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2021 Holiday Hours
We wish you all happy holidays! Check out 2021 holiday schedule for the restaurant: Open Monday, December 27 to Wednesday, December 29, 11am-8pm Closed December 30 to January 12 Open Thursday, January 13 with normal hours 2021 holiday schedule for shipping kitchen:...

Restaurant Closing for Repairs: National Shipping Kitchen Open
The Restaurant will be closed from August 1 - 11th While the kitchen will be closed during this time, we are still accepting future reservations or party bookings. Give us a call Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 to 3pm. 901-523-2746. Our shipping kitchen will be open as...

Our Dining Room Is Open
On Friday, June 5th, we will reopen our doors. Our family looks forward to serving you. These last months felt like years for all of us. Safety is our top priority. Yours and ours. See the rules of the house below. We can't wait to see our Memphis regulars come down...

YOU are our rock stars!
After 72 years of feeding our Memphis friends and BBQ lovers around the globe, we thought we had a plan for everything. We thought we had seen everything! And then, the COVID-19 pandemic taught us (and business owners everywhere) that in the face of the unthinkable,...

2019 Holiday Hours
We look forward to seeing you during the holidays! Check out 2019 schedule for the restaurant: Closed December 24 and 25 Open December 26-28, Regular Hours (see those here) Open (Sunday) December 29, 11am-10pm Open (Monday) December 30, 11am-11pm Open December 31,...

Walking In Memphis
Source: https://www.iflymagazine.com/en/magazines/october-2019/bucketlist-walking-in-memphis

These are the most popular barbecue sauces in America.
Source: https://www.today.com/food/america-s-most-popular-bbq-sauces-explained-t147234

Justin Timberlake’s Guide to Memphis Hometown Tour | Off The Cuff
Source: https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/blog/article/justin-timberlake-offers-an-insiders-guide-to-memphis/ See...

The Great Debate: Which American BBQ Style is Best?
Source: https://www.farandwide.com/s/best-bbq-america-0eb182a07c794bf8

Vous and Brew: The Best of Memphis, Old and New
Source: https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/vous-and-brew-the-best-of-memphis-old-and-new/Content?oid=19160369 [button link="https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/vous-and-brew-the-best-of-memphis-old-and-new/Content?oid=19160369" type="big" color="silver"...

America’s Best Barbecue from Coast to Coast
Source: https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/best-barbecue-in-the-country

Memphis Tennessee: Where To Stay And What To Do
We've lived just a short 4-hour drive from Memphis for quite a while. But neither one of us had ever spent more than a day there. We recently spent a long weekend in Memphis and had a fantastic time. We were impressed with the food, the history and the awesome people...

Ben’s Best: Minors most memorable cuisine
Last month, after stops in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction, MiLB.com's Ben Hill completed his #BenEverywhere goal of having visited all 159 active affiliated Minor League Baseball ballparks. He's visited 172 Minor League Ballparks overall, many of them multiple...

Rendezvous legend Jack Dyson was waiter to the stars
Jack Dyson was an iconic figure at Memphis’ most iconic restaurant, a 48-year veteran of the Rendezvous, the waiter to big shots and celebrities who took it all in stride....

Let’s Have a Memphis Nacho Party
Stacey and I have been talking about doing a nacho roundup article for way too long and we finally made it happen. Also, congrats to Stacey, who is the new Editor for the revived foodie publication Edible Memphis. She’ll continue to bring us Memphis foodie news on the...