Helena, Arkansas is a food day trips in Memphis.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The blues festival runs in early October. Bubba's BBQ is the steady BBQ lunch on Cherry Street.
Guided tour · 3.5 hours
VIP behind the scenes access to local craft breweries, up to 12 beer samples, a fresh baked snack, and round trip transportation. Led by a Beer Guide who will educate ...
Guided tour · 1 hour
Explore "America's Most Iconic Street" on a one-hour guided walking tour. Learn about the colorful characters and stories that have made Beale Street the "Home of the Blues."
Multi-day trip · 6 days
Picture it, a journey from Nashville to Memphis to New Orleans, recording tracks in iconic studios, walking in Elvis’ footsteps and diving into the food, music and cul...
Tunica, Mississippi is a 45-minute drive south of Memphis on US-61, with casino buffets and the Blue and White Restaurant, a 1937 Southern diner.
TipBlue and White runs breakfast and lunch all day. Casinos run nightly buffets.
Oxford, Mississippi is a 1-hour 20-minute drive from Memphis to John Currence's City Grocery on the town Square. The Beard-winning chef's flagship since 1992.
TipLunch at City Grocery; browse Square Books after. Stop at Big Bad Breakfast on Highway 6 on the way back.
Tupelo, Mississippi is Elvis Presley's birthplace, a 1-hour 50-minute drive from Memphis. Eat a dough burger at Johnnie's Drive-In where Elvis once ate.
TipJohnnie's runs the dough burger Elvis ordered in his teens. Closed Sundays. Lunch then the birthplace.
Clarksdale, Mississippi sits at the crossroads of the blues, 1 hour 20 minutes south of Memphis on US-61. Delta hot tamales at Abe's BBQ and juke joints.
TipAbe's BBQ at the famous crossroads has had Delta tamales since 1924.
Robinsonville, Mississippi is a 50-minute drive south of Memphis on US-61 to the Hollywood Cafe, the long-running Delta roadhouse known for fried pickles.
TipClosed Sundays. Order fried pickles, fried chicken and the catfish strips.