The Eat Jackson team is always ready to rave about our love for the pop-up restaurant scene here in Jackson. Later this week, we’ll see a new spin on pop-up dining: a pop-up restaurant on wheels! Lurny D’s Grille and Chef Jesse Houston are combining their powers to bring forth Asian Street Food, a one-day-only [...]
We’ve all done it. Usually it’s at a buffet. You find yourself faced with so many amazing food opportunities, and suddenly your standard-size dinner plate seems so inadequate. You try so desperately to only take one small scoop of all of the things you want to try, but somehow you’ve already got food stacked three [...]
Walker’s Drive-In is a Jackson fine dining institution, known for excellent seafood and desserts – but today, let’s sing the praises of Walker’s Drive-In’s standout side dishes. Upon first glance, especially at the lunch menu, if you’re looking for sides what you’ll notice first is the apparent lack thereof: you can find some awesome appetizers [...]
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 [...]
A few months ago, Eat Jackson reported on the Grand Re-Opening of the Downtown Café. Well, now that they’re fully up and running, we decided to head back downtown and try out the full menu. When I walked in, I instantly remembered how much I adore the atmosphere. It has that natural “café” vibe—I don’t [...]
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 [...]
This time of year, your schedule gets busy. That whole end-of-school-year schedule sets in, with graduations, music and dance recitals, baseball games, awards days, school programs, exams, half-days… with so much vying for your attention, make mealtime stress-free with these convenient and tasty take-out ideas from local restaurants in the Jackson metro area. The seven ideas [...]
Bruno’s Adobo Healthy Cuisine was today’s lunch spot, and it turned out to be a delicious choice. Adobo has a wonderful café feel, with bright awnings and sidewalk seating options that give it awesome curb appeal. Once inside, you’ll find a café-style ordering counter, which I love. After a quick look over of the menu, I [...]
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. [...]
Back again with another installment of Lost in the Belhaven Triangle. This time, we venture in to Belhaven’s Mexican restaurant, La Cazuela Mexican Grill. Ah, La Cazuela… you’ll have to forgive my ignorance, dear reader, but I do not know a great deal about the history or backstory of La Cazuela, AKA “La Caz.” All [...]
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, [...]
