A little over a month ago was the inaugural Best Memphis Burger Fest. For the first time ever, 21 local restaurant chefs, BBQ teams and grill master hobbyists went head to head to see who had the Best Memphis Burger. With over 60 burgers entered and judged, it was an amazing display of grilling talent competing for a title that until this day only existed on paper at the Memphis Flyer. For one group of [full post]
There’s a lot of buzz about Double J Smokehouse & Saloon right now, so when a friend suggested we meet there for lunch, I jumped all over it. Double J is located on GE Patterson, just east of Main Street where the former Beignet Cafe recently stood. I’ve been dying to try their burger since I saw Paul Ryburn mention it on either his Downtown Blog or Twitter stream. Unfortunately, I had promised my 8 [full post]
It’s now 2012 and I’ve decided to occasionally step off the burger path and branch out with some reviews of my other love, wings. This will most likely be a contentious topic. Probably even more so than burgers, because wings opinions are about as strong as BBQ opinions. I’m bound to step on someone’s toes, but it’s all in the name of good food and getting the word out there. My favorite wings are buffalo [full post]