5560 Shelby Oaks Dr.

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Sweetheart’s Memories of Jim’s Place Span Six Decades:

Jim’s Place is Choice for Valentines and Every Other Occasion

MEMPHIS, TENN. (January 24, 2007)…Jim’s Place has been in the Stukenborg family since the 1940s. And today, more than six decades later, it remains a favorite place.

“We have always picked Jim’s,” said Kate Stukenborg, the family matriarch. “First for the atmosphere: I love the big windows and view to the pretty patio with the azaleas. The food is great. I have never had a bad dish there.”

Kate raved about the restaurant’s Greek dishes including spinach appetizer spanakopetakia and main course mousaka (Greek specialty with eggplant and spiced beef). “I also like the turnip greens, asparagus mousse and the desserts. And it’s the only place I go to get the liver and onions.”

Fate, as it seemed, had a hand in her visits to Jim’s. Each time the restaurant moved, Kate would always live nearby.

“I first started going to Jim’s when it was on Third and Madison,” Kate recalled. “I was single and working at Southern Bell (BellSouth now) downtown in the mid-40s. We’d go there for lunch. Then, after I married Louis, we lived on Stonewall. So we would go to Jim’s on Union Ave. in the 1960s.”

Kate and Louis later moved to the Bartlett area, and behold, they were almost next door to Jim’s Place East, which relocated to 5560 Shelby Oaks Dr. in the mid-1970s. It was Jim’s East where she and Louis celebrated Valentine’s Day, attended rehearsal dinners, enjoyed bowling parties and treated out-of-town guests. Sometimes the whole family joined in.

Though Louis has since passed on, Kate has wonderful memories of their time together at Jim’s. Her brother-in-law, Al, and sister Mary Ann also enjoyed many dinners at Jim’s over the years. And now the next Stukenborg generation has claimed Jim’s as their place. Kate’s grown children Phil, Louis, Barbara, Rita and Elizabeth Ann regularly dine at Jim’s East with their spouses and children.

And 60 years later, the love affair with Jim’s continues. “My sister Martha and I try to go to Jim’s East at least once a month,” Kate said. “The waiters are always so courteous. We have tried other places, but they aren’t as good. We are used to the taste and the menu at Jim’s.”

Today, Kate lives in Germantown and once again, not far from a Jim’s Place. This time, she lives near Jim’s Place Grille. She can now choose between her favorite, Jim’s East, and the newest Jim’s location for a fine meal. “I never moved away from Jim’s,” she said.

Celebrate Valentine’s at Jim’s:

Here’s a Sampling off the Jim’s Place Valentine’s Menu

Starter Choices

Phyllo puff (spinach or Feta or combination)

Stuffed Mushrooms (with lump crabmeat and beurre blanc sauce)

Dimitri’s Charcoal Grilled Jumbo Shrimp

Main Course Selection (includes cup of soup, crisp garden salad and vegetable)

Halibut (broiled or charcoal grilled)
Pecan Crusted Catfish

8 oz. Filet Bernaise

Mousaka (Greek specialty with eggplant and spiced ground beef)

Parmesan Chicken

To make reservations, call 388-7200 (ext. 4).

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