opened in 2007; inspired by Prince's Hot Chicken Shack; offer "bibs" made of customer-designed tee-shirts; moved from original airing location (at 319 Peabody St)
est. 1982; won James Beard award ("America's Classics"); cafeteria-style Southern favorites & innovative desserts; "meats and three" (meat entree & 3 vegetable sides)
Cheese Plate homemade farmer cheese on a bed of cucumbers, tomatoes and olives topped with fresh herbs and drizzled with olive oil; served w/ pita bread
Filet Mignon Kabobs marinated medallion-sized filet mignon, skewered & cooked on a Himalayan salt block; served w/ baked fresh daily pita bread, homemade yogurt sauce & a Mediterranean salad; looks good
Lamb Korma top seller; spiced lamb in tomato-based sauce; looks good
Fried Chicken looks good; get the original (hot & spicy); classified recipe has been w/ family since 1953 (not even wife knows!); secret is liquid batter; looks good; suggest dipping in ranch dressing; looks good; spicy chicken
Hot Fried Chicken double-dipped batter & deep-fried in soy bean oil; offered in 5 degrees of spiciness (mild, medium, hot, "Damn Hot!" & "Shut the Cluck Up!"); looks good
Corn Sticks corn bread shaped in Twinkie-sized "sticks"
Fried Chicken w/ hint of Middle Eastern flavor
Hoppin' John Southern classic consisting of lentils (rather than traditional black-eyed peas), rice, with chopped onion, celery, red bell pepper & spinach; served on rice; "that might be up there with some of the best things I've ever had"-Guy Fieri; looks good
Famous Loveless Cafe Country Ham (7oz) served w/ two eggs, red-eye gravy & choice of grits, hash brown casserole, or home fried potatoes, plus hot biscuits & homemade preserves
Biscuits made by the "Biscuit Lady" (Carol Fay); Martha Stewart tried to get the recipe (but didn't get it); looks good
opened in 1952; Southern cooking; known for their biscuits, they serve 4,000 to 7,000 biscuits a day; also a 14-room motel; Other Recipes: Peach Glazed Ham with Peach Corn Relish
Holiday Tamale masa mixed w/ whipped chicken fat & filled w/ "tinga" (spicy tomato-sauced chicken), steamed in husks & topped w/ green tomatillo salsa; available only during holidays & Wednesdays; "one of the best I've ever had"-Guy Fieri; looks good
opened in 2010; chef/owner lived in Mexico to learn the craft & started in a 1974 Winnebago-turned-mobile-kitchen; food truck also available; Other Recipes: Chicken Tortilla Soup
Nashville Hot Chicken chicken breasts marinated in hot sauce paste for 2 days, dredged & deep-fried in skillet; served w/ white bread, pickles & mayo; it's hot!
Char-Grilled Oysters gulf oysters topped w/ Parmesan mix, grilled-smoked on wood fire & garlic-lemon butter
Death Row Challenge 3 "DEATH ROW" jumbo tenders drenched in hot sauce (made of ghost pepper, Trinidad Scorpion pepper & Carolina Reaper pepper) in under 10 minutes; Casey won
"The Gertie" named after chef's daughter; caramelized banana jam, Southern chocolate gravy, peanut butter & pretzels on a buttermilk biscuit; looks good
The Wash Park sandwich w/ buttermilk biscuit, 2 beef burger patties, Pimento cheese, bacon jam, 1 egg; looks good
est. 2012; started as a food truck that offered an assortment of southern menu options sourced from local purveyors and farms; eventually became a brick & mortar establishment in 2015; long lines
Banh You, Bahn-Mi sandwich w/ choice of meat (roast pork, chicken, brisket or mushroom), pickled veggies, fresh cilantro, sesame aioli served on a French roll; Guy got the roast pork; looks good
Sloppy Joe Donnell Century Farms ground beef, root vegetables simmered in spicy-sweet-savory-chunky tomato sauce served on grilled bun; looks good
Pan-Seared Mississippi Catfish catfish filet, mac 'n cheese, fresh vegetable, smoked tomato broth; looks good
[CLOSED]; since 2011; farm-to-table restaurant serving "elevated" comfort & sustainable foods; menu changes daily, weekly & seasonally based on the availability of ingredients; open Tue-Sat; moved from original airing location (262 S Highland St)
since 1946; oldest soul food joint in Memphis; Martin Luther King was a regular here (his favorites: fried catfish, yams, collard greens & lemon meringue pie)
