Sun Studio

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out of 8 million listings just ranked #2 top attraction in the United States by TripAdvisor’s 2026 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best awards🏆🔥 Sun Studio is a living piece of Memphis history that has influenced modern music for decades! But that's not all👀 made #24 on this same list🥳 Love it when the world recognizes how amazing the 901 is! Click the link https://bit.ly/3RixzAB for more details on this honor🤩

We get lots of folks ask about the space next to the studio. Today it’s our gift shop and cafe. In the 50’s it was Taylor’s Restaurant, owned and operated by Dell Taylor from 1948-1977. Originally a bakery, the restaurant was often a hangout for those recording next door. Sometimes it was a makeshift office for Sam Phillips where he would drink coffee, have meetings, and occasionally sign new artists to his Sun roster including a 19 year old Elvis Presley. Upstairs was a boarding house where some of these guys used to live including Roy Orbison. We acquired the space in the early 90s after the studio had reopened as a tourist attraction. Cruise these photos and see this building through the years including a pic of Mrs. Taylor and her daughter Rosemary, plus a really cool photo from the early 70s of Sam Phillips with some neighborhood kids posing in front of Taylor’s Restaurant.

WE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY!❄️🚨Big winter storm. Check here for updates. Be safe, stay warm!