I suggested The Arcade Restaurant on the A.V. Club's Pop Pilgrimage website, and they visited! (And if you haven't seen Mystery Train, shame on you.)
Billing itself as “Memphis’ Oldest Café,” The Arcade Restaurant has been at the corner of Memphis’ South Main Street and G.E. Patterson Boulevard since 1919. Just steps away from the train station, the restaurant has seen its surroundings rise, fall, and rise again with the fortunes of the city. Once the bustling heart of Memphis’ downtown, the neighborhood around the Arcade fell into decline in the 1970s and ’80s. By the time Jim Jarmusch arrived to shoot his 1989 film Mystery Train, hard times had overtaken what had become an especially seedy part of town.
Thankyouverymuch.
3 comments:
Well done sir. A real Memphis institution that has the eats to back up the history. I look forward to eating there again with you someday.
I got engaged there over 2 eggs over easy, grits, toast and coffee.
Joe, you're such a romantic!
Nice work, Jay. I had no idea the Arcade was that old. Great suggestion!
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