The Beauty Shop Restaurant

The Beauty Shop Restaurant Lunch and Dinner in a hip neighborhood. Sunday Brunch around the world! Look good. Eat good. “Look Good. Nostalgia is served with a sense of humor here.
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Eat Good.” are the words emblazoned on the front windows at the Beauty Shop. This hip and trendy restaurant in the Cooper-Young district of midtown Memphis does both, as it conjures up images of a ‘50s-style beauty shop, formerly Priscilla Presley’s curl-and-dye spot. It’s a camp wonderland where the façade is Jetsons-era Vitrolite, and choice seating is offered beneath hooded Belvedere hair dryer

s. The beauty shop flashback comes complete with original mint green wash basins filling in as sinks behind the hand built bar, made of tiger maple wood. The terrazzo floor is original. Glass brick stalls serve as intimate booths. Mixed with the retro renderings are modern touches such as hand-blown art-glass lights, and glamorous copper and silver-leaf walls. At this offbeat restaurant, the décor pays homage to the space’s beauty parlor past, while the food offers flavors from around the globe. The Beauty Shop’s fabulous menu is not for the faint of flavor. The cuisine is clean-cut sophistication. The sights, scents and flavors of the Beauty Shop are both bold and quirky, and make for an out of the ordinary dining experience. The menu has a down home American stance with world-beat tints and edges. For instance, you can’t help noticing the Watermelon & Wings, a dish that flirts with being a Deep South caricature but works (without a moon pie in sight). Its unusual combination of huge chicken wings dipped in white Szechwan pepper and sweet chile lime juice, brushed with sugar, then deep fried to incredible crispness and tenderness, and served with chunks of luscious sweet watermelon, sprinkled with toasted cashews, raises the concept of down-home to divine. The Beauty Shop is yet another labor of love for chef/ restaurateur/ food artist Karen Carrier, who has created a constant buzz in her hometown city with exotic themes and dishes since her return from New York City in 1987.

“I don’t know what words, say, Dr. Johnson or Woodrow Wilson used when they wanted to assert that something was cool and hip, but those are the words we have, so I might as well use them. Beauty Shop is about the coolest, hippest restaurant around. It scream “Memphis,” yet does so with ingenuity and originality; it plays a wacky theme to the limit, but doesn’t stream beyond the pale; it makes you feel good to be there, part of the fun, part of the animated crowd, and leaves you well-fed to boot. What could be cooler that that?”

Touch up your highlights another day, and pencil in an appointment here.

tonight’s fish special🌧️unagi glazed golden tile with avocado cucumber puree, sautéed asparagus, cabbage fennel herb sla...
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tonight’s fish special🌧️
unagi glazed golden tile with avocado cucumber puree, sautéed asparagus, cabbage fennel herb slaw & toasted sesame

call 901-272-7111 to book ☀️☀️☀️open for dinner monday- saturday! and yes, our cat would be your server🐈
05/14/2026

call 901-272-7111 to book ☀️☀️☀️
open for dinner monday- saturday!

and yes, our cat would be your server🐈

our back patio is OPEN for dinner☀️🫶
05/14/2026

our back patio is OPEN for dinner☀️🫶

Thank you Edible Memphis!Check out their instagram page on how to win tickets to the first of a three part dinner series...
05/12/2026

Thank you Edible Memphis!
Check out their instagram page on how to win tickets to the first of a three part dinner series at the Brooks Museum on May 20th‼️☀️🫶

hey hey! we are closed tonight 3/27 for a private event!! see yall all day tomorrow ❤️🙌‼️
03/27/2026

hey hey! we are closed tonight 3/27 for a private event!! see yall all day tomorrow ❤️🙌‼️

WEEKLY SPECIALWhole fried huachinago, red snapper, with pickled tomatoes, onions & jalapeñosget it while ya can ☀️✨
03/05/2026

WEEKLY SPECIAL

Whole fried huachinago, red snapper, with pickled tomatoes, onions & jalapeños

get it while ya can ☀️✨

WE ARE OPEN!! Come grab a hot toddy or a hot coffee, whichever way you roll ❄️☕️
01/29/2026

WE ARE OPEN!! Come grab a hot toddy or a hot coffee, whichever way you roll ❄️☕️

Hey yall! We are opening for lunch & dinner today. Be safe & stay warm!🤍🌨️
01/28/2026

Hey yall! We are opening for lunch & dinner today. Be safe & stay warm!🤍🌨️

closed for dinner tonight, streets are still very slick! be safe out there & hope to see ya tomorrow ❄️
01/27/2026

closed for dinner tonight, streets are still very slick! be safe out there & hope to see ya tomorrow ❄️

01/26/2026

Address

966 S Cooper Street
Memphis, TN
38104

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 2pm
5pm - 10pm
Tuesday 11am - 2pm
5pm - 10pm
Wednesday 11am - 10pm
Thursday 11am - 2pm
5pm - 11pm
Friday 5pm - 1am
Saturday 11am - 2pm
5pm - 11pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+19012727111

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