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 [...]
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 [...]
Fondren, get ready for M!so. Ever since Fatsumo moved out, there have been rumors of another sushi-style restaurant moving in to the space. It’s a prime piece of real estate, right at Duling and State Street in the heart of Fondren, a neighborhood known for its artists, entrepreneurs, and sushi-addicts. More recently, the rumors were [...]
I don’t even have to explain this clever little word play to the true nerds among us, but for the rest of you: “May the Force be with you” is the iconic Jedi blessing, and one of the most recognizable lines from Star Wars. That’s why, on May 4th, Sneaky Beans in Fondren will be [...]
THIS JUST IN: Sal & Mookie’s was taken over by King Kong! Okay, not really. Sal & Mookie’s was not taken over by King Kong (no matter what the event poster indicates). But they WERE taken over by Chef Jesse Houston, who orchestrated last night’s The Empire State Strikes Back: Pop-Up Pizza, another amazing event at [...]
We recently announced Eat Jackson’s occasional series on gluten-free options when it comes to dining out in Jackson. Since life is short, we decided to start with dessert first. And where better to get dessert than Campbell’s Bakery? Campbell’s is always fantastic, but if you’re gluten-free, here’s all the more reason to love ‘em: every Friday [...]
The Best Burger in Jackson Nominations were made. A bracket was set. And head to head time and time and time and time again, Babalu’s Baba Burger pulled through the match-ups. Sometimes narrowly. Sometimes by a healthy margin. And when it came time for the buzzer on the final round, they beat out their sister [...]
On Monday, April 22 at 6 pm, Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint is hosting a NOLA Brewery Beer Dinner. This special dinner will feature a special five-course, chef-prepared meal paired with five different NOLA Brewery beers. Eat Jackson has attended Sal & Mookie’s beer dinners in the past, and you [...]
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 [...]
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mitchell Moore, the owner of Campbell’s Bakery in Fondren, to have a conversation about one of my favorite things. I’m talking, of course, about cake. Moore, who took over Campbell’s in 2011, had plenty to say about cake, and rightly so: his team decorates about 30 cakes [...]
Who here has even heard of a Honduran Tamale? Thanks to Fondren’s new Café Olé, soon all of Jackson will be quite familiar with the dish. Café Olé is the brainchild of Alex Sivira, a native of Venezuela, and 40-year veteran restaurateur in the Jackson area. At Café Olé, Sivira is serving up fresh, affordable [...]
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, [...]
Babalu Tacos & Tapas in Fondren recently announced their support of ONEHOPE. What is ONEHOPE? In short, ONEHOPE is wine that benefits a variety of broadly supported charitable causes. That’s right: bringing good cheer, through “cheers” and drinks with friends! In fact, ONEHOPE was started by eight friends, and it grew out of a personal mission [...]
