On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:05:48 GMT, Yeff > wrote:

>Well, my sister is. Does anyone have any restaurant recommendations for
>Memphis? She'll be there from the 23rd to the 27th of this month.

Barbecue is Memphis' middle name and someone is sure to mention The
Rendezvous downtown, which is famous for its dry ribs. Personally, I
don't like dry ribs and think The Rendezvous is highly overrated. You
want good ribs, I loved Corky's, even if it is a chain. Had one right
across the street from my office on Poplar. Folks who worked there
knew me by sight and just started loading up the half rack :-) Erling
Jensen's over in East Memphis - great French restaurant, dinner only.
Grisanti's, also on Poplar, great Italian. Chez Phillipe in the
Peabody (used to be the Ducks, IIRC - funny family memory there) - if
she's at the Peabody at 11:00 a.m. or 5:00 p.m., she can watch the
duck march, as a half dozen (?) ducks are ushered to and fro an
elevator onto a red carpet, herded to or from a big fountain in the
lobby. The Peabody's also close to Beale St., which is of interest.
IIRC (again), Sun Records is on Beale St., which is where Elvis
recorded his first vinyl. Saw Sam and Dave in concert on Beale St. -
what a hoot.

Lived in Memphis for 2 years and made it a point of honor never to go
*near* Graceland. Was never into Elvis worship and, as another poster
said, it's in a somewhat rough part of town now.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"