[Johnny Ryall]

Preston Lamm to fill former Pat O'Brien's on Beale Street
Memphis Business Journal

A local restaurant group with plenty of Beale Street experience could have the former Pat O’Brien's and Ground Zero Blues Club space at 310 Beale singing a new tune by May. Beale Street veterans Preston Lamm and Bud Chittom purchased the building, equipment and furniture from 310 Beale Street Properties LLC for an undisclosed amount and plan to open a corner bar called Dancin’ Jimmy’s. The 18,897-square foot building includes a 7,749-square-foot ground floor, a 7,331-square-foot second floor and a 3,334-square-foot covered patio... Lamm is president of River City Management Group LLC, which has various restaurant concepts on Beale Street, including Rum Boogie Cafe, Pig on Beale, King’s Palace Cafe, the Absinthe Room, Beale Street Tap Room, Mr. Handy’s Blues Hall, Ugly Juanita’s Taco Shop, and Handy Bar. It also owns or operates others restaurants throughout the Mid-South such as Mesquite Chop House, Fillin' Station Grille, Spindini, Pa Pa Pia’s, and 10 Bones BBQ. Chittom, who has been involved with Blues City Cafe, Club 152, and Johnny G’s Creole Kitchen on Beale, is also heading up a group that is opening up Riverside Grille & Dockside Bar by July at Beale Street Landing.

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ALAN HOWELL | MBJ