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Memphis BBQ pizza is a thin-crust pie topped with shredded mozzarella, sharp cheddar and pulled pork in tomato BBQ sauce. Invented at Coletta's on South Parkway in 1954, it remains a Memphis pizzeria standard.
Coletta's on South Parkway claims to have invented BBQ pizza around 1954, two decades after the restaurant opened in 1923. Elvis Presley would order it in the original South Parkway Elvis Room. The dish is now on menus at Memphis pizzerias and a regional specialty across West Tennessee and North Mississippi.
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Memphis Pizza Cafe's Madison Avenue midtown room has run thin-crust by the slice and house specialty pies since 1991, a casual midtown standby with a side.
OrderThe Hippie pizza with feta and pesto.
TipOpen daily for lunch and dinner; the patio is the seat in spring. Multiple locations across Memphis run the same menu.
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.
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