• Choose the right restaurant to take your date to before or after a show at the Cannon Center.romantic couple drinking beer image by Galina Barskaya from Fotolia.com
  
  The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts is a 2,100-seat facility that hosts Memphis Symphony Orchestra performances and numerous ballet, opera and theater productions throughout the year. The Cannon Center is located in downtown Memphis, near numerous casual and upscale restaurants that are open for breakfast, lunch and pre- and post-show dinners.
  
  

Westy's

• Westy's casual restaurant prepares Creole meals such as seafood gumbo, shrimp Creole, red beans and rice and jambalaya. The restaurant's sandwich menu includes cheddar-mushroom burgers, New Orleans--style sautéed shrimp burgers, tomato melts, Philly steak and cheese sandwiches, and strawberry-cream cheese melts. The restaurant also offers 5-ounce bacon-wrapped filet mignon, marinated chicken and wild rice, broccoli Alfredo, fried catfish baskets, and house-made tamales. Westy's offers free Wi-Fi to paying customers, and has weekday lunch menu specials that include your choice of meat and vegetables or an all-vegetable plate.
  
  Westy's
  
  346 N. Main St.
  
  Memphis, TN 38103
  
  901-543-3278
  
  eatatwestys.com
  
  

Felicia Suzanne's

• Felicia Suzanne's offers Southern-style cuisine in an upscale atmosphere. The restaurant uses locally-grown, organic products whenever possible. Felicia Suzanne's dinner menu includes Vidalia onion and blue goat cheese tart, turtle soup, shrimp and grits, horseradish-encrusted Alaskan halibut, and pan-seared Maple Leaf duck breast. The restaurant's Friday lunch menu includes meat pies, seared ahi tuna Cobb salad, truffled grilled cheese sandwiches, fried organic chicken breasts, and deep-dish macaroni and cheese. Felicia Suzanne's also caters on-site private parties and off-site events.
  
  Felicia Suzanne's
  
  80 Monroe Ave.
  
  Suite L-1
  
  Memphis, TN 38103
  
  901-523-0877
  
  feliciasuzanne.com
  
  

Bardog Tavern

• Bardog Tavern offers American and Italian cuisine in the restaurant's bar-like atmosphere. Bardog's breakfast menu offerings include pancakes and scrambled eggs, fried egg slider sandwiches, french toast and breakfast burritos. The restaurant's lunch and dinner menu includes seared ahi tuna, house-cut filet mignon steaks, vegetarian burritos, Caesar salad, spaghetti and meatballs, and shrimp scampi. Bardog Tavern houses a non-smoking banquet room, and offers free delivery to the downtown Memphis area.
  
  Bardog Tavern
  
  73 Monroe Ave.
  
  Memphis, TN 38103
  
  901-275-8752
  
  bardogtavern.com
  
  

Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar

• Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar offers gourmet cuisine in an upscale setting. The restaurant's dinner entrees include veal tenderloin, Maine lobster, seared sea scallops and Australian lamb chops. Flight's dinner appetizer selections include lobster ravioli, crawfish dip and beef Carpaccio, and the restaurant's salad selections include feta and watermelon salad, and Caprese salad. Lunch menu selections include wild mushroom bisque, fried chicken wraps, cheeseburger sliders and Caribbean jerk chicken.
  
  Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar
  
  39 South Main
  
  Memphis, TN 38103
  
  901-521-8005
  
  flightmemphis.com