Getting A Local Buzz at Biloxi’s Jacked Up Coffee Bar
Coffee these days has become corporate big business, and national and regional chains are everywhere, especially in a resort area like the Mississippi Coast. So …
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A Feeling of Camaraderie at Congregation Coffee
Built on the site of a former church, Germantown’s new Congregation Coffee is a locally-owned alternative to the big chain coffee shops that are opening …
Great Wood-Fired Pizzas at Oxford’s Fergndans
It may be too early to talk about a North Mississippi style of pizza, but the northern part of the Magnolia State has some great …
A Memphis Breakfast In A Secluded Spot
Not that long ago, the Tennessee Brewery was an abandoned ruin that was facing demolition, but its restoration as a condominium development has transformed the …
More Beignets at MoBay in Midtown
To me, “MoBay” refers to Montego Bay in Jamaica, which I visited in the 1990s, so when I heard that a place was opening called …
Food and Fun at New Albany’s Big Annual Day
New Albany, Mississippi is one of the Hill Country region’s more prosperous towns, and that was true even before the construction of the Toyota plant …
Great Coffee in Little Rock’s East Village at Fidel & Company
Say “East Village” and most people probably think of New York City, but since the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library and the nearby headquarters …
Coffee and Books Go Great Together at Jackson’s Coffee Prose
En route to my birthday weekend in New Orleans, I decided to stop off at the natural halfway point in Jackson, Mississippi for a rest, …
The Way The Cookie Crumbls (Or Doesn’t) in Memphis
Perhaps few foods comfort us more than cookies—they hearken back to a time when our mothers baked them for us; the pleasant smell of warm, …
Juke Joint Fest: The Southern Soul Band
This was the first year at Juke Joint Fest with the new Traveler’s Hotel in downtown Clarksdale, and for the first time, there was a …