5 editor picks in Memphis.
5 bars in Memphis, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Memphis.
Earnestine and Hazel's on South Main downtown Memphis is the city's defining dive, a former brothel and pharmacy with a jukebox, Soul Burgers and ghost lore.
TipThe Soul Burger is the bar food order. The upstairs is where the ghosts are said to live.
Mr. Handy's Blues Hall on Beale Street in Memphis is the only original juke joint left on the strip, a tiny no-frills room with live blues and Beale's rawest.
TipTipping the band keeps the music going. The room holds maybe 40 people. Get there early.
Bardog Tavern on Monroe Avenue downtown Memphis is a long, dark dive with red-brick walls, sliders and subs, and downtown's earliest weekday breakfast.
TipLate kitchen until 02:00 most nights. The Tuesday night $5 Soup of the Day is a Memphis classic.
Young Avenue Deli in Cooper-Young Memphis runs over 100 beers, a deep tap list with 30-plus drafts, deli sandwiches and a live-music back room since 1995.
TipThe patio is the seat in spring. Live music most weekends; check the calendar online.
Lamplighter Lounge on Madison Avenue in midtown Memphis is the city's defining smoke-stained dive bar, with cheap beer, a pool table and a relentlessly local.
TipCash preferred. No food. The 03:00 close pulls everyone in midtown when other bars shut.
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Guided tour · 1 hour
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