Cafe Lit

Cafe Lit will serve as a local center of black visual, musical, culinary and literary art including:
• Supper Club
• Happy Hour
• Live music & poetry
• Premium spirits & craft mixology
• Traditional, regional soul food cuisine
• Premium apparel & merchandise

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Cafe Lit: Then and Now. The 7,400 square feet where Cafe Lit sits dates all the way back to 1914 as the old Fortune-Ward drugstore. The goal is to transform 111 Madison Ave. into a historical and cultural destination.

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Cafe Lit commits to telling Black stories all the way down to the details. Our logo was designed using a typeface inspired by the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968. Created by a local Memphis typographer and activated by BGD Digital Marketing, even the letters on our menu help tell the greatest story every told.

Dine in a new dinnertainment experience Fall 2022. Follow for more at CafeLitMemphis.com

Cafe Lit allows the story of Black brilliance and resilience to live on.

Thomas Bullock was the first African American to publish a cocktail book, and his was one of the last drink collections released before the United States banned alcohol sales during Prohibition (1920 to 1933).

Cafe Lit's cocktail menu features an homaged spin on some of Bullock's original drinks. Come dine in the greatest story every told this Fall.