Beale Street is the number one tourist attraction in the entire state of Tennessee, voted the most iconic street in America by USA Today. Local Memphis movers know visitors and new residents head to this street for a night of partying, blues music, and entertainment. However, we have a few things you may not have known about Beale street:

1.Beale Street is the only place in Tennessee where you can legally walk around with an alcoholic beverage in your hand.

2. Beale Street is home to the oldest store in Memphis. A. Schwab, a general store, has kept its doors open throughout the 1960s, 70s, 80s, all the way until today. The store is still open, selling odd items, local treats, and milkshakes.

3. Local Memphis movers have another town secret: the hidden absinthe bar and pool hall next to King’s Palace Café. Take the black stairs next to the café and you will find the locals enjoying an absinthe bar and pool tables.

4. Beale Street has their own version of the Olympics. Not exactly an athletic competition, Beale Street hosts the Beale Street Wine Race every spring. Servers and bartenders take part in drinking, grape stomping, and relay challenges in which servers run with drinks on trays.

5. Beale Street has a local ghost. Local Memphis movers say the rumor around town is that a girl named Mary passed away outside of the Orpheum Theatre, and still stops by from time to time. They even kept theatre seat C15 in her honor.