5 Star Stories: Overton Square, bustling arts district in the heart of Midtown Memphis
Overton Square: Booming intersection of food, art, & entertainment
By Kontji Anthony | May 11, 2021 at 9:17 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 10:45 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Overton Square is the heart of a bustling Midtown Memphis district where arts of all kinds have turned the four corners of Memphis Cooper Street and Madison Avenue into a magnet for foodies, music lovers, and theatre enthusiasts.
The second TGIFriday’s in America opened on Madison Avenue at Cooper Street May 21, 1970, after a successful bid to sell liquor by the drink passed in the Tennessee legislature.