The Soul Burger at Earnestine and Hazel's is a griddled patty topped with caramelised onions, pickles and the bar's mysterious Soul Sauce, the city's defining bar burger.
Earnestine Mitchell and Hazel Jones turned the South Main building into a bar and restaurant in 1949, eventually a brothel. The Soul Burger emerged from the kitchen, griddled and topped with the bar's house Soul Sauce, recipe still guarded. By the 1990s the burger had become a Memphis late-night ritual, written up by Garden and Gun and Bon Appetit.
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