The Butcher Shop
A Memphis home-town favorite since 1981, Butcher Shop opened its first location downtown at 101 S. Front Street, then opened the city's second location in the suburban Germantown/Cordova area. According to a head meat-cutter, Bob Ray, their most popular cuts are 14 ounce rib-eye, 16 ounce NY strip, and both are also offered in 20 ounce portions. Butcher Shop also serves two-inch thick filet mignons, 30 ounce porterhouses, and a 20-hr slow-cooked prime rib. Ray describes their beef cuts as prime grade, aged four weeks, and hand-cut on site. The east location is adjacent to a nature area with seasonal farmer's market, garden nursery, equine arena, hiking, biking, kayaking, sailing, an RV park and fishing if visitors want to engage in a day of activities before dinner. Prices range in the mid-upscale range.
The Butcher Shop
107 S. Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN, 38018
(901) 757-4244
www.thebutchershop.com
Folk's Folly Prime Steak House
A long-standing paragon of fine steakhouse dining in Memphis, this restaurant is located just off the city's main east to west artery known as the Poplar corridor and has been repeatedly voted Best Steakhouse by Memphians. Folk's Folly is first and foremost an upscale steak house offering six different cuts of prime steak from 8 ounce petite filet mignon to the 28 ounce Porterhouse. Those in your party who forego red meat need not worry as there is a range of seafood, poultry, chops and plenty of vegetarian dishes consisting of eight different salads, eight unique styles of potato dishes and nine other vegetable dishes including broiled Parmesan tomatoes, asparagus with hollandaise and artichoke bottoms with bearnaise sauce. Folk's Folly's ambiance and service are upscale, as are the prices.
Folk's Folly Prime Steak House
551 S. Mendenhall Rd
Memphis, TN 28117
(901) 762-8200
www.folksfolly.com
Texas de Brazil Churrascaria
It may not be an area original, but native Memphians and tourists have embraced Texas de Brazil for special dinners, lunches and Sunday family brunches. Adjacent to the Peabody Hotel and steps from the blues music district on Beale Street, this restaurant uses the Argentinian style of open-fire grilling on steel skewers. Choices like bacon-wrapped filet mignon are offered to customers in endless processions of waiters. Meat-eaters and vegetarians may choose the unique salad bar's myriad of breads, cheeses, soups, salads, cold marinated or pickled vegetables, cold meats and seafood. The cost is upscale pre-fixed and does not include cost of beverage, dessert, gratuities or taxes. If the day's activities included Memphis' urban outdoor adventures, keep in mind this establishment has a dress code of "smart casual."
Texas de Brazil Churrascaria
150 Peabody Place, #103
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 526-7600
www.texasdebrazil.com
