Verified Venue

Blues City Cafe

138 Beale · Last verified August 5, 2026

TL;DR

Blues City Cafe (138 Beale) appears in 3 Hey Memphis guides. Everything below was checked at Blues City Cafe's own page before we published it, most recently on August 5, 2026.

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Each note below comes from a different Hey Memphis guide, written when we checked this place at the source.

  • Downtown Memphis RestaurantsBeale Street & Peabody Place · verified August 5, 2026

    The neon forks. Ribs (half rack $27.49, full rack $36.49), the self-titled World's Best Tamales, and golden fried catfish, served to the late crowd right on the corner of Beale — open to 1am Sun–Thu, 3am Fri–Sat. Walk in or book through their site.

  • Late-Night Food in Memphis: The Verified After-Hours MapFood until 3am (or close to it) · verified August 5, 2026

    Ribs, catfish, and tamales at the corner of Beale and Second — Sunday–Thursday until 1am, Friday–Saturday until 3am, with the kitchen framed as open through those hours on their own site. The rare Beale room where the food is the draw, not the souvenir cup.

  • Live Music Venues in MemphisBeale Street — live music, seven nights · verified July 17, 2026

    Nightly live blues and rockabilly in the Band Box room next door — a juke joint that's hosted B.B. King and Queen Latifah. Their own calendar names the week's acts.

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