We had an excellent experience on a Friday evening. There was a variety of artists that were all excellent. We had pulled pork nachos that were delicious and very filling!

Great music, but beware the crazy doorman that needs his stool... not worth going... Ownership or management needs to watch who they hire

Out looking for live music on a Tuesday night. Few places on Beale St had it going. Dropped into Rum Boogie Cafe on a whim. Band playing was enjoyable. Service was good. Shared a peach cobbler dessert, and it was huge. Decent, friendly place. Only a $4 cover charge, which I don't mind paying.

We chose this place because, of all the Beale St eateries, it appeared from the outside to present the least risk of us being shot.Inside we searched for a server and eventually got seated. After only 20-30 minutes we managed to get served some beers in flimsy plastic cups. The food followed some time after this, well all except a burger for one of our group.The food was expensive and average, except the gator gumbo which was expensive and noticeably below average.On the plus side the musician was excellent, and the windows onto Beale St were quite big, allowing the crowd of homeless unfortunates outside to stare us down in between sessions of licking the bollards on the pavement.The final insult was that it took 10 minutes of traipsing around the venue to find our server to pay our bill, onto which they added a 4.5% penalty for paying with a debit card.Please don’t bother with this place, Beale St or Memphis in general. We left poorer and depressed.

We visited on Thursday evening leading into President’s Day weekend and weee surprised to find Beale Street not busy. We we walked by several places where we could hear music coming from inside and stopped when we heard the somehow smooth yet gritty vocals of Eric Hughes, drawing us to the door of this iconic Memphis music house. We did not have high expectations for he food or service, because after all, you go to Beale Street for the music. The menu had delicious sounding selections, and plenty of foods that I could eat without modification for my gluten free diet. That was pleasant surprise number one. Pleasant surprise number two was watching the host, Khyndal, floating throughout the room smiling and joking with everyone, fulfilling drink and food orders, genuinely seeming to enjoy himself. Aside from Khyndal, there was a person at the door, and a gentleman busing tables. I don’t know if they were short staffed or not, but Khundal was waiting on every single table and writing up the checks and taking all the payments. He had so many tables that I think would overwhelm a lot of people, and he handled it like he was hosting his own party with all his friends and just wanted everyone to have a good time. He was just so pleasant, and watching the way he was with everyone from every walk of life and background and how genuine he was in his kindness and efforts to ensure people having a good time - his presence was just uplifting. So kudos to this place on having such a wonderful staff member. The third pleasant surprise of the evening was HOW GOOD THE FOOD WAS! Wow! I had ten beans and rice and coleslaw - delicious - a dish that can be so bland, but they made with a nice spicy sauce with just the right amount of “heat”. So good! My companions had the fried bologna sandwich, hush puppies, pecan pie, and peach cobbler. They also remarked how good their food was, and that the PEEA CAN pie lived up to the hype in the menu that informed you if you don’t pronounce it the correct “southern way” they won’t let you have it. HahaAll in all such a fun night with the super talented Eric Hughes band - I mean, C’mon with those harmonica skills, and the bass player and drummer who are pretty much legends, paired up with a jaw dropping rip roaring lead guitar player. Paired with delicious food, and wonderful host. If you’re a blues fan, just go already. If you’re not a blues fan, go for the food and I bet you find your toes tapping and stay longer than you intended and discover you like the blues after all! Enjoy!