This is an excerpt from Jennifer Bigg's article featuring Summer Avenue restaurants for the Daily...

In the not-so-distant past, I considered myself a pool shark. On any given weekend in my early 20s, you’d find me in a smoky Mississippi pool hall with a Miller High Life on standby and a cigarette hanging from my lips as I lined up an intensely focused shot in a game of eight-ball. In Memphis, HighPocket’s (yes, there’s an apostrophe), which opened in 1983, breathes nostalgia for me.

A very tough field, one shy of a full line up, came to Tracy Whitney’s High Pockets for the One...

The thirty two man field drew twenty-seven players to take their shot at the Ten Ball division of...

31 players competed this past Saturday, all qualified by finishing in the top 4 of the Weekly 9Ball Handicapped Tournament over the last year at HighPockets (or finishing 1st place if less than 32 players). Previous winners of the King of the Hill annual tournament were eligible to play if they had participated in the weekly event at least 3 times in the last year. Entry to the event is and always has been the same as the weekly tournament – $10 entry, plus table time, charged while you’re in a match.

The stars came out to play on the weekend of July 11-12, as High Pockets in Memphis, TN played...

By: Markus Noe This past weekend the Memphis Open took place at High Pockets in Tennessee, July...

Oct. 19th, 2013 High Pockets once again held the 2nd Sports 9 Tour in Memphis, TN PLAYERS MEETING...

A warm Memphis fan base of young and old welcomed Jeanette as she walked into the room.  You could see from the smile on her face that she prepared for an enjoyable evening.  She opened with a personal hello to the audience telling us the story of her career. 

The APA Black Widow Tour made a stop at High Pockets in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, May 25 at...