Midtown’s Fantastic Fans is closing, but the Fan Doctor will make house calls
“Once it passes into history,” said a fan, “we will have lost another unique part of what makes Midtown, Midtown.”
Topic: Midtown
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May 2025
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Iconic blue dog paintings replaced
The owners of Union Centre changed the iconic blue dog art in late April. Only one blue dog painting remains on the building.
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Midtown TJ Mulligan’s to close with owner citing crime concerns
“The landlord and I talked about it, and it’s probably the best thing for the area to not have an establishment open after 10 p.m.,” owner Lee Adams said.
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Inked: Lindenwood to expand child care center; distribution center opens
A vacant, 6,700-square-foot medical office building in Midtown will also go to auction in June.
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April 2025
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Inked: Former Bed Bath & Beyond trades robes for liquor bottles
Plus, Midtown apartments sell for $3.1 million, and an urgent care clinic for pets is coming to the Bartlett area.
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March 2025
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Regional One CEO plans options in case state money doesn’t come through
Reginald Coopwood of Regional One Health talks on “Behind The Headlines” about alternatives for the hospital rebuild, and why the decision was made to shift the project to a new site.
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January 2025
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Plant-based body-care franchise expands into Midtown
The Soap Factory located in a shopping center at 2197 Central Ave. sells various bath, body and home products, including laundry detergent, body soaps, lotions, candles, beard oil and sinus bombs.
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Lafayette’s says party will continue but with changes
Lafayette’s Music Room plans to continue its legacy of live music in Overton Square, but with shortened hours.
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December 2024
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Railgarten ‘closed for renovation’ until spring, rep says
Concerts scheduled for this weekend at the Central Avenue event site were suddenly canceled or moved to Loflin Yard and all the events previously listed on the Railgarten website have been deleted.
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August 2024
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Trio, including two employees, buy Midtown’s Bayou Bar & Grill
The Bayou Bar & Grill has been run by Bill and Carla Baker for the past 30 years. Now the restaurant has new owners.
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July 2024
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Liberty Park $112M private development takes step forward
Further development at Liberty Park took a key step forward Tuesday: A City Council committee approved the up-to $112.5 million project that could change Midtown.
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Proposed recovery home in Midtown sparks neighbors’ concern
“In the meeting, (a neighbor) asked, ‘Are we getting violent offenders?’ (A company representative) said he’s not allowed to discuss that.”
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April 2024
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Immaculate Conception school to close this year
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis.
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Whataburger eyeing former Midtown police station site
The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council.
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March 2024
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Studiohouse on Malvern art gallery opens doors
Studiohouse on Malvern, located at 418 Malvern St. in Midtown, hosted its second annual open house March 2. It featured owner-artists Keiko Gonzalez and Mary Jo Karimnia as well as other artists and performers.
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February 2024
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250-pound sasquatch stolen from Cooper-Young yard
One neighbor compared the theft to the Mona Lisa being taken from the Louvre.
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January 2024
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Dive bar ‘for Fun Times and Friendship’ opens Saturday
“A good dive bar should feel old and unassuming, have cheap but good drinks and a great atmosphere,” owner Louis Connelly said.
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December 2023
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Midtown convenience store shut down due to repeated criminal activity
Shelby County District Attorney General Mulroy said 600 calls for service have been made to the property in the last two years and 60 arrests have been made there this year alone.
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October 2023
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Opera Memphis raises curtain on Midtown digs
The nearly 70-year-old organization hosted an open house to showcase its new location at Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street in Midtown.
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September 2023
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Belly Acres closes Midtown location
In a statement, owners encouraged customers to go to the Regalia location in East Memphis or the “soon-to-be” Silo Square location in Southaven.
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Letter to the Editor: The police officers who ‘too often go underappreciated’
A Midtown resident says thank you to Memphis Police Department officers.
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August 2023
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Man dies in Midtown after being detained by MPD
A heavy police presence continued to surround an apartment complex near Madison Avenue and Auburndale Street Friday evening after Memphis police officers detained an unidentified man earlier in the day.
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March 2023
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Printer’s Alley space to get a little ‘goofier’ with new bar
A former teacher with Teach For America hopes to offer the best plate of nachos around at the new Louis Connelly’s Bar for Fun Times and Friendship.
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January 2023
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Herrington: Where does Midtown end? A defining question for modern Memphis
Defining Midtown is perhaps the key question of Memphis geography, in part because it helps define the rest of the core city. If Midtown is encased by Downtown, South Memphis, East Memphis and North Memphis — and maybe that’s debatable, too — then defining Midtown partly defines the rest.
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October 2022
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Pride-themed march in Midtown protests cancellation of drag show
“We have families and rights. To see the children, who were having a good time, crying and terrified, was horrible,” said organizer Jenna Dunn. “It lit a fire inside of me that was already burning.”
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