This nearly 200yearold restaurants history includes an exiled french prince, jfk, and a very hungry daniel webster. Barbara blue may have originally been from pitts burgh, but after spending years in phoenix, detroit and back in pittsburgh, she landed a gig in 1997 at silky osullivans on beale street in memphis where she has been performing 5 nights a week for 21 years. Susan sullivan bluff city memphis tennessee home and away creative inspiration life is good past stuff to do places to go. Silky s best bbq on beale silky osullivans is known as the father of barbecue. Explore books by o sullivans with our selection at. Those who immigrated to other parts of the world the usa, australia, new. Silky s is one of the biggest bars on the legendary beale street in memphis. There were hotel rooms that were especially favored by members of the theatrical and sporting world that visited memphis. Beale street is a street in downtown memphis, tennessee, which runs from the mississippi river to east street, a distance of approximately 1. He has introduced the joys of memphis barbecue to people in bangkok, russia and even cuba. Silky o sullivan s features dueling pianos and an outdoor patio with two wonderful female goats. In addition to the bar and restaurant, there was a poker room and a racehorse betting room. Silky o sullivan s, a barbecuefriendly irish pub on beale street, gives visitors the chance to meet some of the citys other luminaries. Autozone liberty bowl parade on historic beale street.
Silky osullivans offers an inviting atmosphere for casual dining with family and friends. He opened silky osullivans on beale street in 1992. Stop over at silky osullivans resturant and bar for our very 1st meal while in memphis. Silky o sullivan is known as the father of barbeque. Silky osullivans home memphis, tennessee menu, prices. Indoors, most of the time they have live music, creating a very good atmosphere. Silky osullivans 183 beale st, memphis, tennessee 38103 rated 4. Beerdrinking goats at silky osullivans memphis type history. If we can keep the memory of those who suffered and went before us in mind, we can do honor to so many now dead who never experienced even a small portion of the comforts and freedoms we enjoy today.
Silky osullivans photos, pictures of silky osullivans. May 31, 20 beale street bar owner thomas silky sullivan has passed away at the age of 71 as a result of health problems. Related to silky osullivans, downtown restaurants in memphis, memphis restaurants, downtown restaurants, best downtown restaurants, memphis restaurants, new year parties in memphis, christmas special in memphis restaurants around downtown uptown restaurants, midtown restaurants, frayser restaurants, bellevue restaurants. Below youll find a list of unique events to happen on beale and silky s feature performances. Silky osullivans features dueling pianos and an outdoor patio with two. In celebration, we are giving away one pair of tickets to five lucky winners to see the southern heritage classic football game at the liberty bowl on sept. Menu ranges from great bbq and ribs to fresh oysters on the half shell. Memphis is famous for its barbecue and for being the home of musicians as great and as different as aretha franklin and elvis presley. The famous silky goats at silky o sullivans on beale street in memphis. Silky sullivan passes away news blog memphis flyer.
To be aware of the history of the osullivans is to have a truer picture of the nature of the irish people generally. Beale street bar owner thomas silky sullivan has passed away at the age of 71 as a result of health problems. The daily memphian is proud to mark one year of serving memphis with the best news coverage. Silky opened silky o sullivans on beale in 1992, and he previously ran silky. The podcast, i tell caitlin why there are goats on beale street and how theyve been known to drink beer. Theres live blues music, and dueling pianos nightly. He started barbecue contests in ireland in 1983 and then took his show on the road.
Silky osullivans features dueling pianos and an outdoor patio with two wonderful female goats. It is the source of a lot of joy and regret for many visitors to beale st. We have live entertainment and with our excellent menu our kitchen is always open. It is a significant location in the citys history, as well as in the history of blues. Silky o sullivan is known as the father of barbeque southern. Beale street is americas most iconic street, tennessees top tourism attraction and the official home of the blues. Barbara blue may have originally been from pitts burgh, but after spending years in phoenix, detroit and back in pittsburgh, she landed a gig in 1997 at silky osullivans on beale street in memphis where she. It was a saloon that ran all day and night with as many as 14 bartenders. Silky sullivan ran this bar at overton square from 1973 to 1998.
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