Parents weekend is only a few days away, and if you are not from Memphis, your family will want to experience the best the city has to offer. Everyone should go to Graceland at least once, but my favorite way to experience a new city is through the food! Here are six restaurants, split up by price, that will give your family a taste of the awesome city you go to school in!
$$$ ($25 and up per entre)
Fight Restaurant and Wine Bar
Cuisine: American, international, wine bar
Signature Item: Flights! Instead of only getting to try one thing on the menu, you can order a smaller portion of any three entre items for the price of one full-sized entre. The menu has featured flights, but you can also create your own. The flight system also goes for appetizers, desert, wine, and liquor!
Location: Downtown (39 South Main Street)
Website: http://www.flightmemphis.com/
Texas de Brazil
Cuisine: Brazilian steak house
Signature Item: The continuous parade of meat. This is a typical churrascaria, where in place of a menu, carvers walk through the dining area with freshly cooked Angus beef, chicken, lamb, pork, and Brazilian sausage ready to be put on your plate and immediately devoured.
Location: Downtown (150 Peabody Pl)
Website: http://hueyburger.com/
$$ ($15- $25 per entre)
Majestic Grille
Cuisine: American, steak house
Signature Item: The silent movies played on their silver screen in the main dining room. It was originally built in 1913 as the Majestic No. 1, a silent picture house. After entertaining Memphians for 30+ years, it was converted into a restaurant that aims to “reclaim the cinematic glory of the dawn of the silver screen.”
Location: Downtown (145 S Main St)
Website: http://www.majesticgrille.com/
Charlie Vergos’ Rendevous
Cuisine: Barbecue
Signature Item: They boast that “Not since Adam has rib been this famous,” and its true, if you go to Rendevous, you have to try the ribs!
Location: Downtown (52 S 2nd St)
Website: http://www.hogsfly.com/TheRestaurant.php
$ (under $15 per entre)
Germantown Commissary
Cuisine: Barbecue
Signature Item: The tagline, “So good you’ll slap yo’ mama!” and their BBQ Plate which comes with pulled or chopped BBQ Shoulder, beans, slaw, a deviled egg, and bread for $8.65
Location: Germantown (2290 S Germantown Rd)
Website: http://www.commissarybbq.com/
Huey’s
Cuisine: American, burgers, pub food
Signature Item: World famous Huey’s burgers- with varieties like the West Coast Burger, the Señor Huey, and the Little Miners Trio, there is something for everyone!
Location: Midtown (1927 Madison Ave) and Downtown (77 S. 2nd Street)
Website: http://hueyburger.com/