifer’s story to understand why some Memphis restaurants have strict dress codes, what the dress codes are, and the controversy it’s stirred with some patrons.
EPA identifies potential cancer-causing air pollutant in South Memphis
The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to speak with residents of South Memphis and more than 20 other communities that the agency believes are at an increased risk for exposure from a cancer-causing compound, our Lucas Finton reports in his story for subscribers.
South Memphis is one of the communities on the EPA’s list, which was based on the organization’s risk assessment. The list, comprising 23 communities, include those at a lifetime cancer risk of 100 in 1 million.
"Today’s EPA announcement about the possibility of increased risk around facilities that use EtO (ethylene oxide) understandably raises concerns of people that live in the area,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in a statement. “I will do everything I can to get immediate and definitive testing by EPA of this facility and information to our citizens so that we can understand whether a risk exists and what we can do to mitigate it.”
45 Elvis events in the 45 years since the death of the King
Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977 and since then his fame has remained in the spotlight.
Our John Beifuss lists a chronological year-by-year account of some of the stories about Presley, his family, his friends and his work that have garnered attention since 1977. He chose one story per year to shed a little light onto the phenomenon of the King.
Penny Hardaway expected to hire Andy Borman as assistant coach
Andy Borman is in line to become an assistant coach on Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway's staff, our Jason Munz reports after confirming, since the move has not been officially announced.
Borman is Hardaway's third new assistant coach hire of the offseason, joining Frank Haith and Faragi Phillips.
Hardaway still has openings on his staff for a strength and conditioning coach, as well as an equipment manager.
FedEx St. Jude Championship became celebration of life for kids with cancer
The first FedEx St. Jude Championship, like so many of the golf tournaments with different names Memphis over seven decades, became a celebration of life, our Mark Giannotto writes in his latest column.
Here’s an excerpt from his column:
They’re all alive 10 years later. All 10 of them. One is even getting married.
Allie Allen flashed her engagement ring on stage Wednesday morning with the other St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patients who’ve had a FedEx Purple Eagle plane named in their honor over the past 10 years. It's about how long it has been since Allen was first diagnosed with cancer.
She had just gone through a somewhat harrowing build to this week, and to this particular anniversary moment at TPC Southwind. It was Monday that Allen, 23, had an MRI done on her brain for the first time in a year. She was worried because she’d been having seizures. This was the longest she had gone between scans. With her pending nuptials just four months away, the stakes felt particularly high.
Doctors once told her she wouldn’t make it to her high school graduation. She just graduated from Ole Miss and bought a house with her fiancé.
Fishing becomes more than a hobby for Briarcrest football star
Briarcrest senior Max Carroll loves being on the water as it has become a safe haven for him, our Wynston Wilcox reports.
For one of the top ranked football players in the state, fishing is the escape where he can swap all thoughts of winning a state championship and making a college decision with some light music and peace.
The football star and fisherman has earned the No. 3 position in the Commercial Appeal Dandy Dozen.
The 901 is written by Ray Padilla, digital producer for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached at raymond.padilla@commercialappeal.com or on Twitter at @Ray_Padilla_.
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