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Memphis Blues Barbeque House
1465 W. Broadway

tel.: 604/738-6806
fax: 604/738-6852
Cuisine: American Regional
Price Category: Moderate
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In the busy section of Granville and Broadway (previously known only for high end galleries and a big Chapters bookstore), this little hole-in-the-wall barbecue pit is making a name for itself with corn-pone, southern-boy barbecue. With real southern barbecue -- as the owners will endlessly remind you -- the meat has to be smoked for hours over a low-heat hardwood fire. Ribs come out tender enough to pull apart with your fingers (which is how food is eaten here -- the cutlery is mostly only for show) yet still sweet and firm. The beef brisket is cooked long enough that the fat is all rendered out, while the lean flesh remains juicy and tender. The pork butt is slow cooked until you can pull it apart with a fork. Those three meats (plus catfish and Cornish game hen) are essentially what's on offer here. Put that meat on greens and you've got a southern salad. Put it on bread and it becomes a sandwich. Serve it on a plate with beans and a potato and it becomes an entree. As you may have reckoned, non-meat eaters should pass on by or suffer a serious case of the vegetarian blues. There are wines by the glass and bottle, but who knows how many really get sold. What you want is the southern boy beverage of choice: an ice-cold home-brewed beer. Yeeehaaaw!

Main courses C$13-C$22 (US$9.75-US$17).Open: Mon-Thurs 11am-10pm; Fri 11am-midnight; Sat noon-midnight; Sun noon-10pm.Reservations accepted.Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V.Bus: 4, 7, or 10.


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