IN 1948, Charlie Vergos cleaned out a basement below his diner, discovered a coal chute, and started a legend. The coal chute gave him a vent for his considerable talent over a grill, and allowed him to expand from ham-and-cheese sandwiches to ribs. Today, several thousand people on an average Saturday night pour into our basement and sink their teeth into a slab of what makes Memphis, well, Memphis. Charlie Vergos Rendezvous is a company based out of 52 S Second St (Entrance Is in the Back on Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley), Memphis, Tennessee, United States.