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5 Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, you know that Mother’s Day is THIS SUNDAY!  While Mom probably raised you not to let things go until the last minute, hey, we know – things happen. Dates sneak up on you. But fear not! There is still time to [...]

Eat Jackson Announces Dates & Presenting Sponsor for 2013 Jackson Restaurant Week

Eat Jackson is pleased to announce that Jackson Restaurant Week will return September 29 – October 12, 2013 for two consecutive weeks of dining for charity! Jackson Restaurant Weeks 2013 will be presented by Sysco Jackson, a long-standing supporter of Jackson Restaurant Week. George Futris, President of Sysco Jackson, LLC, said, “On behalf of all [...]

Re-creation of NYC Culinary Event Coming to Jackson & Gulfport Next Week

Foodies in Jackson and Gulfport will have the opportunity next week to experience the re-creation of an exclusive dining experience that received rave reviews in its debut in New York City in March of this year. In March, acclaimed Mississippi chefs, Derek Emerson, from Walker’s Drive-In and Local 463 urban kitchen in the Jackson metro [...]

Restaurant Owners Unable to Vote for Favorite Burger

If you’re a loyal reader of Eat Jackson, you probably know that the Burger Championship is going on now – the final bracket in our wildly popular Eat Madness – Burger Edition. The Burger Championship has created quite the head to head battle between Babalu Tacos & Tapas’ Baba Burger and Table 100′s Table 100 [...]

Here Come the Sweet Potato Queens!

If it’s March, then it’s time for the Sweet Potato Queens and their legions of Wannabees to put on their majorette boots and march in the annual Fondren’s Zippity Doo Dah® Parade! Throngs of “girl” groups from around the country, all self-declared queens, will be ascending on the Capital City March 21-24 for the third annual Fondren’s Zippity [...]

Monday Jolt! March 18

THIS Monday kicks off some uniquely Mississippi “March Madness”!  So for this week’s Monday Jolt, we’re embracing it and wondering how you’re planning to jump in (or not!) with the crazy week ahead. You’ll need some energy, either way, so answer this week’s question by leaving a comment below, and you could win a $10 Cups Gift Card!  Question of [...]

Culinary Art Follows Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival

This year, the Ridgeland Fine Arts Festival, the annual juried fine arts festival featuring some of America’s finest artists at Renaissance at Colony Park on April 6-7, will also feature two of the South’s rising culinary artists thanks to a very special Eat Y’all Chef’s Table Experience featuring Chef Chris Lusk of Restaurant R’evolution in New [...]

Taste of Mississippi at City Grit: Recapping a Great Night

Last Thursday night, two all-star Mississippi chefs – Derek Emerson and Chris Poplin – rocked a Mississippi seafood-centric menu at City Grit in New York City for the “Taste of Mississippi” event. City Grit, a culinary salon in the trendy Nolita neighborhood of New York City, shares space with an interiors store in a well-kept, [...]

And The Winners Are… (Love Your Server 2013!)

Here at Eat Jackson, one of our primary areas of focus when reviewing a restaurant is its service. Service is a key component to any dining experience, and we’re proud to say that here in the Jackson metro area – we have restaurant service worth celebrating! From fine dining to dives, and from table service [...]

Do You Like Locally Sourced Ingredients?

What do you get when you stack fried green tomatoes layered with fresh Gulf crabmeat and Ryals goat cheese, and top the whole beautiful stack with lemon butter? Just about the best appetizer in Jackson! It’s the Fried Green Tomato Napoleon at Julep in Highland Village, and it’s pretty much the most popular appetizer on [...]

Have You Loved Great Service Lately?

Here at Eat Jackson, we aim to recognize outstanding service as a key component to any dining experience. But each February, service is in the spotlight as we celebrate the most memorable element of every dining experience: the human interaction. Whether it’s a quick counter service or take-out window interaction, or a leisurely fine dining [...]

Your Ticket to One. Big. Bowl. Party.

Back in November, Eat Jackson fans far and near registered en masse for a chance to win Eat Jackson’s Gigantic All-American Bowl Party Giveaway. With hundreds of dollars in gift certificates to many of the best local football food-fixing restaurants in the Jackson metro area including , apparently the prize was lucrative based on the [...]

Eat Jackson Announces New Partnerships for 2013

JACKSON, MS — Eat Cities, LLC, the parent company of Eat Jackson and the state’s leader in food media and culinary events production, is proud to announce that Eat Jackson has extended its partnership with Southern Beverage Company and Mississippi Seafood Marketing for another year. In addition, Eat Jackson has entered into a new partnership [...]