Alex Farms Hickory Smoked Chicken Salad & BBQ

Hickory-smoked brisket and a cult chicken salad in Olive Branch

Alex Farms Hickory Smoked Chicken Salad & BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.

Alex Farms sits in the Hacks Cross corridor of Olive Branch, a tidy counter-service spot that pulls double duty: a namesake hickory-smoked chicken salad on one side, a genuine barbecue menu on the other. That split personality has earned it a reputation for some of the best brisket in DeSoto County, a claim the DeSoto Times has echoed.

The brisket is the draw, sliced thick and tender with a genuine hickory backbone rather than the thin, dry version the suburbs often settle for. Ribs come dry-rubbed off the same smoke, pulled pork is hand-pulled for the Memphis-leaning crowd, and the half chickens arrive with crackling, well-rendered skin. The chicken salad keeps a following all its own, a cult order that predates the smoker. It is a friendly, unfussy stop for anyone working the southeast Memphis edge who wants smoke and a sandwich under one roof.

• Style: Memphis Style
• Price: $$
• Neighborhood: Olive Branch

What to order

• Beef Brisket
• Hickory-Smoked Chicken Salad
• Pulled Pork
• Half Chicken

How it scores — 7.7/10 overall

• Smoke: 7.8/10
• Bark: 7.6/10
• Tenderness: 7.7/10
• Consistency: 7.6/10
• Value: 8.0/10
• Atmosphere: 7.4/10

Visiting

• Address: 7164 Hacks Cross Rd, Ste 118, Olive Branch, MS 38654
• Phone: (662) 932-8562
• Website: https://alexfarmschickensalad.com/

Hours: Tue–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 11am–4pm, Sun–Mon closed

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