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Is Charles Vergo's Rendezvous Charcoal Ribs Still Open? (Memphis, TN)

Food Paradise, Season 1 Memphis, Tennessee

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Charles Vergo's Rendezvous Charcoal Ribs is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, showed current hours, an active ordering system, and a real-time closure notice for that day, confirming the business is operating. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous is the Memphis barbecue restaurant that popularized charcoal-grilled, dry-rubbed pork ribs, the dish the episode highlighted as its signature. Family-run since Charlie Vergos opened it in 1948, the restaurant occupies a basement dining room off an alley in downtown Memphis and has grown into a national ham- and rib-shipping business alongside its dine-in room. According to the restaurant's website (hogsfly.com), checked 2026-09-08, the business listed current Thursday-through-Saturday hours, an active online ordering system for ribs and whole hams, and a notice that the dining room would close September 8, 2026 and reopen September 9, 2026 while its shipping kitchen kept filling nationwide orders. Google Places lists the business as operational at its South Second Street address.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 1

Episode 11
Air date not confirmed
Title: Ribs Paradise · What was featured: Charcoal-grilled, dry-rubbed pork ribs, the restaurant's signature dish
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 1 Food Paradise

Season 1: 85 of 114 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 15 Season 1 episodes →

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  1. hogsfly.com http://www.hogsfly.com/
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Record fp-0085 · checked by Cal Marchetti.