Restaurant Review BB King’s Blues Club (Memphis, Tennessee)

Published on April 24, 2018 | in Restaurant Review By Christopher Maitland |

Restaurant Review BB King’s Blues Club (Memphis, Tennessee)

April 24, 2018

BB King’s Blues Club
143 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 524-5464 (KING
http://bbkings.com/memphis/

About:

This is the original B.B. King’s Blues Club located in Memphis, Tennessee, the home of American blues music, legendary musicians, famous barbecue, historic landmarks and great atmosphere. With live entertainment every night of the week – from authentic blues to classic soul and rock and roll – and a menu full of Southern favorites, the club is a popular destination spot on Memphis’ historic Beale Street. The club offers a full menu comprised of a variety of the South’s most delicious comfort foods influenced by flavors from New Orleans all the way to the Mississippi Delta, including authentic Memphis-style barbecue.

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Starters:

BB’S Pork Tater Tots $10.99
Topped with cheese, pulled pork, BBQ sauce, green onions, and sour cream

Review:

A trip to Memphis wouldn’t be complete without a visit to historic Beale Street. If you are in Memphis for the first time and don’t visit Beale Street, it’s like going to New Orleans and not going to Bourbon Street or Nashville without Broadway. You have to have the experience. My wife and I are fans of blues music so we decided to stop into the original B.B. King’s Blues Club for some music and a bite to eat. If there is a band playing there is a $5 cover to get in. When we were walked to our seats in the back and upstairs I was really surprised how big this place is! We snagged a front seat at the balcony looking down to the band. We loved the ambiance.

The balcony gave us a great view of the house Band “The King Beez”. The King Beez was created when the Doctors of Rhythm and Blues, David Bowen, Solomon McDaniel and James Jackson came together in 1991 to form what they hoped would become the standard bearer for rhythm and blues bands in Memphis and beyond. From the beginning, they became the main stay at B.B. King’s and continue to redefine excellence in a rhythm and blues performance on and off Beale Street.

Neither my wife or I were very hungry so we decide to split a starter. We quickly both agreed to get BB’s Pork Tater Tots or “Totchos”. Tater Tots, Pulled Pork, Cheese and BBQ sauce, its all the basic food groups, right!. As anticipated the totchos were great, I especially liked B.B. King’s Spic BBQ Sauce. The pulled pork was tender and juicy and the tots were crispy on the outside and light a fluffy on the inside and with the slight spice and tang of the barbecue sauce these totchos were great. My wife liked them so much she asked me the recreate them sometime, so I had to pick up a bottle of B.B. King’s Spic BBQ Sauce to make the recreation all that more authentic.

The King Beez were great loved the music and the entire atmosphere at the original B.B. King’s Blues Club. If you find yourself in Memphis and on Beale Street you should definitely visit the original B.B. King’s Blues Club to listen the The King Beez and try BB’s Pork Tater Tots.

Cheers,

Chris

Check out my spin on BB’s Pork Tater Tots.

About Christopher Maitland

Cooking (and eating) great food is my passion. I am a self-taught home cook on a culinary journey where I am constantly discovering new tastes from recipes whilst teaching myself to cook and most recently bake. I created foodiemadesimple.com blog, after encouragement from my friend and web master Jerald, as a means to document and share all my culinary experiences and recipes with everyone. I strive to constantly create great food, simply and provide pleasant memories for friends and family who benefit from this culinary endeavor. Well in early 2017 my wife and I decided to sell our sticks and bricks house and rent one in a neighborhood we thought we wanted to move to to determine if we wanted to purchase a fixer-uper, remodel and make it our own. Several months later my wife said I don’t to set up another house just to pack it up and move again. What do you think about getting an RV and then when we decide where to buy we will have a place to stay while we remodel the new house and not have rent and a mortgage. I thought this was a brilliant idea and thus began the process of looking for the right RV. I found the right RV after months and months of research and looking, a 2018 Open Range Roamer 371MBH. This model has a mid-bunk that I use would use as an office with a door that will shut, wife requirement so she will not have to listen to me on the phone. Then the next challenge my current truck a GMC 2500HD will not tow the new 5er. So a truck shopping I went. Problem solved a 2017 RAM 3500HD Laramie 4X4 Dully with a Cummins Diesel. So bought the truck and 5er, put the house on the market and stated the task of downsizing from a 3600 sqft house to a 410 soft 5er and 2 10X15 climate controlled storage units. The house sold in November 2017 and after running foodiemadesimple.com for 3 1/2 years, Jerald and I decided to start rvcookingmadesimple.com where I will take what I created in a rather large 200 sqft kitchen in my sticks and bricks and recreate it in an RV kitchen breaking it down and making it simple. I hope you enjoy.

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