Menu Description:"Chicken breast topped with ham, barbecue sauce, tomatoes, scallions and cheese. Served with fries."
When the founder of Ruby Tuesday, Sandy Beall, was reviewing some early designs of printed materials for his planned restaurant, he saw that some of the art featured the faces of University of Tennessee students printed in red. At that moment, Sandy knew he wanted to call the eatery "ruby something." Meanwhile, he and the four fraternity friends who joined him in the investment had been listening to lots of Rolling Stones music. One day when Sandy heard "Ruby Tuesday" come on the jukebox, he convinced his partners that they had finally found a name.
You may find a little something unusual in the name for this dish. Ruby Tuesday's menu became a victim of a common spelling error in the word "smoky". Apparently the dish is named after the Great Smoky Mountains that lie between North Carolina and Tennessee, but there's no "e" in that name or in the general spelling of the word "smoky." But, hey, what do you want: good spelling or good taste? And this dish, which combines chicken breast, ham and barbecue sauce, topped with tomatoes, scallions and cheese, tastes great no matter how you spell it. Thanks, Rubey Tuesday.