Guidebook for Memphis

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Guidebook for Memphis

Essentials

Kroger is an excellent grocery store, less than a mile away. Sells everything you might need. 15 minutes walk, if you'd like a little walk.
25 locals recommend
Kroger
540 S Mendenhall Rd
25 locals recommend
Kroger is an excellent grocery store, less than a mile away. Sells everything you might need. 15 minutes walk, if you'd like a little walk.
Whole Foods sells organic, natural, healthy food of all kinds. Our guests love it! It has been recently renovated. Good for take-out, as well as barbecue. You can eat there too.
42 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
5014 Poplar Ave
42 locals recommend
Whole Foods sells organic, natural, healthy food of all kinds. Our guests love it! It has been recently renovated. Good for take-out, as well as barbecue. You can eat there too.
Despite the name, it's not really a Farmers Market, just a grocery store, but it has lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and other items.
18 locals recommend
Sprouts Farmers Market
576 S Perkins Rd
18 locals recommend
Despite the name, it's not really a Farmers Market, just a grocery store, but it has lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and other items.

Arts & Culture

The Paradiso is a large, multi screen movie theater.
28 locals recommend
Malco Paradiso Cinema Grill And IMAX
584 S Mendenhall Rd
28 locals recommend
The Paradiso is a large, multi screen movie theater.
One of my favorite places. Art museum, with changing exhibits. Nice gift shop for unusual gifts. Beautiful gardens, for a relaxing stroll. Little café with gourmet food.
67 locals recommend
Dixon Gallery & Gardens
4339 Park Ave
67 locals recommend
One of my favorite places. Art museum, with changing exhibits. Nice gift shop for unusual gifts. Beautiful gardens, for a relaxing stroll. Little café with gourmet food.
Memphis's main art museum, it has a bit of everything. Also nice gift shop, and restaurant (lunch only).
123 locals recommend
Brooks Museum
1934 Poplar Ave
123 locals recommend
Memphis's main art museum, it has a bit of everything. Also nice gift shop, and restaurant (lunch only).

Food Scene

Good for lunch (sandwiches, soups, etc)
McAlister's Deli
7710 Poplar Ave
Good for lunch (sandwiches, soups, etc)
Good food, independently owned restaurant.
The Grove Grill
4550 Poplar Ave
Good food, independently owned restaurant.
Good food, American classics.
9 locals recommend
Houston's
5000 Poplar Ave
9 locals recommend
Good food, American classics.
Reasonably priced, Greek/Mediterranean restaurant, probably the closest restaurant to the house.
Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
540 S Mendenhall Rd
Reasonably priced, Greek/Mediterranean restaurant, probably the closest restaurant to the house.
One of our favorite restaurants. French bistro-style, reasonably priced.
24 locals recommend
Cafe 1912
243 Cooper St
24 locals recommend
One of our favorite restaurants. French bistro-style, reasonably priced.
Restaurant specializing in "low country" cuisine (South Carolina) and one of our favorites! It has a bar with interesting cocktails.
27 locals recommend
Sweet Grass
937 Cooper St
27 locals recommend
Restaurant specializing in "low country" cuisine (South Carolina) and one of our favorites! It has a bar with interesting cocktails.
Personally, I'm not a big eater of fried chicken, but I'm told it's excellent.
47 locals recommend
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
730 S Mendenhall Rd
47 locals recommend
Personally, I'm not a big eater of fried chicken, but I'm told it's excellent.
One of our favorite BBQ restaurants.
28 locals recommend
Corky's Ribs & BBQ
5259 Poplar Ave
28 locals recommend
One of our favorite BBQ restaurants.
Really good food - cheap - "hole in the wall" type of place. Lunch only, I think.
41 locals recommend
Elwood's Shack
4523 Summer Ave
41 locals recommend
Really good food - cheap - "hole in the wall" type of place. Lunch only, I think.
Voted one of the nation's best new restaurants. Southern "nouvelle cuisine" with focus on the "whole hog". Gets noisy.
43 locals recommend
Hog & Hominy
707 W Brookhaven Cir
43 locals recommend
Voted one of the nation's best new restaurants. Southern "nouvelle cuisine" with focus on the "whole hog". Gets noisy.
A good place for a light meal: soups, salads, sandwiches, cookies and pastries. No alcohol. Nice outdoor seating with fountain. Free WiFi.
Panera Bread
1961 Union Ave
A good place for a light meal: soups, salads, sandwiches, cookies and pastries. No alcohol. Nice outdoor seating with fountain. Free WiFi.
Great variety of hamburgers, popular place with locals. Variety of beers. Sometimes the service is not the best.
21 locals recommend
Huey's Poplar
4872 Poplar Ave
21 locals recommend
Great variety of hamburgers, popular place with locals. Variety of beers. Sometimes the service is not the best.
Best donuts in town! Great selection. Coffee too, of course. Highly recommended. Near here.
43 locals recommend
Gibson's Donuts
760 Mt Moriah Rd
43 locals recommend
Best donuts in town! Great selection. Coffee too, of course. Highly recommended. Near here.

Everything Else

This is an excellent zoo - one of the few that has pandas! Said to be one of America's top zoos.
291 locals recommend
Memphis Zoo
2000 Prentiss Pl
291 locals recommend
This is an excellent zoo - one of the few that has pandas! Said to be one of America's top zoos.
Upscale grocery store (supermarket) for that hard-to-find item.
The Fresh Market
835 S White Station Rd
Upscale grocery store (supermarket) for that hard-to-find item.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful Japanese garden, iris garden, daylily garden, children's garden, lake with Koi fish. Little restaurant serves lunch.
113 locals recommend
Memphis Botanic Garden
750 Cherry Rd
113 locals recommend
Beautiful Japanese garden, iris garden, daylily garden, children's garden, lake with Koi fish. Little restaurant serves lunch.
Said to be the largest city park in the USA! Hiking, boating, horseback riding, state of the art children's playground.
223 locals recommend
Shelby Farms Park
6903 Great View Dr N
223 locals recommend
Said to be the largest city park in the USA! Hiking, boating, horseback riding, state of the art children's playground.
This park has an old-growth forest, which is unusual for the middle of a city. Nice place to go for a walk. Near the zoo.
160 locals recommend
Overton Park
1914 Poplar Ave
160 locals recommend
This park has an old-growth forest, which is unusual for the middle of a city. Nice place to go for a walk. Near the zoo.

Shopping

Nearest mall. Two department stores, Macy's, and Dillards. As well as other stores.
20 locals recommend
Central BBQ - Summer
4375 Summer Ave
20 locals recommend
Nearest mall. Two department stores, Macy's, and Dillards. As well as other stores.
Nice, locally owned bookstore, with its own restaurant (Libro).
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387 Perkins Extd
Nice, locally owned bookstore, with its own restaurant (Libro).
Not really a mall, it's an outdoor series of nice quality shops (clothing, books, cakes shop, restaurants, florists etc).
13 locals recommend
Laurelwood Shopping Center
422 S Grove Park Rd
13 locals recommend
Not really a mall, it's an outdoor series of nice quality shops (clothing, books, cakes shop, restaurants, florists etc).