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Originally Posted by Hijinx
Until about a year ago I lived in Memphis for about 10 years.
Things to do: - Graceland- there are different tour types one includes all his cars/planes it was more expensive than I thought it would be; oh and it is not a good area of town anymore, don't stray
- Beale street is touristy but fun, don't go during day hours though it is all about nights
- Sun studios is an interesting tour you can take the trolley there from downtown or short drive
- Farmers market on Saturday's at the train station- south main
- The Peabody ducks: I don't know what the attraction to this was, but tourists line like crazy to see this; in the Peabody Hotel grand lobby
- Stax Soul music museum
- Gibson Guitar Factory tour
- It is too late in the season for rooftop parties, but the Madison Hotel usually has their roof open. It is a great view of the city and river.
- If you are in town Saturday the 11th, Cooper-Young Local Beerest- 2-3 dozen local breweries- one ticket all you can drink
BBQ: - BBQ: Ok most tourists go to Rendezvous (it is more well known) and it is not bad, but go early or you will wait in an alley for a table most nights
- BBQ: But I liked central BBQ, in midtown, they added a downtown location off south main (BTW south main used to be the worst area in the city, but is coming back and there were a lot of cool little shops/ resturants in that area)
Breakfast: - Brother Juniper's -Midtown :homemade biscuits and breads
- The Arcade -downtown(south main) Solid southern breakfast
Fine dining: - Iris - Midtown- Best chef in town
- McEwens -Downtown- Never had a bad meal there
- Folks Folly-East Memphis- best steak in town
Other food: - Second line - midtown- southern type food
- Gus's world famous chicken- ok I wasn't that high on Gus's but the chicken is good the sides not that much. But people do flock(no pun intended) to this place
- Trolley stop- Midtown- good for lunch they use a lot of local ingredients and even deliver
- Cheesecake Corner- Downtown- desserts- Coffee
Good bars to chill in (off Beale): - Bardogs -downtown- food was solid too
- Brass door-downtown- Irish pub type
- Young Ave Deli-Midtown- food is just okay bar food- They often have live music and the 2nd best beer selection in town
- Flying Saucer -downtown- best beer selection in town - Live music on the weekends
Hope that helps |
Memphis was a blast. We went to Graceland, Sun Studio, Gus's, Rendevous, Flying Saucer, and of course spent some time on Beale. Pearl Jam was awesome, we stayed at the Westin right across the street from the forum. Fun town.