Excellent!!! The ribs, sliced pork sandwich and Cornish hen are all great. Sauce is spicy and not too sweet (get it “hot”). Good banana pudding. Friendly staff. Founder is the first African American woman inducted into the bbq hall of game.

Good! Set inside the large, new facility for Wiseacre Brewifing, which is Memphis’s biggest craft beer label. They serve New Haven style pizza. It’s good! West and I had the Whoa, It’s Todd and the potato one. It’s a touch saltier and greasier than I’d like but eating in person might be better and they’re new! So cutting them a bit of slack. Would definitely eat here again.

Good! Fun atmosphere (veeeery old school; you can smell the cigarette smoke baked into the walls). Meat was great but heavy handed on the sauce and slaw. Next time I’d order sauce on the side and build my own sando. Ribs were better than the sandwich. Again, I’d get SoS and I’d ask for the “hot” sauce which is slightly less sweet.

Super good! Fun cocktail list, good starters, and great mains. Limited menu in the good way - everything is executed well. In a cool part of town - Edge District - and right next to High Cotton Brewery. Date night spot at night. Craft cocktails, nice menu. They also have daytime options, including a coffee shop. Apps are possibly the best part of the menu. Good dishes: Fish, shrimp and grits Less good dishes: gnocchi and burger

Excellent! Get the pastrami. Corned beef is less good. Need to try the bagels and lox. Hours are tricky tho - 11a-2p weekdays only.

The bar inside the Central Station hotel. vibey.

Vegan, healthy food. Solid grain bowls and veggie sandwiches. I had the tahini grain bowl and it was good!

One of our favorites. Great food and drinks. Went this winter just for drinks and sat at the bar, and it was great for that, too! Order heavily from the apps and treat it as a small plate spot. Don't miss the oysters!

Rooftop bar at the Hyatt downtown - great views but overpriced, blah drinks. Burger and fries smelled amazing but we didn’t try any food when we were there.

Hipstery coffee. Have only tried the drip, but it was great. They have pastries and a few toast options. Classic Parisian ham and butter baguette is also great (served W-Sun).

Latin market with carniceria and lots of good ingredients/spices/masa etc. there’s a small taco shop to the right when you walk in. They have tamales on the weekends - they were excellent! They come in a hot case and when they sell out, they’re out.

Vaguely nautical themed dive bar. They do karaoke occasionally.

This place was pretty good!

Good! Tried a number of rolls and things and everything was good. Seaweed salad was excellent and large portion. Mackerel nigiri was good. Would def go back.

Started by a classmate of Wests from HS. It was good! Sausage pie was the best we tried (margherita was underwhelming - felt like it needed to be rolled out thinner and had more balance w the ingredients). Good sauce. Good marinated olives and surprisingly well-balanced Dijon molasses vinaigrette for the salad. Outdoor seating on their patio and in their covered patio to sit and eat your meal. Heavy pours on the wine. Canned beer only.

At the BP gas station. Open 10a-10p. Closed Sundays. Cash and card. Haven't been yet.

pickup or delivery. Seafood boil. Would be fun to get crawfish from here!

Not 100% sure but worth trying. Look too bulky/bready

Steakhouse with small plates. Good vibe.

Cool lookin restaurant downtown. Date night type spot. Would like to dine in when possible.

This is the bar in the Arrive hotel. Open thurs thru Sunday. Related pizza place open thurs thru sat 4-10p. Brunch open 11-5

Rooftop where you can watch the mighty lights on the I-40 bridge.

Owned by the same family for 20 years

Best chicken sando in town? The firebird.

Only black-owned donut shop in mem!

Original location of Maciels. Haven’t been to this location yet. Midtown one is sorta meh but fine if you need a mex fix.

Dim sum??

Kinda meh. Famous Nashville chain. It was pretty good but also a touch greasy. Don’t go higher than “hot” on the scale - west couldn’t take it and he loves spicy

No idea if it’s good but it looks cute! Multiple locations. I’m expecting tambolis to be better.

Bourbon, beer. Drove by and looked cool

Zach’s dads fave - need to try.

Good Indian, per West

Single origin coffees from MS

Cutesy coffee shop. Stump town and macarons.

NOLA coffee chain.

Coffee shop and pottery studio

Still would like to go here. Summer I guess!

Black owned coffee shop

Maybe the best local coffee

In the Cordova international farmers market. Latino owned.

Carne, tortillas, TAMALES

Venezuelan and Caribbean food. Very much went to try this spot!

Miming is the owner and Sushi Jimmy moved here from his place downtown. It’s decent and the best food close to our house. Nothing to write home about tho. Service is bad and inconsistent.

Verrry girly girls wine night vibe. Not really my style. Walked in but vibe wasn’t right so didn’t stay to eat or drink so can’t comment. Pretty expensive.

Local authentic Filipino. Excited to try!

This was fine but kinda white people mex. would come back for the tamales on Friday’s and saturdays at least to try them. We went to the new location in midtown but that didn’t make me want to rush to the one downtown. Their carnitas were okay but not traditional.

Good sit down date night kind of place. Recd by Becky. Oysters on the half shell

Becky and mark recommendation - also date nighty

New fancy farm to table restaurant with a tasting menu (I think around $60 pp). Haven’t been yet but the photos look good.

Ribs

Disappointing, middle of the road. Pulled pork sando was sort of bland. Rib tips were dry and oregano heavy. Rec from Reddit. Famous for their rib tips. Diners, drive ins and dives recd.

Deli run by a Korean family. Bibimbop bowls available! Also bibimbop burger. Must go. also Greek items in menu from owners ex. Mandy look good.

Indian inflected deli, by ex husband of the Kwik Chef owner. Get the Sub 65 sando.

Make and Becky recommended

Mark and Becky recommended

Cool looking. Mark and Becky recd

Best Mexican in memphis, also the best taco truck. Carne asada is the best but they have a good diversity of meats. Al pasto is pretty good, Birria and barbacoa are even better. $9 for 5 tacos . Good for a veggie burrito also.

Pad Kee mao was good! But mostly meh.

Salmon looks good. Would be curious to see how it stacks.

Someone’s favorite Vietnamese on Reddit

Ethiopian!!! Haven’t tried it yet.

African stews and other dishes! Looks v delish

House made tortillas. Worth a try.

Has all the trappings to be good but sadly it’s just not that great. Cocktails are actively bad. Some of the tacos ar stood but they are inconsistent and often come out cold-ish. Best tacos are the fried chicken, brisket quesadilla, and habanero shrimp.

Best honey gold wings according to some

Pretty good, but requires careful ordering. Skip anything fried or a little too “fusion.” Think of this place more as a small plates stop and less as a sushi spot. Best dishes were seaweed salad, braised soy beans, and salmon crudo. Also good: spinach and tofu, tuna roll. We didn’t try the noodles, but a few starters then noodle mains could be a good move. Cocktails are good. Patio seating is ample and well spaced; they have heat lamps.

Baylor, sushi, rice bowls, noodles

Fave of our server at gray canary. Currently closed and moving to east memphis in 2022.

Zakka bowl is supposed to be good! Haven’t been here yet but fun looking menu.

Has coffee