Blues City Cafe

Wonderful Homemade Hot Tamales

One of the best meals on Beale! Award-winning Chef Bonnie Mack serves up Awesome BBQ Ribs, wonderful Homemade Hot Tamales, Southern Fried Catfish, Oven-Broiled Steaks by the pound and more! Live entertainment nightly in the Band Box. Kitchen open late. Yes this is the restaurant Tom Cruise met with the FBI in the movie The Firm!

Beale Street Online recommends: Hot Tamales, Ribs, Steaks.

Dyer's

Their chili cheese fries KICK ASS!

Established in 1912, they’ve been "Deep Frying" their burgers in a in an old fashioned, cast iron skillet in a unique way ever since, and they 're rumored to still be using some of the original 1912 fat in those deep fryers. They also serve the best milkshake and homemade French fries on Beale! . For more than eighty years Dyer’s has provided Beale street-ers with great food. My favorite is their chili cheese fries, KICK ASS!

Beale Street Online recommends: Chili cheese fries.

Hard Rock Cafe

315 Beale Street

More than likely you've been to one of these places already, if you haven't go ahead and check this one out. It's as good as any. Tennessee truck stop diner atmosphere with live entertainment on a regular basis. Memphis’s largest collection of music memorabilia. A Hard Rock Cafe merchandise Store located inside. Menu specialties include half pound Cheeseburger, Pig Sandwich, Grilled Fajitas, Tupelo Chicken and Decadent Brownies.

Beale Street Online recommends: Checking out one of the other restaurants on Beale.

Kings Palace Cafe

162 Beale Street

In the past this has been one of our favorite restaurants. The last time we visited did not seem to be a good day for them. Our Shrimp Velvet pasta was VERY overcooked and only featured THREE Shrimp. The service wasn't even as good as that at the Kiosks in Tom Lee Park! However the Manager did make a good effort to rectify the situation and due to their past track record we will give them another try as should you. The Crab cakes are our favorite and they serve great gumbo too. Mrs. Zeno and the White guy were outstanding as always! Large dining room compliments the Jazz Room for live Jazz and Blues with Charlie Wood Trio (not my personal favorite) entertaining nightly. Open for lunch and dinner.

Beale Street Online recommends: Gumbo, Crab cakes, Shrimp Velvet.

Silky O'sullivan's

Have a diver! Hell have two!
When your finished, Buy the goats one too!

Silky's is Beale Street Online's favorite Memphis club. As a restaurant though, it's only OK.

Beale Street Online recommends: This place HIGHLY! and DIVE DIVE DIVE ......A Diver.

Elvis Presley's Memphis

126 Beale Street

Enjoy live entertainment Tuesday through Sunday. Open daily at 11a.m. for lunch and dinner.

Beale Street Online recommends: Having Sunday Brunch Here.

Alfred's on Beale

197 Beale Street

Live entertainment nightly. Open 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Serving the hottest wings on Beale. For those that need one, they also serve a great Strawberry daiquiri and they're usually one of the first clubs to get their frozen machine going for the day. Their elevated outdoor patio is huge and can be very tempting to the bead thrower and boob shower alike!

Beale Street Online recommends: Hanging out upstairs on their outdoor patio.

B.B. KING'S

143 Beale Street

World famous B. B. King’s Blues Club featuring the best in local and international entertainment. Live music nightly. Restaurant serving lunch and dinner. A very classy club. Probably Beale's classiest. First rate entertainment! Once I saw Kenny Wayne Shepard get up out of the audience and join the band on stage! Contrary to some stories I have personally met BB King in here! The only drawback to this place is it's relatively small and fills up quickly, so get here early if you want to sit.

Beale Street Online recommends: Arriving early.

Rum Boogie Cafe

182 Beale Street

Including some of Memphis’ most prized music memorabilia and music by the Boogie Blues Band featuring James Govan on a regular basis. Blue plate lunch specials are featured daily and at night Finger food is the rule here. “Hickory Smoked” BBQ pork and ribs are served up with Championship Gator Gumbo (We feel it's the best in Memphis) but the main attraction here is the music! After the march to revitalization, but before the big-name clubs landed on Beale Street, there was the Rum Boogie -- pulling in crowds and making the city and tourists alike believe that Beale could survive. The club in a brick building on the corner of Beale and Third has been the heart and the anchor of the entertainment district. Rum Boogie was there when it was the only place to go at night. It was spilling crowds and music onto the street when few other establishments were open or barely dreamed of. The place has packed them in for lunch and seen wall-to-wall music lovers at midnight. Beale Street Online HIGHLY recommends this place!

Beale Street Online recommends: Gator Gumbo, Hot wings.

Black Diamond

153 Beale Street

Some of the best in local and national blues bands nightly. The best BBQ in the south served nightly with the best pizza on Beale Street all served with Southern Hospitality. Open 6 p.m. till...... Group tours and private parties are welcome with various packages available.

Beale Street Online recommends: Pizza.

Pig on Beale

Beale Street

Beale Street Online recommends: BBQ Sandwich

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Beale Street Restaurants

Blues City Cafe

Dyer's