Memphis, Tennessee. A place with many flavors. We sampled everything from Graceland to Beale Street with a lunch of BBQ at Rendezvous downtown to finish it up. Graceland was amazing to me. I knew that Elvis was famous, and had seen lots of his old movies, but I never fully understood how much of an impact he had on the world. He changed history in so many ways. He revolutionized music in the era before computers and broad media. His music changed the direction of rock and roll and dancing forever. It was an impact I had not fully realized. You left there wishing you could change things too. Not just on a small scale, but change the world. It was inspiring.
Rendezvous was a little hole in the wall basement restaraunt just off Beale street in downtown Memphis. The place was started back in 1948 when the owner - Charlie Vergo - cleaned out his coal chute and started making history. We we lucky enough to see Charlie while we were there. He came in for lunch and to check the BBQ pits. Overall, the food was good, but I think the BBQ in Savannah is hard to beat.
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