Memphis Blues Barbeque House

Frommer's Review

At the busy intersection of Granville and Broadway, this hole-in-the-wall barbecue pit has made 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 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 offered 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. Wines are sold by the glass and bottle, but what you want is the ice-cold, home-brewed beer. A second location has opened at 1342 Commercial Dr. (tel. 604/215-2565); same hours apply.

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