Memphis BBQ Trail

Expiration: 365 days after purchase

Savor your way through the 'cue capital of the world and explore the best of Memphis-style barbecue!

From hole-in-the-wall hidden gems to world-class dining experiences, you'll get it all on the Memphis barbecue trail.

Discover Memphis' rich culinary history and find your new favorite meal along the way!


Included Venues

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Blues City Cafe
An old-school juke joint/eatery that specializes in the blues music and soul food.
Central BBQ - Downtown
Central BBQ is an award winning BBQ shop based out of Memphis, TN. We serve the freshest competition style BBQ in town, Slow Smoked Memphis Style.

What's Included

  • 1 Free Drink For Every $10 Spent
Central BBQ - Summer
Central BBQ is an award winning BBQ shop based out of Memphis TN. We serve the freshest competition style BBQ in town, Slow Smoked Memphis Style.

What's Included

  • 1 Free Drink For Every $10 Spent
Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous
For over 75 years, the Vergos family has been serving their signature dry rub ribs in a basement through a downtown alley in Memphis.

While the ribs are still the calling card, a big part of what makes The Rendezvous special is the experience: The smoky aroma of grilled meat and barbecue shake. The sounds of Memphis soul and Delta blues cut with clinking beer mugs and laughter. The taste, a perfectly seasoned Southern heaven. An experience you can only find at the world-famous Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous in Memphis.

It’s a legendary experience whether dining in, taking out, shipping across the country or catering an event.
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What's Included

  • Free Beans And Rice At Friday Lunch
Corky's Ribs & BBQ
Award Winning, Legendary Memphis BBQ Restaurant featuring both wet and dry ribs, hickory smoked pulled pork bbq, hand battered farm raised catfish, and southern sides.

What's Included

  • FREE Banana Pudding With Purchase
  • One FREE 18oz Bottle Of BBQ Sauce W/purchase Of Corky's T-shirt Or Hat
Cozy Corner Restaurant
At Cozy Corner, sure you will get the best BBQ that Memphis has to offer, but you will also get the best taste of Memphis culture! We’ve welcomed thousands of people from around the world for decades to enjoy our food and our authentic Memphis experience! Come on in!
Germantown Commissary
For more than 25 years, The Commissary has been a staple of culture and cuisine in Germantown, Tennessee. Memphis-style BBQ is one-of-a-kind, and we’ve crafted main courses and desserts so delicious, it will make you want to slap your mama. Our food is homemade and our Memphis-style BBQ slow cooked, just the way it should be. We strive to serve food fast, not fast food!

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Jim Neely's Interstate Bar-B-Que
I want to invite you to stop by our restaurant and enjoy some of the finest barbecue you have ever tasted. Our convenient location just off I–55 exit #7 makes us an easy destination for anyone. Stop by for lunch or dinner!
Marlowe's Ribs & Restaurant
We have tastes that will satisfy anyone’s palate, including our award-winning BBQ pork ribs, beef brisket, BBQ shrimp, or our famous Italian-style BBQ spaghetti.

What's Included

  • 10% Off Food Purchases
Midtown Food Truck
Central BBQ is an award winning BBQ shop based out of Memphis, TN. We serve the freshest competition style BBQ in town, Slow Smoked Memphis Style.
Our food truck is open daily from 11 am to sunset, weather permitting.

What's Included

  • 1 Free Drink For Every $10 Spent
Payne's Bar-B-Que
Simple cinderblock building serving acclaimed chopped & pulled pork sandwiches & smoked sausage.
Smoky City BBQ
BBQ FISH CHICKEN GRILL & DINER
The Bar-B-Q Shop
The Bar-B-Q Shop over the years has become a destination point for traveling people traveling to Memphis while holding on to the title of “Where the Locals Go”. From the Food Network to the Travel Channel, we have been featured several times on each of these networks and we are considered one of the best in Memphis, TN!!!!!!!!!

The Pig On Beale
Welcome to The Pig on Beale, Pork with an ATTITUDE! Established in 2002 on Historic Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee, The Pig on Beale quickly became a local favorite for “Memphis Style” Hickory Smoked BBQ pork shoulder and BBQ ribs. The Pig received “Editor’s Pick” from the Memphis Flyer in 2003 for “The Best BBQ Ribs in Memphis” as well as the 2003 “Most Improved Restaurant” from the Beale Street Merchants Association. The Pig on Beale specializes in BBQ. Whether it is BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, BBQ Ribs (wet or dry), BBQ Bologna or Hickory Smoked Turkey Sandwiches. EVERYTHING at the Pig is homemade. Whether it is our mouth watering Onion Rings piled high with your BBQ pulled pork sandwich, BBQ sauce, BBQ Baked Beans, or Homemade Coleslaw, you are going to get BBQ prepared fresh daily. Hickory smoked out back on our Ole Hickory smoker Memphis Style. We are the home of the BBQ Lovers Feast! The Feast is a sample of all of house favorites and will feed two hungry people. Or get the Super Feast which boasts it will feed six hungry people. Bring your appetite! Pork with an Attitude! Why have an Attitude? Well you would have an attitude too if you were cooked to perfection and told you were perfect, wouldn’t you? We take pride in our BBQ because Memphis is the home of BBQ and we are proud of it. We offer all of our recipes for you to take home with you. Unlike other BBQ restaurants, WE do not have any secrets of what’s in our BBQ. Whether it is the BBQ spice, BBQ sauce or the Homemade coleslaw with over fifteen ingredients, we want you to enjoy BBQ and all the joy that comes with cooking it. Stop by the Pig on Beale and pick you up a copy of all of our recipes. The Pig on Beale is stocked with movie posters from the 20’s to the 80’s and has the feel of a 60’s diner with it’s chrome, red and grey chairs to the matching booths and barstools. The vibe is an old school Memphis BBQ joint with a fast and friendly staff. Check out the “Pork with an Attitude” T-shirts as well as our bottles of signature Pig on Beale BBQ spice and BBQ sauce at our Retail Store page.
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Tops Bar-B-Q
We still cook our pork shoulders the same way we did 70 years ago, with hardwood charcoal & green hickory wood. We offer Bar-B-Q, Ribs, Brisket, and fresh ground, cooked to order Hamburgers and Cheeseburgers for 6 decades!