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[boomman98]

Central Bar-B-Q and Germantown Commisary are both very good as well!

[bluffcityguy]

Originally Posted by willro

BCG, I partly agree, because I like both Rendezvous and the Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison. As far as Beale street goes.... go for the drinks, but the food is almost always better elsewhere in the city.

Based on very limited experience and a few more secondhand reports, I've come to the conclusion that the only reason to eat on Beale Street is that you're too drunk to safely drive to a neighborhood with better food.

Originally Posted by willro

[theadjack]Where have you been BCG, haven't seen you posting much in several weeks?[/threadjack]

My Inconsiderate Employer seems to think that he can tell me what to do during my workday, up to and including giving me odd jobs (the nerve!). That has been limiting my exposure here in two ways: 1) I don't have time to visit during the workday, and 2) when I get home I'm either too exhausted, too busy catching up on other things (Facebook, cracked.com, TV and DVD watching, etc.) to spend much time here. At least I am getting here again... My hanging out on other hobby related sites is pretty much a thing of the past.

Cheers,

bcg

[bluffcityguy]

Originally Posted by boomman98

Central Bar-B-Q and Germantown Commisary are both very good as well!

Central is most excellent, and if I'm in the mood I'll go there instead of The Bar-B-Q Shop (it's hard for me to describe the difference, but it's significant enough that I do occasionally get a Central craving that will override my default preference for The Bar-B-Q Shop). And a couple times recently I've been introducing out-of-towners to the joys of Memphis 'cue, and had to take them to Central because The Bar-B-Q Shop was closed.

My Great And Good Friend (a woman I was formerly romantically involved with, who is now no longer a romantic partner but still my best friend in these parts, for values of "these parts" = "Memphis to Hot Springs") insists that I have no right to state that The Bar-B-Q Shop is the best barbecue in Memphis until I've sampled both the Commissary and Interstate Barbecue. Since she lived in Memphis at least twice as long as I have (she went to the U of M back when it was still "Memphis State", and has spent much of the time since then toiling in the photojournalistic vineyards of the area), I'm not arguing with her. The Commissary's just so far out of my way that I'm having trouble finding reason to be out that far east, and while Interstate is closer, I'm told it's in a neighborhood I really don't want to be caught in after dark. Since during the workweek I have limited time during daylight hours and can't make it out there, I've been beset by scheduling issues, but I do intend to sample Interstate's cue before I die.

I also need to make it to Cozy Corner for the Cornish game hen, which I'm told is a religious experience. And Gus's (to get off the 'cue obsession for a minute). Definitely Gus's.

Cheers,

bcg