1532 Madison Ave, Memphis TN
"Some people graduate from film school, but i graduated from the P&H"
-Craig Brewer
Nestled in the heart of the Memphis Midtown between several trendy(i.e. extremely seedy) gay bars is the only Memphis bar I know of with a low quality indie film named after it. Memphis's resident film auteur Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) made his first movie centering around a Memphis car thief who frequents the P&H entitled The Poor and Hungry. This has lead to some confusion as to the meaning of the bar's initials, which were originally meant to stand for Peace and Harmony. The P&H is decidedly divey, filled with cigarette smoke and bathroom graffiti of the first order, but has a unique atmosphere that makes it a favorite of aging and current hipsters, yuppies trying to recapture their youth, and the arty college set (IE, white, tattooed, college-aged stoners). Some of the qualities that attract this demographic are the displays from local artists spread across the walls, the murals of Memphis political caricatures and a number of weekly events.
Notably, The P&H has the most competitive, difficult and lucrative team trivia night in Memphis. As opposed to other free trivia games that reward you with bar tabs, this trivia's reward is REAL cash pooled from the $3 per person entry fee. Teams are limited to six people, which you should fill with your five most knowledgeable friends, and definitely someone who has an expertise in Memphis history.
This is also the bar to go too for the jankiest karaoke in the mid-south. They have a million songs from a-p. Just a-p though. Also, they don't have a karaoke machine so much as some dude's laptop. Also their song lists are loose piles of computer paper that are out of order. And the drunk ass that runs it lets hot chicks go first, and also outed someone as gay over the loudspeaker in front of friends who were not aware of this part of his personality. But they do invite everyone on stage at the end of the night to sing Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" (note the P) so that's kind of cool. Kind of.
Some other features of the P&H are some very well kept pool tables and darts, wonderful grease burgers, and cheap beer. I give the P&H 0/0 pictures of my self drunk, because I couldn't find any on my facebook.
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