The Rendezvous cheese and sausage plate is a street-food stop in Downtown, Memphis.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 52 S 2nd St, Memphis, TN 38103
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken on South Front Street is the city's defining counter-service fried chicken, a Mason-born spice-crusted bird on butcher paper.
TrySpicy fried chicken plate
TipLunch line moves; dinner can be an hour on weekends. Three-piece dark plate is the order.
Memphis hot tamales are a Delta street-food tradition: cornmeal-wrapped beef tied with twine, simmered in spicy broth. Located in South Memphis.
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TipFound at Cozy Corner and A&R BBQ as a side. Ask at any Memphis BBQ joint with Delta roots.
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken on South Front Street is the city's defining counter-service fried chicken, a Mason-born spice-crusted bird on butcher paper.
TrySpicy fried chicken plate
TipLunch line moves; dinner can be an hour on weekends. Three-piece dark plate is the order.
The Soul Burger at Earnestine and Hazel's on South Main is a griddled patty with caramelised onions, pickles and the bar's mysterious Soul Sauce on a soft.
TrySoul Burger
TipWalk upstairs to the old brothel rooms while waiting for your burger. Cash works fastest.
Payne's chopped pork sandwich on Lamar Avenue South Memphis is wrapped in mustard slaw and a white-bread bun, the city's defining cheap BBQ sandwich.
TryChopped pork sandwich
TipLunch only, Tuesday to Saturday. Cash preferred and the line moves quickly.
The smoked Cornish hen at Cozy Corner on North Parkway Memphis is the city's most singular BBQ plate, hickory-smoked whole and mahogany-skinned in sauce.
TrySmoked Cornish hen
TipTuesday to Saturday only. The bologna sandwich on white bread is the second-best order.
The Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison Avenue in Memphis invented BBQ spaghetti: pulled pork and BBQ sauce tossed over noodles. Open tue-sat 11:00-21:00.
TryBBQ spaghetti
TipOrder a small spaghetti as a side; the full plate is enormous. The Dancing Pigs sauce ships.
