In 1948, charlie vergos cleaned out a basement below his diner, discovered a coal chute, and started a legend. I lived for about two years in memphis from 1972 until 1974. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers john m. About charlie vergos rendezvous it all started in 1948. Charlie vergos rendezvous 52 south 2nd street, memphis, tennessee 38103 rated 4. Craig david meek is a memphis based writer and author of the book memphis. Charles vergos rendezvous, restaurants business in memphis. The famous rendezvous dry rub spices and sauce can be found in memphis area grocery stores. Call rendezvous restaurant at 9015232746 or shipping and catering at 9015228840.
Get menu, photos and location information for charlie vergos rendezvous in memphis, tn. Charlie vergos took an old coal chute from the wall of his smoky basement tavern in downtown memphis and created barbecue history. My favorite restaurant is the rendezvous barbecue restaurant. Rendezvous does not use any artificial smoke flavor to their sauce. Or book now at one of our other 1128 great restaurants in memphis. See uptodate pricelists and view recent announcements for this location. For over 70 years, the vergos family has been serving their signature dry rub ribs in a. Rendezvous is one of the older and more storied barbecue joints in memphis due to its more than sixty years of operation and holeinthewall atmosphere. Memphis is the pork barbecue mecca of the world, and there are great barbecue restaurants in every n. Corkys located in germantown was another of my favorite barbecue restaurants when i was in law school in the late 1980s.
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Charlie vergos rendezvous hot famous memphis barbecue. Charles vergos rendezvous, memphis downtown menu, prices. The rendezvous the rendezvous has been serving ribs in a downtown memphis alley since 1948. But it is not even in my top five in the area in my book. Originally the basement of his diner, vergos discovered a coal chute and turned it into a barbecue pit. The history of corkys is also contained in this book. The coal chute gave him a vent for his considerable talent over a grill, and allowed him to expand from hamandcheese sandwiches to ribs.
Charlie vergos rendezvous order food online 1507 photos. March 26, 2011 jenny and nick vergos were cochairpersons of the giving tree gala at memphis botanic garden. A local memphis popcorn manufacturer takes its great popcorn and adds our rendezvous famous seasoning plus a few secret ingredients to make a perfect barbecue snack. Memphis tennessee is the home of the blues some say the birthplace of rock n roll, beale street, graceland sun studios and the peabody hotel love the ducks. All in all, not a bad place for bbq, but not my absolute favorite. Celebrate elvis 85th birthday this upcoming january with our limited edition elvis 85 th anniversary shirt lansky bros. It has been owned and operated by the vergos family for three generations. Voted one of the best waiters in memphis by local newspaper readers poll three years in a. Charlie vergos rendezvous serving bbq, ribs and more in a downtown memphis alley since 1948.