Category - Dining

What city in Mississippi doesn't have a chips and salsa restaurant staffed by eager, friendly Mexican immigrants? In Jackson alone, I can think of at least six such establishments, each with faux-adobe interiors, tile rooftops over the booths, and...

In a city with a remarkable number of Chinese restaurants, the original Peking -- a locally-owned eatery hidden away in a converted Burger King on the I-55 Frontage Road -- was our favorite. Whenever we ate there -- and we ate there often -- Mr...

Sushi-minded friends often troop to Little Tokyo or Nagoya, but when we're hungry for some chilly raw fish, seaweed paper, rice, and wasabi, we go directly to Haru. Haru's on Ridgewood Road, a tidy, locally-owned restaurant surrounded on all sides...

I'm not so much for chain eateries of any kind, preferring unique, family-run businesses to generic restaurants. Jackson has some independent jewels -- Thai House, Hickory Pit, Rossini, Haru. But choices in Jackson are limited, and, if you eat out...

Friends claim that Clyde and I make snap decisions about restaurants -- that we draw permanent conclusions from temporary conditions. To some degree, this is true. After one really bad experience at a eatery, we may never go back. Our last visit to...

Thanks to my Vindigo subscription, my handheld computer was able to tell me that, in addition to the Burger Joint, one of New York's hottest breakfast tickets -- Norma's -- was also located in our hotel. Clyde's favorite meal being breakfast, I was...

Almost everyone who reads blogs reads Kottke.org. In the minds of many readers (and reporters), Jason's blog defines blogging. Earlier this month, I remember reading Jason's entry about a burger joint hidden in one of New York's swankiest hotels ...

Signs on tables at the local Cracker Barrel advertise "chocolate cobbler." Think about that for a moment: chocolate cobbler! I envision it: a crispy upper crust enclosing a warm, fudgy filling, topped with premium vanilla ice cream. Marshmallows...

Yesterday, Clyde and I went to Jackson's China Belle restaurant for the first time in more than a year. China Belle serves up your generic Chinese buffet fare (General Tso's chicken, sweet and sour chicken ... you know the drill) with a twist:...

Friends ask us to accompany them to A.J.'s Seafood Grille. Clyde and I haven't eaten there before, and the television ads paint a picture of an elegant restaurant with excellent service. After eliminating a dozen other places for various reasons ...