Sense of Place: Memphis - Restaurants, Bars and Clubs
RESTAURANTS
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Gus's Fried Chicken
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310 S Front St Memphis, TN 38103
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Hands down, the best chicken... Served hot, super juicy and well seasoned.
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Otherlands Coffee Bar
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641 South Cooper Street Memphis, TN 38104
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A cool place to hang out and get work done on your laptop.
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Paynes BBQ
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1762 Lamar Avenue Memphis, TN 38114
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From the unexpected touch-of-mustard slaw to the bits of crunchy, flavor-soaked bark in the pork, this is IT. The best pork sandwich, anywhere, hands down.
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Rp tracks
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3547 Walker Avenue Memphis, TN 38111
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veggie food
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Soul Fish Cafe
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862 South Cooper Street Memphis, TN 38104
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After opening in 2006, Soul Fish Cafe quickly became the favorite spot for Memphians who crave authentic southern comfort food.
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The Rendezvous BBQ restaurant
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52 South 2nd Street Memphis, TN 38103
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For most people - locals and tourists alike - the Rendezvous' dry ribs are the very essence of Memphis barbecue
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Wild Bills
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1580 Vollintine Ave Memphis, TN 38107
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A tiny hole in the wall blues club filled with down home goodness all around and everybody's there to have a good time.
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Young Avenue Deli
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2119 Young Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
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The Young Avenue Deli has award winning food, billiards, beer selection, smoke shop and has been called the best place to see live music in Memphis.
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Record Stores
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Goner Records
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2152 Young Ave., Memphis, TN 38104
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A Record Store and Record Label
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Hi tone- musicians hang record store
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1913 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
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A favorite dive bar in Memphis to catch local bands.
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Shangri-La records
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1916 Madison Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38104
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buy, sell and trade LPs, CDs, DVDs, 7?/45s, 78s, Books and Magazines, Sheet Music, Musical and Stereo Equipment, Turntables, and all manner of Music and Pop Culture Memorabilia!
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Venues
Hotels
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Peabody Hotel
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149 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103
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The hotel is well known for the famous "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop, but which make daily treks to the hotel's lobby in a daily "March of Ducks" celebration.
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Other
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A Schwabb
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163 Beale St. Memphis, TN 38103
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an amazing old fashioned dry-goods store
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Beale St.
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Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles. It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of the blues.
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Full Gospel Tabernacle Church
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787 Hale Rd, Memphis, TN 38116
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Rev. Al Green's Church
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Gibson Guitar Factory
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145 Lt George W Lee Avenue Memphis, TN 38103
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Not only can you watch Gibson guitars being manufactured, and hear them performed, you may also purchase a variety of Gibson and Epiphone stringed instruments and other merchandise.
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Graceland
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3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis, TN 38116
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Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8-acre estate that was home to Elvis Presley.
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Midtown Skate Shop
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651 N. McLean Blvd. Memphis, Tennessee 38107
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Midtown Skateshop carries shoes, skateboards, longboards and everything else.
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St. Blues Guitar Workshop
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645 Marshall Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103
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While it just about killed us to do so, today, every instrument we sell is designed and built right here in our Memphis workshop.
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Stax Music Academy
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926 East McLemore Avenue Memphis, TN 38106
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The Stax Music Academy inspires young people and enhances their academic,cognitive, performance, and leadership skills by utilizing music with an intense focus on the rich legacy and tradition of Stax Records.
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The Civil Rights Museum
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450 Mulberry Street Memphis, TN 38103
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Located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., chronicles key episodes of the American civil rights movement.
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Studios
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Ardent studios
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2000 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
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Located in Memphis, Tennessee's historic Midtown District, we house 3 studios within our 10,000 square feet with in-house mastering and video editing suites. In our 40+ years, we have hoarded all types of audio gear and now have amassed a sizable collection of vintage equipment.
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Royal Studios
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1320 South Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN
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Constructed as a theater in 1915 and converted into Royal Studios in 1957, Royal Studios, home of Hi Records and the Hi Rhythm Section, grew from a minor rockabilly studio into one of the most successful producers of soul music worldwide.
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Sun Studio
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706 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38103
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Owner and recording engineer Sam Phillips first recorded, in the early 1950s, such local artists as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins, who together created a sound that would shortly become known as rock 'n' roll.
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Museums
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Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum
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191 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
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The Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum is the only Memphis TN museum which tells the complete story of Memphis music history, as researched by the Smithsonian Institution.
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Stax
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926 E McLemore Ave Memphis, TN 38126
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What began as a tiny record store in an old movie theater at the corner of McLemore Avenue and College Street in Memphis, Tennessee, grew to become one of the most important music recording studios in the world.
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