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Memphis recs
Posted on 8/1/18 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 8/1/18 at 1:50 pm
Looks like I'll be heading to Memphis during Thanksgiving week. Give me your offbeat/unusual, quirky, or hidden Memphis gems. TIA. Prob staying downtown near Beale.
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Posted on 8/1/18 at 5:45 pm to hungryone
Don't venture off the beaten path. That's about all I got. Elvis Presley home is not in a good location either.
Posted on 8/1/18 at 6:00 pm to Jcrew
Really? I just drove by Chicken and Watermelon, site of 7 shot this weekend, and a 2 year old baby was shot on I-10 in broad daylight today. Virtually no place in America is as violent as where I already am.
Posted on 8/1/18 at 8:27 pm to hungryone
Raiford's
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Posted on 8/1/18 at 9:07 pm to hungryone
What do you like?
Golf? TPC Southwind is where they play the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Mirimichi is Timberlake’s course up in Millington (~30-40 minutes from downtown).
Live music? Beale is mostly full of cover bands. Check out South Main downtown for more local stuff. Or Midtown venues.
Have kids? Memphis Zoo is great. Memphis Botanic Garden has a feature called My Big Backyard that kids love. Children’s Museum of Memphis.
Museums? Brooks Museum, Pink Palace Museum, Dixon Gallery and Gardens (art), Metal Museum, Center for Southern Folklore, Civil Rights Museum.
Food? Rendezvous is a tourist trap. Central BBQ is better IMO (BBQ nachos and make sure you ask for them on house-made chips). Great steak at Folk’s Folly. Great wine selection at McEwen’s. Flight is a nice downtown place, hard to get a reservation at night. Majestic downtown for brunch. On Beale there is a place called Itta Bena that is upstairs from BB King’s and actually pretty quiet inside.
Random fun things? Watch the ducks at the Peabody. They come down in the morning (I believe around 10 a.m. but check specifics) and up afternoons (I believe around 4 pm). They do a little program with it.
Check the Choose 901 and I Love Memphis blogs for specific things happening while you are there. Both have good event calendars and as it gets closer they may have posts specific to your travel dates.
The stuff you’ve heard of...Graceland isn’t in a great area. If you like Elvis go. If you don’t then you aren’t missing much. Pretty sure St Jude offers tours but check if it is around the holidays.
Golf? TPC Southwind is where they play the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Mirimichi is Timberlake’s course up in Millington (~30-40 minutes from downtown).
Live music? Beale is mostly full of cover bands. Check out South Main downtown for more local stuff. Or Midtown venues.
Have kids? Memphis Zoo is great. Memphis Botanic Garden has a feature called My Big Backyard that kids love. Children’s Museum of Memphis.
Museums? Brooks Museum, Pink Palace Museum, Dixon Gallery and Gardens (art), Metal Museum, Center for Southern Folklore, Civil Rights Museum.
Food? Rendezvous is a tourist trap. Central BBQ is better IMO (BBQ nachos and make sure you ask for them on house-made chips). Great steak at Folk’s Folly. Great wine selection at McEwen’s. Flight is a nice downtown place, hard to get a reservation at night. Majestic downtown for brunch. On Beale there is a place called Itta Bena that is upstairs from BB King’s and actually pretty quiet inside.
Random fun things? Watch the ducks at the Peabody. They come down in the morning (I believe around 10 a.m. but check specifics) and up afternoons (I believe around 4 pm). They do a little program with it.
Check the Choose 901 and I Love Memphis blogs for specific things happening while you are there. Both have good event calendars and as it gets closer they may have posts specific to your travel dates.
The stuff you’ve heard of...Graceland isn’t in a great area. If you like Elvis go. If you don’t then you aren’t missing much. Pretty sure St Jude offers tours but check if it is around the holidays.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 4:53 am to LSUDbrous90
Agree with Raifords. Also, not sure if quirky but Sun Records tour and he Gibson factory.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 6:25 am to hungryone
Raifords. Don't get there before midnight though and it is cash only. Mollie Fontaine's is pretty cool too.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 7:06 am to hungryone
Gus's for the best hot chicken in Tennessee.
Wiseacre brewery has a lot of good beers. Gotta Get Up to Get Down is one of the best stouts out there.
Wiseacre brewery has a lot of good beers. Gotta Get Up to Get Down is one of the best stouts out there.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:36 am to dirtsandwich
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Sun Records tour and he Gibson factory.
We went to both of these as my husband is a musician -- we both really enjoyed them both!
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:58 am to hungryone
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Give me your offbeat/unusual, quirky, or hidden Memphis gems.
Alex's Tavern
best memphis dive bar. best wings. not too far from downtown.
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 10:08 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 10:00 am to hungryone
too bad baseball season will be over
the redbirds park is awesome, and cheap
if you've never been to graceland and have any affinity for the king, you should see it. last time we were there for a weekend we stayed at the peabody, caught a game, ate at rendezvous, ate at gus's, went to graceland. i realize those are all touristy places but we had a blast. and definitely see the ducks
the redbirds park is awesome, and cheap
if you've never been to graceland and have any affinity for the king, you should see it. last time we were there for a weekend we stayed at the peabody, caught a game, ate at rendezvous, ate at gus's, went to graceland. i realize those are all touristy places but we had a blast. and definitely see the ducks
Posted on 8/2/18 at 6:49 pm to LSUDbrous90
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Raiford's
You gotta hit that place just right. If you go sober, you’ll be like what the frick is this? But if you walk in too liquored up the mirrors will have you so fricked up you can’t walk. Hit it with a strong buzz around midnight and it’s an amazing place.
Posted on 8/4/18 at 8:45 am to hungryone
I watched Memphis Jones perform at B.B. Kings on Beale St. The food was really good and I thought they played a great show, quit an entertaining group.
Posted on 8/4/18 at 8:43 pm to choupic
Stax Museum. On par with Sun Studios.
Posted on 8/4/18 at 8:58 pm to hungryone
Most cities have a bad part of town, Memphis has a good part of town!
Posted on 8/5/18 at 9:19 am to prostyleoffensetime
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Raiford's
You gotta hit that place just right. If you go sober, you’ll be like what the frick is this? But if you walk in too liquored up the mirrors will have you so fricked up you can’t walk. Hit it with a strong buzz around midnight and it’s an amazing place
Is that place still open. Thought it closed a couple years ago after he died.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 10:16 am to hungryone
Somebody always calls the Rendezvous a tourist trap and maybe it is, but I still think it is a must. If you are already downtown you might as well.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:42 pm to memphis tiger
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Is that place still open. Thought it closed a couple years ago after he died.
I was in there less than two months ago.
OP, just saw where you said you’ll be there around Thanksgiving... If you can get a table/seat, the Peabody lobby the day they light the Christmas Tree is a great way to kick the Christmas season off.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 10:25 pm to hungryone
Germantown Commissary or The Rendezvous are solid choices.
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