Memphis favorites from a local memphian! All recommendations are places I, as a 24 year old girl, frequent and feel safe!
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Parks & Outdoor Activities 🌳
Best Views🌅
Restaurants 🍴
Night Life 🕺🏼🪩
Local Favorites 💙
Parks & Outdoor Activities 🌳
Shelby Farms is a massive public park that is awesome for getting outdoors. You can fish, kayak, bring your dog or just hang out! They also have a coffee place and a sandwich/salad restaurant to eat at. There is also a zip line you can pay to do onli...
Shelby Farms Park
A great and lively park to walk down by the river on!
Greenbelt Park
Memphis Botanic Gardens is great for taking a scenic walk! They have seasonal stuff they do too so the fall is really fun
Memphis Botanic Garden
Mud Island Dog park is usually filled with dogs ready to play! This one is fenced in and has separate sides for small and big dogs
Mud Island Dog Park
Overton Bark! This is another fenced in park with separate sides for big and small dogs
Overton Bark
Shelby Farms OFF LEASH dog park is great if you have a high energy dog that wants to run!
Dog Parks and Trails - Memphis, TN
The Shell does free concerts pretty often so check it out! You can bring a picnic blanket and all your favorite snacks and enjoy a free concert!
Overton Park Shell
Best Views🌅
even as a native memphian, my friends and I sometimes still do this. It is cool to get a sky high view. there is also a bar & restaurant at the top if you want to kick back snd have a drink
Sky High Ride & Observation Deck - Memphis
This is a great spot for happy hour and small bites with a beautiful view of the river!
Terrace at The River Inn
Hu Roof has amazing views and a great happy hour!
Rooftop in Memphis | Stunning Views at Hu. Hotel Roof
Restaurants 🍴
Kind of a Tex Mex restaurant but they have the cutest patio. Great for a girls night out!
BABALU - Overton Square
In my opinion, the best steak in memphis. they serve it with the butter still sizzling. All the sides are family style and all are amazing. Try the bone marrow butter!
Folk's Folly Prime Steak House
Another steakhouse with unbeatable service. They have wagyu steaks and delicious cocktails
Porch & Parlor Prime Steakhouse
This is my favorite BBQ place, but take this recipe lightly because I am no bbq expert. I recommend the bbq nachos!
Central BBQ
If you are a seafood lover, you HAVE to try coastal. It will knock your socks off. Reserve in advance and you can sit on the patio deck and watch the sunset over the water
Coastal Fish Company
Another cute restaurant with great food!
Ecco on Overton Park
Hen House is a restaurant/wine bar! Their food is great and their photo ops are even better! Perfect for a girls night out
Hen House
Night Life 🕺🏼🪩
You quite literally have to go here. Raiford’s disco is hard to describe but it is a foggy, disco where they serve cocktails and all beers come in 40s! It is cash only!
The World Famous Paula & Raiford's Disco (@paularaifordsdisco)
Obviously, youve gotta check out Beale Street. My favorite bars are Silkys, Absinthe Room, Tin Roof, and Alfred’s.
Beale Street
this is THE girls night out spot. A cute cocktail bar with a million photo ops
Tiger and Peacock
This restaurant turns into mostly a bar around 8pm. They have pool tables too
Young Avenue Deli - Memphis
Local Favorites 💙
Memphis Farmers Market has tons of great local vendors! Located downtown
Memphis Farmers Market
There’s always something happening at the FedEx forum so be sure to check it out!
FedExForum
If you can catch this coffee truck, definitely grab one. They have fun flavors that they change every month- like Banana Bread Latte, Fruity Pebble Matcha, etc
