Tops Bar-B-Q is a memphis bbq restaurant in East Memphis, Memphis.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 4183 Summer Ave, Memphis, TN 38122
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.
Pete and Sam's East Memphis Park Avenue room has run red-sauce Italian for the Bomarito family since 1948. Priced at $$. Booking recommended.
OrderSpaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, a pitcher of house red.
TipOpen Tuesday to Sunday for dinner; closed Mondays. Reservations advised on Friday and Saturday.
Pyro's Fire Fresh Pizza in Cordova runs Memphis-born fast-casual pizza, blistered in 90 seconds in a wood-fired oven with build-your-own toppings east.
OrderWood-fired Margherita with house red sauce and fresh basil.
TipCounter service; ready in under five minutes. The Collierville branch on Houston Levee runs the same menu.
Central BBQ's Poplar Avenue East Memphis room runs the same dry-rub ribs and pulled pork as the original Midtown branch in a larger dining room with easy.
OrderHalf slab of dry ribs and a basket of pulled pork nachos.
TipEasier seat than Midtown or Downtown locations; Sunday lunches fill the room first.
Speros Zepatos's South Main Memphis diner is the city's oldest restaurant, open since 1919 and once Elvis Presley's regular booth. Breakfast and lunch daily.
OrderFried peanut butter and banana sandwich; sit at Elvis's marked booth.
TipCounter service from 07:00-15:00 daily. Cash and card both fine; no reservations.
Hattie B's Cooper-Young Memphis hot chicken counter, the Nashville import on South Cooper Street, runs heat levels from Southern to Shut the Cluck Up.
OrderHot quarter, dark; pimento mac and cheese on the side.
TipCounter service, no reservations. Lunch lines move; Saturdays can run thirty minutes after 12:30.
Pete and Sam's East Memphis Park Avenue room has run red-sauce Italian for the Bomarito family since 1948. Priced at $$. Booking recommended.
OrderSpaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, a pitcher of house red.
TipOpen Tuesday to Sunday for dinner; closed Mondays. Reservations advised on Friday and Saturday.
Coletta's is Memphis's oldest restaurant on South Parkway since 1923, Elvis Presley's South Parkway haunt and the home of Memphis BBQ pizza topped with pork.
OrderBBQ pizza with the side spaghetti.
TipAsk for the Elvis Room dining area. Closed Sundays and Mondays. The Appling Road location runs the same menu.
