The Cove — Restaurant in Memphis

The owner Mary is racist and rude. It was our very first time there (save two non-PoC in our group) and she singled our predominantly Black group out, told one of us they could not vape in the most condescending way possible, despite a white gentleman vaping not far from us; she repeatedly tried to rip the bathroom door open as my friends and I were trying to use the restroom because a white couple (who repeatedly told her they were perfectly fine waiting for the bathroom to be freed up) had queued outside of the bathroom door. The couple later came up to us and felt the need to apologize, telling us they felt extremely uncomfortable with the situation and felt Mary overreacted as well. Afterward, I went to the bar to order one last drink and close my tab. While standing at the end of the bar, rather than excusing herself to alert me to the fact she needed to get past me, Mary instead snatched me by my upper arm and proceeded to try and drag me out of her way, screaming verbatim "You need to get out my way!" I asked the bartender why their owner was so rude, but he only made excuses for her deplorable behavior. Food was super dry and less than mediocre; drinks weren't great either. It's a ratty bar, not worth the hole it's built in with an extremely rude and racist owner. There's also a large dog (I presume Mary's) allowed to wander freely throughout the establishment; likely the kitchen as well. Save your money and...

This is the third time I have come here. The first was applicable, I lost my phone and in no way do I feel that is their fault. But when I returned the following day the bartender lacked any professionalism and basically accused me of lying.

The second time was with a large group of friends and the server failed to get a single food or drink correct.

This time I ordered a drink and when it came out it tasted sour. I believe the soda was flat. I told them it was wrong and agreed to pay for that one (mainly because the server said I had to be charged for taking more than a couple of sips, I was OK with that)and I asked for a beer, but the bartender said that he could fix it.

When the check came, they charged me for 2 of those drinks (because I changed to beer) and when I confronted the server and he said "oh, I threw that out he made you a new one, you have to pay for both."

Third time is the charm, I will never step foot in here again and I highly suggest no one else ever does as well.

There needs to be a 0 star or not even negative stars are necessary...

Its like the cheers of Memphis. Where to begin? Well the bar is shaped like a pirate ship I guess we could start there. Sit at the bar and you are bound to hear a crazy story (any night of the week). The bartender is usually chill and happy to talk. On the speakers is something like Otis Redding from the bartenders iPhone. One night we went it was open mic night. An older gentleman regaled us with a poem he had written about the awful local law commercials that come on TV at 10PM. Hilarious! Another night sitting at the bar we heard stories of the boom bust cycles of Memphis.

What to order? I like the 1/2 price oysters served up every night from 4 to 7PM. As for the rest of the menu I've had a few items but cannot recommend any of them. This is a place you go for some oysters and to hear...