For my third and final (for now) “Lost in the Belhaven Triangle” piece, it’s only proper to end this series by going back to the beginning of it all for me – Fenian’s Pub. Fenian’s Pub sits on the corner of Fortification and Jefferson, right on the line between Belhaven and Belhaven Heights. We have [...]
Confession: I love side dishes. A good side dish is at least as thrilling to me as an excellent entrée. Luckily, the rest of the Eat Jackson team understands this love, so we’re doing a series on some of the best side dishes local Jackson restaurants have to offer. (Yes, I am super excited to [...]
Blue Plate Specials are a Southern staple, and there’s a reason the Blue Plate has been around for so long. Quick, easy, and more often than not, downright delicious. Why mess with a good thing? Chef Chris Haley at Ridgeland’s The Cotton Kitchen agrees. Every day at lunch, this chef’s Mississippi restaurant, with its signature [...]
Cock of the Walk in Ridgeland, right on the Reservoir, is like no restaurant I’ve ever been to before. It is charming, old fashioned, without all the modern glamour. As we sat down to order, I stared blankly at the menu until it registered with me that there are only two options: Catfish or Chicken. [...]
If you’ve eaten at Mint the Restaurant at the Renaissance in Ridgeland, then you know you can’t go wrong. Their menu is chock full of deliciousness. Recently, I decided to step outside of my favorite standing order, Lobster Mac and Cheese (I’ll save that for another day), and go for the Mint Julep Chicken and Waffle. [...]
In a world where there seems to be a lot of craziness, occasionally, Providence wins. Take today, for instance. This morning, while taking our son to day care (via the same route we have been taking for nearly 2 years), we passed the gas station sign we’ve been passing for awhile: “Suck the Shuck Tamales, [...]
No doubt about it: Brent’s Drugs is a longstanding favorite of Jacksonians. In 1946, pharmacist Alvin Brent opened the Fondren area pharmacy and soda fountain, and history was made. Brent’s Drugs quickly made its mark on Jackson as the neighborhood gathering area. Ownership has since changed hands, but friends and neighbors still gather at Brent’s, [...]
Nothing says Southern quite like the experience of going out to lunch with the “church crowd” on a Sunday afternoon. Everyone is dressed in their best and still on good behavior – at least for a little while. Families come together to share a meal, and friends wave and shake hands from across a crowded [...]
Mother Nature has another round of winter chill in the forecast, but never fear. Jackson’s best restaurants have plenty of options to warm you up and comfort that chill away – whatever the weather – or your day – throws your way. Here’s a round-up of some of Eat…
I never knew how many little towns were in Madison County: Gluckstadt, Camden, Sharon, Livingston. Little towns that really make you remember why we love living in the South, with little diners and coffee shops. Recently, I ventured to the quaint Main Street of Flora to check out the newest of those little diners, the [...]
I remember my first New Year’s as a newlywed. My husband came home early from work on New Year’s Eve and informed me that I had to prepare black-eyed peas and hog jowls for dinner the next day or we would face certain and undeniable doom for the next 365 days…
What started as a way to help out a friend became a 23-year love affair with a daily lunch crowd in downtown Jackson. Dyann Alford opened Two Sisters Kitchen in 1989. The name was inspired by Alford’s two sisters, who are seen in photos throughout the sprawling…
Okra. I hear from my “born-north-of-the-Mason-Dixon-line” friends that okra is most certainly a Southern thing. And I believe it. I have personally witnessed a row of okra thriving and producing enough to feed half a small Southern town for a week in the 100+…
