Catherine and Mary's is an italian southern restaurant in Downtown, Memphis.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 272 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103
Charlie Vergos's basement Memphis BBQ room off Second Street has served charcoal-broiled dry-rub ribs since 1948. The signature rub is sold by the bag.
OrderFull slab of ribs, dry, with the cheese and sausage plate and a pitcher.
TipEnter through the alley off Monroe; closed Sunday and Monday. They cook ribs over charcoal, not in a smoker; dry-rub purists call it grilled.
Ticer and Hudman's wood-fired pizza and charcuterie room in East Memphis runs a Southern-Italian playbook on a covered Brookhaven Circle patio since 2012.
OrderThe pizza of the night and a board of house salumi.
TipBrunch on Saturday and Sunday runs 10:30-14:00 with biscuits, ricotta and bacon-fat doughnuts. Patio first.
Chef Kelly English's Restaurant Iris in Memphis moved to Poplar Avenue in 2022 with a tighter menu of New Orleans Creole built on Mississippi seafood.
OrderCrawfish and grits with andouille; a Sazerac to start.
TipLunch service was added with the move; the four-course tasting menu is the steady bet at dinner.
Karen Carrier's Cooper-Young Memphis room sits inside a 1940s beauty salon where Priscilla Presley once did her hair, open since 2002 with a globe-trotting.
OrderWatermelon wings with feta and the Vietnamese pho.
TipSaturday brunch fills the booths fast. Sit at the bar for a faster meal under the dryer hoods.
The Four Way is Memphis's defining Black-owned soul food room on Mississippi Boulevard since 1946. Martin Luther King Jr. ate here; the walls show the guests.
OrderSmothered turkey wings, collard greens, mac and cheese, sweet potato pie.
TipOpen Wednesday to Saturday for lunch only, 11:00-17:00. Cash and card both fine.
Betty Joyce Chester-Tamayo's Pinch District Memphis soul food room has run fried chicken, collards and a hug at the door since 1997. Priced at $$.
OrderFried chicken plate with greens and yams; ask for a Ghetto Aid.
TipCounter service, cash preferred. B.J. greets every table; the experience is half the meal.
Charlie Vergos's basement Memphis BBQ room off Second Street has served charcoal-broiled dry-rub ribs since 1948. The signature rub is sold by the bag.
OrderFull slab of ribs, dry, with the cheese and sausage plate and a pitcher.
TipEnter through the alley off Monroe; closed Sunday and Monday. They cook ribs over charcoal, not in a smoker; dry-rub purists call it grilled.
