Oldest Barbecue Restaurants

Rank Rank / URL Year founded Memphis-area locations Original restaurant founder(s) Top local executive 1 Leonard’s Pit Barbecue, 5465 Fox Plaza Dr., Memphis, TN 38115, 901-360-1963, leonardsbarbecue.com 1922 1.0 Leonard Heuberger NA 2 Bozo’s Hot Pit Bar-B-Q Restaurant, 342 Hwy. 70 W., Mason, TN 38049, 901-294-3400 1923 1.0 Thomas Jefferson "Bozo" Williams John Papageorgeon, Owner 3 Charles Vergos' Rendezvous, 52 S. Second St., Memphis, TN 38103, 901-523-2746, hogsfly.com 1948 1.0 Charles...