# What to do in Memphis? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070 "2005-04-25T21:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/21 "2005-04-28T19:53:07Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > You’re on crack Whatever! Central’s sauce is way too sweet, the service sucks, and the last time I was there I saw the owner publicly humiliate an employee. I swore I would never go back. Corky’s is borderline fast food. Even Topps (an older, fading chain) has better Q! The BBQ Shoppe is run by great people and serves great food. “Stubby Clapp–two words you don’t want used to describe your penis!” /obligitory joke The National Civil Rights Museum is great, but it’s a really heavy experience. Being in the hotel room where Dr. King was assasinated is quite moving. I recommend it highly, but if you’re looking for a lighthearted good time, you might want to take a pass this time. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/22 "2005-04-28T20:57:57Z")
The entire crew won’t be making the trek, but a few of us are gonna do Texas de Brazil (sp?) Sunday night. So any of you locals want to see some guys get thrown out of a nice restaurant, we usually eat pretty late (just kidding, we rarely get thrown out). We’ve done Corky’s a few times, because there is one in the general area we frequent. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/23 "2005-04-28T22:52:16Z")
Texas de Brazil is a religious experience if you like meat. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/24 "2005-04-29T10:33:54Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > The National Civil Rights Museum is great, but it’s a really heavy experience. Being in the hotel room where Dr. King was assasinated is quite moving. I recommend it highly, but if you’re looking for a lighthearted good time, you might want to take a pass this time. Er, that’s exactly why I recommended it! IANAY\*, so I spent the entire time slack-jawed at the indignities - many of them in my own lifetime! - meted out to human beings in the so-called “land of the free” (hah!) and tremendously happy that I had had absolutely no part in them. You cannot (or at least _could not_, in 2002) actually get inside MLK Jnr’s bedroom or set foot on the balcony, as they are/were cordoned off. But you can see the window opposite from where the fatal shot was fired. And you can also board a Montgomery bus next to a dummy of Rosa Parks and get abused by the bus driver. Great fun! - I Am Not A Yank ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/25 "2005-04-29T14:29:33Z")
Don’t go to Corky’s. It’s a chain. We got em here in Nashville and they aren’t that good. For ribs that will give you an orgasm, try out **King’s Palace** on Beale Street. Get a full rack and a side order of Voodo potatoes. Just don’t sit downstairs if a band is playing. Way too loud. You can thank me when you get back. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/26 "2005-04-29T15:38:37Z")
I was there as a tourist for a couple of days. Did all the tourist things. My highlight was, surprisingly, barbeque. The one I ended up in was somewhere out of the way and I _think_ it was called Cozy Corner. It had barbequed game hens. They were divine. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/27 "2005-05-03T17:41:28Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Texas de Brazil is a religious experience if you like meat. We really enjoyed this place. Had my first (and second and third) Caipirinha, excellent salad bar, lobster bisque, and a buncha damn meat. Didn’t even get thrown out! Also my first time to what I guess was downtown Memphis, lots of people, I think the music fest was still going. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/28 "2005-05-04T01:47:26Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > This weekend will be a good time to get reservations at McEwen’s. Music Fest is generally a slow weekend for them–so slow that my SO (who works there) and I are heading to Hot Springs, Arkasnsas for the weekend. If you drop me an email I can see about getting you some reservations. **vibratronica** , I wanted to thank you for your offer - I’m sorry I never responded. I got busy with work all of a sudden - have you ever noticed that within two days of leaving for anywhere, everyone you work with seems to start cranking shit out just as fast as they can and needs you to help them with it? Anyway, thank you and everyone who posted suggestions! We had a great time. We went to Rendevous on Beale Street (that was the most memorable food experience - it was great), and we also visited one of the Victorian Houses, several state parks, the Zoo, Beale Street (of course), and a bunch of other places. And yes, we made it to Graceland - it was a hoot! ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070/29 "2005-05-04T03:26:14Z")
for a taste of the seedy underbelly, look for a small bar called “hole in the wall” 687 whitney avenue, between downtown memphis and frayser [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-memphis/301070.md?page=1)