Bottom line, we had a great day as I'll explain in the following:
The Rendesvous
Probably the most famous rib joint in Memphis. This was on our list of musts for Memphis. You can only get to it through this alley. The food section is located in the basement and the upper floor is a wait area where they will serve drinks while you wait. The ribs were excellent. Ribs are either wet or dry and this joint is known for its dry ribs.
Here's the meal... big enough for us to split.
The Peabody Hotel
An old and elegant hotel that is known for its ducks. The duck story is a fairly long one but basically started from a couple of hunters having too many drinks and in those days they could hunt with live decoys. Somehow the decoys spent the night in this pool and the rest is history. The ducks are brought down in the morning at 11:00 a.m. and are marched back to their penthouse (or is it penhouse?) at 5:00 p.m.
Before the ducks come out of the elevator, the red carpet is rolled out.
This is the Duck Master. He seemed to really get into his work without quacking up. . .
The ducks race out of the elevator, down the red carpet, up the two carpeted steps and into the pool and by the way there are tons of people falling over themselves watching the process and snapping pictures.
Beale Street
Only about three blocks long but towards evening becomes a happening place. This was about three blocks from our hotel. This picture was taken fairly early in the evening. Although we were back in hotel by 10:00, the noise from Beale street lasted until about 3:00 a.m. this morning.
This is BB Kings on Beale Street. We heard the entertainment was really good here so we went here for dinner. Yes, we had ribs again. This time we had wet ribs which were also super.
We had dessert at the Rum Boogie
This was Will from the Will Tucker band at BB Kings. He's 15 and sounded a lot like Kid Johnny Lang.
This is another picture of another group. There must have been 15-20 different groups playing on beal street.
So today . . . Since I'm writing this Saturday morning, we are going to get ready for the day, go down for breakfast (probably won't have ribs) and head out. We aren't exactly sure where we'll go . . . maybe we will figure this out at breakfast and you will know from our next blog.
2 comments:
Don't know if you will receive this until tonight, but the Island on the Mississippi is really cool, in one of John Grisham Book/Movie and a another great place for ribs is the "Blues City Cafe" which is almost across the street from BB Kings. Great Ribs there as well. Have fun. Lonny & Jaime loved living in Memphis and we had some enjoyable times there when we lived in MS.
Paige will probably want to go to Memphis now, just for the ribs...
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