Custom Merch for Restaurants and Bars in Memphis, TN
Merch Mob makes kitchen shirts, front-of-house uniforms, and staff hats for restaurants and bars in Memphis, TN, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Memphis. Memphis skews young, with 26% of residents between 18 and 34 compared with 23% for the whole country and a median age of 34.2 (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so a retail tee with a playful back print has a large local audience.
Memphis by the numbers
Memphis has 609,647 residents, 3% fewer than in 2020 (Census estimates).
Shelby County has 625 full-service restaurants with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 6.9 for every 10,000 residents, slightly below the national figure of 7.6. 37% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is about where it was in 2018 (609).
It also has 47 bars and other drinking places with paid employees. That is 0.52 for every 10,000 residents, below the national figure of 1.19. 55% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is down 16% from 56 in 2018.
Shelby County as a whole has 910,226 residents, down 2.1% since 2020. Shelby County has one full-service restaurant for every 1,460 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 609,647
- Since 2020
- −3%
- County
- Shelby County
- Full-service restaurants in Shelby County, 2023
- 625
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 6.9 (US 7.6)
- Bars and other drinking places in Shelby County, 2023
- 47
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.52 (US 1.19)
- Time zone
- Central
- Median age
- 34.2 (US 38.9)
- Residents aged 18 to 34
- 26% (US 23%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 92°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 33°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 72
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 45
- Rain, a year
- 55 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 7
Weather: Memphis International Airport station, 4 mi from Memphis's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Memphis's weather means for restaurants and bars
Kitchen crews in Memphis work through July highs averaging 92°F and 72 days a year that hit 90°F, so the summer staff tee should be a lightweight blend. Patio heaters and staff layers come out from November to March, when average highs fall under 65°F; that is also the season for a retail hoodie at the register. The switch is abrupt here: every month's average high is either 70°F or more or under 65°F, so plan the staff kit and the retail shelf around two seasons, not four. Closing staff step out into freezing air on roughly 45 nights each year, so a beanie and a hoodie belong in the staff kit. Rain peaks at about 5.9 inches in April, so stock staff caps and dark hoodies that can take a soaking on the way in and dry before the next shift.
| Month in Memphis | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What staff and regulars wear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 33°F | 4.1 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| February | 56°F | 37°F | 4.6 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| March | 64°F | 44°F | 5.7 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| April | 73°F | 53°F | 5.9 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| May | 82°F | 62°F | 5.3 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| June | 89°F | 70°F | 4 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| July | 92°F | 74°F | 4.8 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| August | 92°F | 73°F | 3.4 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| September | 86°F | 66°F | 3 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| October | 75°F | 54°F | 4 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| November | 63°F | 43°F | 4.7 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| December | 53°F | 36°F | 5.5 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Memphis.
Orders ship to Memphis from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Tennessee.
Memphis is about 1,574 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Memphis is USPS zone 7. Memphis is on Central time, 2 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Memphis
When do patio staff in Memphis need a warmer layer?
Plan on November to March, the part of the year when highs in Memphis average below 65°F, so a staff hoodie or quarter-zip should be on hand before November, and the same blank can go on the retail shelf.
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