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Celebrating National Margarita Day With the Sombra Margarita

Sombra Mexican Kitchen, the upscale Mexican newbie in Ridgeland’s The Township, makes some serious margaritas… From their simple House Margarita, to their ritzier ones (we love The Township Margarita), to their Sangria Margaritas (in this case, two rights definitely do not make a wrong!), we have yet to find one that lets us down. Since [...]

Chef’s Profile: Gary Hawkins at Sophia’s Restaurant

Have you ever wondered what chefs do on their days off? Or what got them interested in cooking in the first place? We were wondering the answers to those questions, plus a few others, so we decided to ask them! In Eat Jackson’s first ever “Chef’s Profile,” we caught up with Chef Gary Hawkins at [...]

The Most Heavenly Biscuits

Everyone knows you can’t have a good ol’ genu-ine Southern, rib-stickin meal without a proper side of bread. Acceptable forms of “side of bread” are many: cornbread, buttered toast, rolls… Those all work. Those are all well and good. But if you want what we think should be the definition of the perfect Southern “side [...]

One of Brandon’s Newest: Heart and Soul Diner

I recently had an unexpected Eat Jackson lunch adventure while out on assignment… Read on to learn how I discovered and fell in love with Heart and Soul Diner in Brandon, MS. It started like this: I drove to the Brandon/Pearl area to grab lunch at C’Paw’s, since it’s been on my “hit list” for [...]

The DISH: Ely’s Fried Artichoke Hearts

When we find a menu item that is so good, and so exciting, and so worth writing about, and so sleep depriving (because we are so excited about it), we like to write about those items in a column called The DISH. This edition of The DISH is such a good one. We found it [...]

The Sweetest of the Valentine's Day Treats

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! One of the most classic ways to impress your valentine is to shower him or her with food and sweets. A good meal, some cupcakes, some candy, some chocolate… We’re pretty sure it’s human nature to enjoy sweets-eating, and what better day to indulge in all things sweet than on [...]

Restaurants with ACTUAL Vegetarian Fare?

Editor’s Note: We love hearing from you guys! You give us ideas of where to eat, what to order, and what you think about places we recommend. When you have questions for us, we do our best to answer them. So send them to us as often as you think of them! We were recently [...]

Jackson Welcomes Its First Food Truck

That’s right, Fred’s Franks opened this week as Jackson, Mississippi’s first mobile food stand, aka “food truck.” We caught up with Fred, owner and operator at Fred’s Franks, the first mobile food stand downtown Jackson has seen since the food truck ordinance passed last July. This hotdog stand has been up and running (and selling [...]

How to Celebrate National Pizza Pie Day

February 9th is National Pizza Pie Day. Lucky for you, today happens to be February 9th! We’ve known for a few weeks now that this day was near, so we celebrated early in order to give you some ideas of how you yourself could celebrate. We think the best way to celebrate National Pizza Pie [...]

One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, Blue… Walls?

I found a new date night destination to add to my little rolodex of favorites! I am ashamed to say that, having grown up in Madison County, I have never eaten at Vasilio’s Greek Cuisine. Go ahead…  Who wants to throw the first stone? Yet, everytime I pass the little blue and white building on [...]