{"id":801,"date":"2009-03-30T20:39:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2009-04-29T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T18:58:50","slug":"a-not-so-secret-rendezvous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/30\/a-not-so-secret-rendezvous\/","title":{"rendered":"A (Not So) Secret Rendezvous"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The drive between Nashville and Little Rock goes through Memphis, and Memphis is home to some great barbecue joints, and since I’m a barbecue lover it was only right to stop off for lunch on our way home. Gina is generally not big on barbecue, but she loves Rendezvous<\/a> and the dry-rub<\/a> heaven they serve, so that was the ticket. (Our waiter took the group shot of us above.)<\/p>\n

The restaurant is located in an alley in downtown Memphis and when we turned the corner we saw a big table loaded down with merchandise advertising the University of North Carolina. I thought “now that’s odd.” And then i remembered the NCAA basketball tournament<\/a> was in town. Because Rendezvous is world famous, I braced for a long wait for a table even though it was 2 p.m. <\/p>\n

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A 15-minute wait, the hostess said. No problem. We just went upstairs to the auxiliary bar. We’ve waited much longer in the past. We waited almost 2 hours one time when we were in town with some friends to see the PGA golf tournament<\/a> the city hosts. It’s worth the wait.<\/p>\n

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The scene from our table.<\/p>\n

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Gina had the small order of ribs: 4-5 bones. Gina always gets ribs. She said it wasn’t as good as usual. A little dry.<\/p>\n

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I always get pork shoulder (which I did this time) or loin chops. I like ribs, but I really like pulled pork<\/a> better. I had to agree with Gina. The meat was little dry. Like it had been sitting in a warmer for a while. We chalked it up to the big crowds from the basketball tourney causing the pit master to have to prepare a lot of meat ahead of time to meet demand.<\/p>\n

Rendezvous is very good but I can’t declare it hands down the best barbecue I’ve ever had. It’s hard to beat Whole Hog Cafe<\/a> in Little Rock and Fayetteville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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