Central BBQ Midtown is a memphis bbq restaurant in Midtown, Memphis.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 2249 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Germantown Commissary on South Germantown Road has slow-smoked Memphis BBQ from a converted general store east of the city since 1981. A long porch out front.
OrderPulled pork plate with the smoked chicken and slaw.
TipOpen daily; the porch fills first. Drive from downtown takes 20 minutes via Poplar Avenue.
A&R Bar-B-Que on Elvis Presley Boulevard in South Memphis has run Black-owned hickory-smoke BBQ from a converted gas station since 1983: pulled pork, ribs.
OrderPulled pork sandwich with smoked bologna on the side.
TipCounter service. The Hickory Hill branch at 3721 Hickory Hill Rd runs the same menu.
Tops Bar-B-Q is a Memphis chain of drive-in BBQ counters since 1952, with chopped pork sandwiches, onion rings and the city's signature cheap drive-thru BBQ.
OrderChopped pork sandwich, onion rings, sweet tea.
TipDrive-thru and counter only, no dining room. The Summer Avenue branch is one of the oldest still standing.
Pyro's Fire Fresh Pizza in Cordova runs Memphis-born fast-casual pizza, blistered in 90 seconds in a wood-fired oven with build-your-own toppings east.
OrderWood-fired Margherita with house red sauce and fresh basil.
TipCounter service; ready in under five minutes. The Collierville branch on Houston Levee runs the same menu.
Central BBQ's Poplar Avenue East Memphis room runs the same dry-rub ribs and pulled pork as the original Midtown branch in a larger dining room with easy.
OrderHalf slab of dry ribs and a basket of pulled pork nachos.
TipEasier seat than Midtown or Downtown locations; Sunday lunches fill the room first.
Speros Zepatos's South Main Memphis diner is the city's oldest restaurant, open since 1919 and once Elvis Presley's regular booth. Breakfast and lunch daily.
OrderFried peanut butter and banana sandwich; sit at Elvis's marked booth.
TipCounter service from 07:00-15:00 daily. Cash and card both fine; no reservations.
