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Payne's Bar-B-Que

Barbecue restaurant · Cooper-Young ·

Payne's Bar-B-Que

Barbecue restaurant · Cooper-Young ·

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A humble counter with an outsized legacy, celebrated for its chopped pork sandwich crowned with electric-yellow mustard slaw. Garden & Gun and food historians point to Payne’s as essential Memphis barbecue.

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Acclaimed chopped pork sandwiches, smoked sausage, and mustard slaw

1762 Lamar Ave, Memphis, TN 38114 Get directions

$10–20

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Acclaimed chopped pork sandwiches, smoked sausage, and mustard slaw

1762 Lamar Ave, Memphis, TN 38114 Get directions

$10–20

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