Harlow Bend · Millgate District

Slow smoke.
Loud blues.

Fourteen-hour brisket, a bourbon wall three shelves deep, and a stage that hasn't had a quiet night since 2016.

Kitchen till 10 Shows at 8:30 Walk-ins welcome

Tonight on stage

Delta Ray & the Backwater Boys

Doors 7:00 · Show 8:30 · Free entry

Full lineup

Our story

Low & slow since 2016

Smoke & Strings started as a smoker welded from an old boiler tank and a borrowed PA in the corner of a mill-district warehouse.

Ten years on, the smoker's bigger and the PA is ours, but the deal is the same: post oak and hickory burning from 4 a.m., meat pulled when it's ready and sold till it's gone, and a band on stage every single night. No frozen anything, no backing tracks.

Pitmaster June Calloway runs the fire. Booking is handled by whoever loses the coin toss. Come hungry, stay late.

The stage room · Foundry Row

From the pit

What we're known for

The full menu is live on the menu page — straight from the kitchen, so it's always what's actually on the smoker today.

The Boiler Plate

$26

Fourteen-hour brisket, house hot link, pit beans, cornbread with sorghum butter.

Burnt-End Po'Boy

$17

Cubed burnt ends, pickled red onion, comeback sauce, toasted sesame roll.

Smoked Half Bird

$19

Buttermilk-brined half chicken, Alabama white sauce, charred lemon.

See the full menu

Hours

MonClosed
Tue – Thu4 pm – 11 pm
Fri – SatNoon – 1 am
SunNoon – 9 pm

Find us

48 Foundry Row
Millgate District
Harlow Bend, TN 37201

Directions & parking →

The stage

Live music every night we're open. Doors 7, shows 8:30, open amp Wednesdays.

This week's lineup →

Hungry now?

Skip the line — order ahead for pickup and we'll have it hot when you walk in.