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On 22 Jul 2001 19:56:39 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:

>Don <calldonREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> On 21 Jul 2001 20:25:07 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:
>
>>>Don <calldonREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> On 21 Jul 2001 15:56:23 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There's a chain around here called "Red, Hot, and Blue" that serves
>>>>>fairly authentic TN style BBQ.  *Pulled* pork, not chopped (they do
>>>>>also offer beef for the heathen Texans).  They don't seem to have "the
>>>>>touch" on getting the meat right (it's often too dry), but the sauces
>>>>>are pretty authentic.
>>>
>>>> I ate at "Red, Hot, and Blue" once and immediately knew that it was
>>>> NOT serving the style of BBQ I was used to in Memphis and west
>>>> Tennessee.
>>>
>>>> I didn't go back for a few years.  Last Summer, I tried it again.  It
>>>> was OK but I didn't think it represented Memphis BBQ at all.  
>>>
>>>I'm not sure why you say that -- 
>
>> Because it didn't TASTE like it...and I was born and raised there!
>
>Any recommendations for what you're talking about in Memphis then?
>We're about to take a trip back to that area, and we're usually
>through Memphis about lunch time so almost always stop for BBQ.  We
>usually go to Corky's or the Rendezvous (except for last time, when it
>was Monday and we found out that the Rendezvous is closed on Mondays.
>We ended up at B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street for lunch, which
>actually had some pretty decent BBQ -- the sauce was a little sweet,
>but for this blues fan and used-to-be guitar-hack, eating surrounded
>by guitars on the walls from B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric
>Clapton was a hell of an experience...).

There are several smaller places around Memphis.  They are usually
worth trying out.  If you get away from the city, try BOZO's
restaurant on highway-70 in Mason.  

And KEEP ON PICKIN'!

D*




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