Verified Venue
Blues City Cafe
TL;DR
Blues City Cafe (138 Beale (music in the Band Box, 142)) appears in 3 Hey Memphis guides. Everything below was checked at Blues City Cafe's own page before we published it, most recently on October 13, 2026.
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What we’ve verified
Each note below comes from a different Hey Memphis guide, written when we checked this place at the source.
- Live Music Venues in Memphis
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.
- Downtown Memphis Restaurants
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 Map
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.
Go to the source
Hours and prices change without notice, so we always send you to Blues City Cafe’s own page rather than reprinting details that can rot: bluescitycafe.com.
If you’re headed there anyway
Other places we’ve verified that show up in the same guides.
- Earnestine & Hazel's531 S Main
- Silly GooseDowntown, 100 Peabody Pl
- Lafayette's Music Room2119 Madison Ave
- Dyer's Burgers205 Beale St
- Bardog TavernDowntown, 73 Monroe Ave
- Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken2943 N Germantown Pkwy
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